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Classical Studies reference sources

Oxford Reference Online
Reference titles in many fields, including classics. Includes the Oxford Classical Dictionary, along with many other sources. Allows only 5 users at a time, so try again later if you get an error message.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Collection of online encyclopedias in many subjects, including classical studies.

MIT Libraries catalog

MIT's WorldCat

Classical Studies e-books

Loeb Classical Library [Digital Loeb Classical Library]
Collection of Greek and Latin classical literature. Covers Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; medicine and mathematics. In English, Greek, and Latin. Most also available in print.

Scholarly articles

The databases listed below contain scholarship from many different disciplines, including Classical Studies. You can also consult our list of databases and other resources by subject. In general:

Consult Project MUSE for more recent scholarship.
Consult JSTOR for older articles.

Project MUSE
A collection of major journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage is roughly from 2000 to the present.
JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive
A collection of scholarly journals in many fields. Includes deep historical coverage but current years are excluded. Requires MIT Touchstone authentication.

Research guides in other subjects

The links below will take you to resources in other subjects that might be useful.

Classical Studies
by Mark Szarko Last Updated Jul 9, 2019 145 views this year
History
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Philosophy
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Manage your references

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Citing your sources

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Citation Style Guides - An overview of many of the more popular citation methods, including MLA (Modern Language Association).
Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting - More detail about MLA, from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.