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Selected Sources for Classics/Art 394 Ancient Sculpture |
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Reference Resources
| When starting a research project, it is often a good idea to check the Reference Collection to find background information on your topic area. Resources typically found in the Reference Collection include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and statistical materials. The Reference Collection is located on the First Level of the DeWitt Wallace Library near the Reference Desk. Books are shelved under LC Call Numbers based on their subject matter. Find Reference materials by browsing the shelves or by using the CLICnet catalog. We also have a collection of Online Reference Resources. The materials listed below represent a sample of Reference resources that relate to your class. Check the Reference Collection for additional resources that may relate more directly to your specific project. |
| Classical Studies: a guide to the reference literature. (Mac REF PA 91 J4 1996) Fred Jenkins. Englewood, CO.: Libraries Unlimited, 1996. |
| This basic guide to reference sources in classical studies, although somewhat dated, includes evluative annotations for all the sources listed. Subject and author/title indexes are included. |
| Dictionary of Art (Mac Ref N31 .D5 1996) 34 vols. Jane Turner, ed. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. |
| This comprehensive encyclopedia of world visual arts, completed in 1996, contains entries on artists, periods, movements, countries, cities, art forms, art patronage, etc. Most articles are signed with references. |
| Encyclopedia of World Art (Mac Ref N31 E533) 17 vols. New York: McGraw Hill, 1959. |
| Comprehesive encyclopedia of world art. Half of each volume consists of plates illustrating the articles within the volume. |
| Guide to the Ancient World: a dictionary of classical place names. (Mac REF DE25 G72 1986) Michael Grant. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1986. |
| Guide to the Literature of Art History (Mac Ref N380 A87 1980) Etta Arntzen and Robert Rainwater. Chicago: American Library Association. 1980. |
| This annotated bibliography includes major works in art history published in western languages between 1959 and 1977. There is a section on ancient sculpture. |
| Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. (Mac Ref DE5 P36 1962). Harry Thurston Peck, Ed. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1962. |
| A comprehensive dictionary of terms relating to the classical world. It includes references to items used in everyday life. Some entries have short bibliographies. |
| Images for Historians of Art (Mac Reserves NB90 .I53 2003 CD-ROM) Freeport, Maine:Saskia, Cultural Documentation, 2003. |
| 51 images (jpg format) of ancient works of sculpture. |
| Oxford
Reference Online (Current) Resource of reference materials
including about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference
works published by Oxford University Press. Provides database-wide
searching, subject searching across sources, and individual title
searching. Oxford University Press. |
| Praeger Encylopedia of Ancient Greek Civilization. (Mac
REF DF16 D513) Pierre Devambez et al. New York: Praeger,
1967. |
| This one volume encyclopedia offers a quick overview of subjects related to the study of ancient Greece. It is liberally illustrated with black and white images. |
| Sculpture Index. (Mac Ref NB36 c55 v.2 pt. 1 & 2) Jane Clapp. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press,Inc. 1970. |
| An index to locations of well known sculptures and their reproductions in books. |
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Finding Books : Catalogs
| Use online catalogs to locate books in local libraries. Here at Macalester, our online catalog is called CLICnet. It is often helpful to start with a "Superkeyword" search in the CLICnet catalog where you combine topics that relate to your research project. For example:
Be sure to check the Subject headings listed in the records you retrieve so that you will find other useful and more specific terms and phrases to search. CLICnet uses the Subject Headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books kept near the Reference Desk in the Library. For More Information:
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Books at Macalester
| In the DeWitt Wallace Library, as in other libraries, books are grouped together on the shelves by subject area. The Library uses the Library of Congress (or LC) Classification System to assign call numbers, using both letters and numbers, to books based on their subject matter. Use the CLICnet Library Catalog to find books in DeWitt Wallace Library. Keep in mind, it is often useful to browse the books on the shelf in a particular subject area to find additional materials that might relate to your research. Listed below are the collection locations for books here in the Library. Finding Books at Macalester:
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Finding Articles : Indexes
| Indexes allow you to access information about articles on your topic which have appeared in periodicals such as journals or magazines. Some indexes also provide information about books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, government documents and a variety of other publication types. Subject-specific indexes focus on specific disciplines; interdisciplinary indexes survey many disciplines. Many of our indexes are available in electronic form, however print indexes are still the norm for certain disciplines. For More Information:
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| Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 -) Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. A feature of this index is the inclusion of all cited references. ISI/Web of Science. |
| Bibliography of the History of Art (1973 -) Covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present, the Bibliography of the History of Art indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. The Bibliography of the History of Art is updated quarterly and covers 1973 to the present. Eureka. |
| Database
of Classical Bibliography (DCB), CD-ROM (1957-1996) This
electronic version of L'Annee Philologique contains citations of all
known scholarly work published in any language anywhere in the world
concerning the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics,
Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, numismatics, papyrology
and epigraphy, and concerning the time period from the second millennium
B.C. to roughly 500-800 A.D. Scholars Press. |
| JSTOR (Date
varies) This is a collection of core scholarly journals in the arts
and humanities, with a few science journals, fulltext back to their
date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years. JSTOR. |
| Perseus Digital
Library (Date varies) This is a digital library of source
materials for the study of the ancient world and beyond. Tufts University. |
| PCI (Periodical Contents Index), date varies |
| This indexes articles from journals in the fields of humanities and social sciences. The journals are indexed from the first issue published through the early nineties. Therefore, indexing is provided in some cases back to the 1700s. Search by keywords in titles. [ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey] |
| Project Muse (Date varies) This is a searchable collection of fulltext journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Johns Hopkins University Press/Project MUSE. |
Journals at Macalester
| Finding Journals at Macalester:
Journal Formats
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Interlibrary Loan
| Interlibrary Loan (or ILL) is a DeWitt Wallace Library service that allows current Macalester students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to submit requests for books, journal articles, and other materials that are not available here in the Library. You may submit up to 5 interlibrary loan requests per day (not including requests you make for books within CLICnet). For More Information:
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Web Research
| The Web is a extremely vast resource of information. While it is important to use critical thinking skills when looking at any information source, the Web can provide particular challenges. Always be aware of things like the authority, scope, source, currency, intended audience, etc. when visting a Web site; especially when relying on a site as a source for a paper. Searching the Web can be a daunting experience. Search engines change on a regular basis. Google is the most effective search engine. However, it is important to note that no single search engine can claim to even come close to searching the entire Web. For best results, you should try searches in multiple engines. For More Information:
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| Ancient World Web A personal Web site that categorizes over a thousand Web sites related to the ancient world. |
| Classical
and Medieval History Developed by the Library of Congress, this site is a classified list of Web resources for classical studiesand medieval studies. |
Classical
Sculpture |
| Electronic
Resources for Classicists A very comprehensive classified list of electronic resources maintained at the University of California, Irvine. |
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Citing Your Sources
| RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to download, organize, annotate, and search citations (references) for your papers and to create bibliographies. When you create bibliographies, choose from a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). With an additional plug-in program, you can use Refworks to create references and bibliographies automatically while writing papers in Microsoft Word. (Please note: the Write-N-Cite plug-in is currently not available for Macintosh computers.) For More Information:
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