Classics: Articles

• Database Descriptions

Additional Databases Relevant to Classics Research

• Anthropological Literature
  Provides citations to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.
• Art Index, Art Index Retrospective
  Includes journal abstracts on art, architecture, photography, graphic arts, and related areas.
• ARTstor
  ARTstor is a digital library of art images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. ARTstor contains approximately 300,000 images of art, architecture and archeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods, with initial strengths in European, American and Asian cultures. Click on the "Search and Browse for Images" link in the lower left to enter the ARTstor Library.
• Humanities Index 
  Provides citations to scholarly articles on all areas of the humanities; especially good for picking up citations to articles on interdisciplinary topics.
• Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective
  Provides citations to nearly 1,200 journals in the humanities and social sciences as far back as 1907. In addition to coverage of the humanities and social sciences for nearly a century, the database covers many important scientific journals through the 1950's.
  Restrictions: Six simultaneous users
• JSTOR
  An archive that contains fulltext back issues of journals on a variety subjects.  See a list of classics titles.
• Philosopher's Index 
  Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. 
• Project Muse
  Another fulltext multidisciplinary collection; includes articles published from 1994 to the present. Includes these Classics journals.

Article database search tips

1. Search more than one database, search engine.
2. Try different words and synonyms that describe your topic; mine results for additional terms.
3. Utilize a database's subject list or thesaurus - look for the link on the search page - for a more focused search.

If you're tired of staring at a computer screen, come to the Library and browse our paper journals.  Believe in serendipity. Here are just a few Classics titles:

• Ancient Philosophy
• Arion
• Classical Antiquity
• Classical Philology
• Greece & Rome
• Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
• International Journal of the Classical Tradition
• Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

more titles >>

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