Cleopatra Through the Ages

Books

Catalog
Keyword and subject searches in the Library's catalog are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can be narrowed with facets such as topic, era, language or region. Facets are located on the right hand side of the results screen.

Examples of Library of Congress subjects:
Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt - d. 30 B.C.
Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt - d. 30 B.C. - Influence
Egypt - History - 332-30 B.C.
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
Egypt - Religion - 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Examples of keyword searches:
Cleopatra and representation
Hollywood and Cleopatra
goddesses and queens

WorldCat (OCLC)

A catalog of library holdings worldwide. WorldCat will indicate any local library holdings and also offers an inter-library loan request option.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest)

A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses included from around the world.
The often extensive bibliographies in dissertations can be invaluable. Hard to find primary sources may be transcribed and translated in the appendix.

Example:
Goldberg, Patricia M. "Ptolemaic queens and a Roman empress with aspects of Tyche and other goddesses". Ph.D. diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2010.

E-ZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loans are only available for books and journals which are not owned by Falvey. The E-ZBorrow service can be used for books which the library owns, but which are currently checked out. E-ZBorrow books are provided by a local library network and tend to arrive faster than interlibrary loans.

Encyclopedias, Companions & General Histories

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt

Companion to Ancient Egypt

Companion to Women in the Ancient World

Companion to Ancient History

Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation

Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt

Encyclopedia of Ancient History

Journal Articles

Trying to decipher a journal abbreviation?
Here is a handy list of journal abbreviations for classical and medieval studies journals courtesy of Indiana University Libraries.

JSTOR

JSTOR is an archive of important core journals in the humanities. Current content is not available. JSTOR indicates which years are covered.
The Advanced Search feature has journal limits by discipline such as Classical Studies and Archaeology. You can further limit to keywords in title, abstract, or author field. Item type, language and publication date range are other available search limits.

Project Muse

Searchable collection of recent full-text humanities, social science and mathematics journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

TOCS-IN

TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies and Religion journals. Covers published works from 1992-present.

Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)

Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 300 periodicals in archaeology, art , classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.

Art Full Text (EBSCO)

An index to art journals. Coverage goes back to 1994.

Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 (EBSCO)

Index to art journals published from 1929-1984.

ARTstor

Find high quality images of paintings, sculptures, coins, and more.

Citing Your Sources

RefWorks
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Creating a RefWorks Account
Short powerpoint presentation on how to sign up for your own RefWorks account. Never type a bibliography again!

Chicago Manual of Style Online

The 16th edition of the standard style manual used by writers and editors of scholarly books and journals.
Available online and in print. For a quick introduction watch the online tutorial A Brief Introduction to the Chicago Manual of Style.
Use the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for easy reference.
Information desk copy: Z253.U69 2010

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