Subject Guides: Classical Studies: Books

Ways to Search For Books

L'Annee Philologique (Brepolis) This link opens in a new window
1949-present. Indexes books and periodical articles as well as articles in collections and conference papers in classics and classical studies. It covers Greek and Latin linguistics and literature and Greek and Roman archaeology, history, mythology, religion, epigraphy, numismatics and paleography etc.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics This link opens in a new window
Growing set of bibliographies by classical scholars on topics ranging from individual authors such as Aeschylus and Ovid to historical figures such as Alexander the Great to broad topics such as papyrology or epigraphy. Each bibliography includes a brief introductory essay (including biographies or historical overviews) and citations to the most important books and articles on the topic.

BYU Library Catalog
Alphabetical, call number, keyword, and other searches of the library collections can be done here.
Other Libraries, including WorldCat
Search catalogs of other libraries. You can search specific libraries (academic or public) or national consortia of libraries such as Worldcat.

Theses & Dissertations

Search the BYU Library Catalog for BYU theses & dissertations. For other theses and dissertations, search the following database:

BYU Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Only available on-campus. Library catalog keyword search.
Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
1861-Current. Access to the citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses published through UMI Dissertation Publishing. The service also provides access to 24 page previews & full text in PDF format (1997+).

HathiTrust Digital Library

HathiTrust Digital Library is a collection approaching 17 million volumes of searchable books, journals, and government documents, including around 7 million available as full-text online.

BYU has joined more than 100 international academic and research libraries as a partner in HathiTrust. For more details about the kinds of content in HathiTrust and to visualize by call numbers, languages, or dates, see Statistics and Visualizations.

What can I do in HathiTrust?

Anyone can search and view the full-text content in HathiTrust. With login, users at BYU benefit from added features. Below is a brief summary of what you can do.
You can log in from the HathiTrust main page.

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Search full-text of all volumes
View full-text of non-copyright volumes
Download single page of non-copyright volumes (PDF image)
Download full volume of non-copyright volumes (PDF image)	X
Search within collections
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Book Reviews

L'Année Philologique index entries for books include citations for reviews, if any.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review is an online database of reviews, searchable by author or title.

Journals that specialize in or include extensive sections of reviews of classical studies books include

♦ L'antiquité classique

♦ Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft

♦ Athenaeum

♦ Classical review

♦ Les études classiques

♦ Gnomon

♦ Greece and Rome

♦ Klio

♦ Latomus

♦ Journal of Hellenic Studies

♦ Journal of Roman archaeology

♦ Journal of Roman Studies

♦ Museum Helveticum

♦ Phoenix

♦ Revue de philologie

♦ Revue des études latines

♦ Times literary supplement (reviews classics books with a general interest)

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Loeb Classical Library

Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
The authors in the Loeb Classical Library span eighteen centuries and every genre. Their continued popularity into the twentyfirst century marks the fact that more people are reading the classics in translation than ever before. The digital Loeb Classical Library continues the historic mission of making all that is important in Greek and Latin literature available to readers anywhere in the worldwith accurate, literate, English translations.

Classical Studies: Books