Purpose of this guide
To give tips on finding secondary sources (books, book chapters, and journal articles) that will help in writing your historical fiction and research paper projects.
Tools for Finding Secondary Sources
HOLLIS (see HOLLIS Tips) -- Harvard's library catalog, combined with a mega-database of articles and other sources
JSTOR -- Full-text articles from scholarly journals in all disciplines
Oxford Classical Dictionary -- Concise definitions and overviews of subjects, with bibliographies
Cambridge Ancient Histories -- Forty-five volumes of the latest scholarship, fully searchable
Oxford Bibliographies -- Specialized bibliographies written by experts in all fields, with concise annotations
Oxford Handbooks -- Includes 197 scholarly articles on Ancient Greek history
Oxford Reference -- Classical Studies -- Twelve authoritative reference books on Greek and Roman civilization and language
Steve Kuehler, Research Librarian
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