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Ancient History

A research guide for any class at WCU concerned with the ancient Greek and/or Roman world.

Getting started (reference sources)

These sources help you in three ways.

They provide you with a short overview of the topic
They give you specific terms to help you search for more sources (names, locations, events, dates, etc.)
They provide lists of other useful sources at the end of the article (bibliography). Using bibliographies to find sources is one of the fastest ways to do your research!

These are our main reference sources for the ancient world:

Brill's New Pauly
Call Number: 2nd floor, Reference Collection, 938.003 B857

ISBN: 9004122591

Publication Date: 2011

This 15 volume set is an extremely comprehensive encyclopedia of the ancient world. Not every entry provides a bibliography and the ones that do tend to list older, canonical works of scholarship. There is also an additional 5 volume set devoted to reception of the ancient world in more modern times.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome
Call Number: 2nd floor, Reference Collection 938.003 O98

ISBN: 9780195170726

Publication Date: 2009

While not as comprehensive as the New Pauly, this encyclopedia's articles are easier to read for those new to ancient history, and the bibliographies are more current and focus on sources in English.
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
Call Number: 2nd floor, Reference Collection 938.003 O98c 2012

ISBN: 9780199545568

Publication Date: 2012

This dictionary of the classical world has articles ranging from a single paragraph to several pages long, making a great place to go for a quick overview of a topic. Like the New Pauly, the entries in the bibliographies tend to be for older, standard resources on the topic.

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