Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
- Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
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The digital Loeb Classical Library covers Greek and Latin literature. There are more than 520 volumes of Latin and Greek texts with facing translations. - Brill's New Pauly Online This link opens in a new window
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A recognised standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world. If you need to look anything up, this should be your first port of call (i.e. better than Wikipedia or Google!) - Oxford Bibliographies: Classics This link opens in a new window
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Each article is a guide to current scholarship in Classics, written and reviewed by academic experts to guide users through the subject. Perfect for becoming an instant expert on a new field. - Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research. - Cambridge Companions This link opens in a new window
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There are companions for pretty much most topics you will want to study. Browse them carefully thinking about the author, the genre, or the topic under which you might find relevant chapters. - Cambridge Histories This link opens in a new window
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American and British history, economic and scientific history, philosophy, religious studies, theatre studies, warfare and literary studies.
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Access to thousands of e-books and some of the best scholarship on the ancient world that Cambridge University Press has to offer. - Bloomsbury Collections This link opens in a new window
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A collection of arts and humanities eBooks, with a strong focus on Philosophy.
Most of the Library's books relating to Classical Studies can be found at the following locations (Shelfmarks"):
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Ancient philosophy |
180-188 |
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Greek & Roman religion |
292 |
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Italic languages: Latin |
470-479 |
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Hellenic languages: classical Greek |
480-489 |
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Architecture to c300 |
722 |
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Greek Etruscan & Roman sculpture |
733 |
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Symbolism allegory mythology & legend |
753 |
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Classical Greek Literature |
880-889 |
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Latin Literature |
870-879 |
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History of ancient world to c499 |
930 |
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Greece to c323 |
938 |
Most essential texts and many more are available as eBooks and can be found via UR Library Search.
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A multi-disciplinary database, offering information in most areas of academic study.
- Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials This link opens in a new window
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The most comprehensive resource for research in Theology and Biblical Studies. It provides full-text access to over 100 major religion and theology journals. Additionally it indexes c. 1,750 journals on all aspects of religion and many essays in edited books.
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Hundreds of full text journals and eBooks in the arts, humanities, social sciences and life sciences.
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Provides access to journal articles, eBooks and reviews in the humanities and social sciences. Spotlight on Project Muse blog post.
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Database comprising Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities citation indexes.
Highlighted Resources:
- ARTSTOR This link opens in a new window
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A curated collection of over 2.5 million high quality images. The images are all copyright cleared for education and research so can be used in essays, presentations and other assignments. Artstor also provide curated guides on many disciplines, e.g. Classical Studies: Ancient Art: Aegean and Greek City States; Green, Etruscan, and Roman Sculpture; Greek Architecture; Etruscan and Roman Art; Ancient Mediterranean.
You can find a list of curated guides at: https://artstor.libguides.com/artstoracrossdisciplines. - BFI Player for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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The British Film Institute's curated streaming service for higher education, with a focus on British and European independent films. Note: after logging in with your Roehampton email address, you need to create a personal user account for access. You may watch content on personal devices or in class, but BFI Player is not licenced for public screenings.
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Access to digitised books, music, and artworks from Europe's museums, libraries, and archives.
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
In addition to the archives listed below, the Library also subscribes to number of large archive collections that are not freely available online. These can be found on the other pages in this guide.
- Institute of Classical StudiesThe national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in Classics and related disciplines throughout the UK and abroad.
- Special Collections & ArchivesThe University's Special Collections & Archives homepage. Includes information about the Children's Literature and Richmal Crompton Special Collections.
- Digital Archives & Research ResourcesThis pages contains links to useful archives and digital collections, e.g. The National Archives, The British Library Digital Collections, Archive Hub, etc.
It also contains a selection of digital content from the University's own collections, includes historical photographs, images of archival material as well as publication fragments (which can be made available to individuals upon request), and the Roehampton Digital Collections a freely available digital library of key texts for the Children's Literature Collection and the Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies.