You will need to know these abbreviations when looking at the citations in any classical studies book or article. The standard abbreviations in all historical writing on the ancient world.
This online dictionary is both up-to-date and firmly grounded by primary sources. It offers browsing and searching options, and has extensive cross-references and bibliographies.
Brill's New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, a modern reference work for the ancient world. Provides references to the standard literature about the classical period and its interpretation and reevaluation in later centuries. Split into two parts: Antiquity and Classical Tradition. Coverage for antiquity ranges from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. The Classical Tradition section deals with the aftermath of antiquity and the constant reinterpretation through classical scholarship.
A collection of reference works covering subjects including Biblical Studies, Classical Studies, History, Language and Linguistics, Law, Middle East and Islamic Studies, and Religious Studies.
The disciplinary database that will tell you what classical scholars are publishing. Make sure to check English only because a lot of scholarship is in German or French.
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals, as well as books and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title
Provides full-text online access to all journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources. SMU users can log in for full access to in-copyright works and additional text mining tools.
This resource brings together an exceptional collection of maps of the ancient world. Both the Barrington Atlas and the 2-volume index to its maps have been placed on 2-hour reserve, and can be requested at the Fondren Library Circulation Desk.
A partially annotated bibliography that closes the traditional subject gap between the humanities (Classical World; Egyptology) and the social sciences (anthropological archaeology; Near East) in the study of the ancient world. The appendixes are mostly subject specific, including graduate programs in ancient studies, reports from archaeological sites, numismatics, and paleography and writing systems.
A Research Guide to the Ancient World by 