Research Guides: CSTS 217: Unruly Bodies: Narratives of Disability in Greece and Rome (HC): History and Criticism

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find some relevant material and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

(greece OR rome ) AND (people with disabilities) [Subject search]

(art) [Subject] AND (greek OR roman OR classical) [Keyword] AND (disabled OR abnormal* OR disabilities) [Keyword]

(rome OR greece) AND army [Subject search, Limited to publications 1990-2018 with the newest titles listed first]

Tripod: Books & More
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The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Use Tripod Books and More to find relevant books, journals, dissertations, films, and other material owned by the tri-college libraries. Click on the "request" button at the bottom of an item's record to have it delivered to Magill or another library.

WorldCat
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This is an important place to look for books beyond the tricollege collections. WorldCat represents the holdings of books, journals, and other materials in OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries globally. Includes over 400 million titles, a majority of which can be requested through interlibrary loan

Borrowing Beyond the Tri-Co
Request items that are not available in Tripod through E-ZBorrow or Interlibrary Loan. Note that E-Z Borrow is the first place to look for books not in Tripod. It usually takes just three days for E-Z Borrow books to arrive. Books not in E-Z Borrow can come from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) which may take as little as four or five days to arrive.

For journal articles not available in the three colleges, use the Article Delivery form. In around 3 days you will receive a digital copy of the requested articles in your email.

Finding Scholarly Studies in Journals

Année Philologique
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Annèe Philologique is useful for researchers in the classics, philosophy, history, art, archaeology, and the humanities. It contains publication information for articles for the years 1924 to the present.
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Provides the tables of contents from a selection of Classics,Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals. Subjects covered include: Greek and Latin linguistics and literature, Greek and Roman history, archaeology, mythology,and the Ancient Near East. About ten percent of the entries link to the full text of the articles. Covers published works from 1992-present.
ProQuest Research Library
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Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope.

Finding Book Reviews

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Book Review Index
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A comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. Covers 1965-present.

Classical review
This journal publishes only book reviews, averaging 90 full-length reviews per issue. The viewpoints are generally critical and informed.

Theses and Ph.D. Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, and 1.2 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Coverage is from 1861 to the present day.

EThOS Electronic Theses Online Service (British Library)
This service provides full text of many recent dissertations written at British universities. Some are available for immediate download, while others take a day or two for delivery.