Research Guides: CSTS 398 Senior Seminar (HC/BMC): Home

Classics and Art

Images of Isis and Serapis frame the portrait of a bearded adherent, Romano-Egyptian, 100-200 CE (Getty Museum)

Starting Points and Core Resources

Oxford Classical Dictionary
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Encyclopedia of all aspects of classical antiquity. 4th edition; published in 2012.
Année Philologique
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The most comprehensive database for finding bibliography in Classical Studies; covers 1924 to present.
Oxford Bibliographies in Classics
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Annotated bibliographies of the most recent and authoritative classical scholarship.
Loeb Classical Library
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Online access to all of the in print volumes of this major series of Greek and Latin texts with facing translations.

Starting the Senior Thesis in Classics

This guide provides resources and research tools for the very rich Greek and Roman cultural traditions as well as the scholarly literature which interprets them. There are also examples of searches and explanations of library services.

While many of these points may prove useful as you explore your topic and focus on issues that define your specific concerns, it is also helpful to keep a broad research plan in mind. Please see Starting the Senior Thesis in Classics as a beginning orientation and go back for reminders as you move through the research process.