Research Guides: A Guide to Classics Resources: Home

Welcome to the Washington University in St. Louis Libraries' guide to resources for the study of Classics. Use the table of contents to the left to find a wide range of resources that will help you with your research. If you don't find what you are looking for or need help navigating this guide, please contact Christie Peters, Classics Librarian.

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Databases

Archäologische Bibliographie (via Projekt Dyabola) (1956-)
A major bibliographical database for classical archaeology based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute. Indexes journal articles, monographs, and conference proceedings on Greco-Roman antiquity and related areas in all major European languages. Searchable in English, German, French, and Italian. Note: on the first page, click the checkbox in front of 'IP access' and then click Start; it opens a new window. Click the British flag to search in English.
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Over 10 million volumes have been added to the library; of which more than 3.3 million are available full text.
More info about HathiTrust
JSTOR
Database and full texts of journal articles.
L'Année Philologique Online (1924-)
Annual index of scholarly works relating to every aspect of Greek and Roman civilization, including the auxiliary disciplines of archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology and paleography.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics
Expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field. Includes key primary source texts and critical literature that highlights new discoveries, interpretations, and theories in the field of Classical Studies.
Perseus Digital Library Catalog
An evolving collection of resources for the study of the ancient world, including archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica.
Project MUSE Premium collection
A comprehensive collection of peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies.
Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Online
Collects newly published Greek inscriptions as well as publications on previously known documents. Presents complete Greek texts of all new inscriptions with a critical apparatus; it summarizes new readings, interpretations, and studies of known inscriptions, and occasionally presents the Greek text of these documents.

Classical texts

Loeb Classical Library
A virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature represented with up-to-date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease. Learn more about this database
Library of Latin Texts A (3 users)
Contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas.
Library of Latin Texts B (3 users)
Contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas.
Classical and Post Classical Latin Texts - Packard Humanitie Institute
This website contains essentially all Latin literary texts written before A.D. 200, as well as some texts selected from later antiquity.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
The goal of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era. Currently contains 12,000 works by 3,800 authors. Note: Each user must create a user profile to login to the Full Corpus.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
International Latin dictionary, first to cover all Latin texts from classical period up to about 600 A.D. 31 academies, and scholarly societies from 23 countries support the work of the Bayerische Akademie (Thesaurusbüro München).

PHI Latin Texts
This website contains essentially all Latin literary texts written before A.D. 200, as well as some texts selected from later antiquity.

A Guide to Classics Resources

Head of Research & Liaison Services Classics Librarian

Abbreviations

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Databases

Classical texts