Classics: Books

Selected Reference Resources

• Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World 
  Located in the reference section of library, across from the I-Commons, call number DE 5 N4813 Reference. Volumes are acquired as they are published; the set currently goes through volume eight  (Lyd-Mine).
• Oxford Classical Dictionary
  Call number DE 5 O9 1996 Reference.
• Oxford Reference Online
  Searchable database includes the full text of the print versions of Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Who's Who in the Classical World, and Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, as well as over 100 other Oxford reference titles.

Below is a sampling of Library of Congress Call number designations for some areas of Classical history.

• B 108-708: Ancient Philosophy
• BD: Speculative Philosophy
• CB: History of Civilization
• CC: Archaeology
• CE 21-46: Ancient Calendars
• CN 120-740: Ancient, Greek and Latin Inscriptions
• D 51-95: Ancient History
• DF: History of Greece
• DG: History of Italy
• PA: Classical languages and literature

Locations of books

• New books are located in the Library lobby and are in call number order.
• Reference books are on the first floor across from the I-Commons area.  Look for the appropriate call numbers.
• Book stacks: The B's and C's are in the basement;  D's are on the second floor; P's are on the third floor.

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