Parthenon, Athens, 5th c. BCE
Databases
For Reference & Background
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>> Abbreviations for Classical Authors
To find Scholarly Secondary Literature - Articles in Journals & Essays in Books
- ATLA Religion Database
- JSTOR
- Historical Abstracts - topics mostly from the Renaissance on
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- l'Année Philologique - for Greco-Roman subjects
- RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
- Oxford Bibliographies Online:Jewish Studies
Primary Sources
- online copy of the Old Testament
- online New Testament
- Perseus - links to Greek and Latin texts both in the original languages and in English translation
Sample Subjects in CBBcat
- Religion -- Social Aspects -- Rome
- Gods, Greek
- Religion and Literature -- Rome
- Rome -- Religion
- Church History -- Primitive and Early Church, ca. 30-600
- Christianity and Other Religions -- Rome
- Paganism -- Rome
- Mediterranean Religion -- Religion -- History -- To 1500
- Judaism -- Relations -- Roman Religion
- Judaism -- History -- Talmudic Period, 10- 425
- Judaism --Relations -- Greek Religion
- Emperor Worship -- Rome
- Jupiter (Roman Deity)
- Middle East -- Religion
Religious Diversity in the Ancient Mediterranean (RE 120)
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Karen Gillum | kjgillum@colby.edu
Marilyn R. Pukkila | mrpukkil@colby.edu
Think Strategically
- Looking up background information first can save you time later - use the Oxford Classical Dictionary, and other online dictionaries
- Use terminology and facts learned from the background information to search for articles in ATLA Religion and other databases listed on the left
- Search for books in any of Colby's catalogs, expanding your search with subject linking
- Investigate the notes and bibliographies of every good source you find for leads to more
- Think about what sorts of publications the information you need might be published in and then where to look for it.
- Ancient texts?
- Definition of terms?
- An analytical argument on the validity of an approach, conclusion, or theory?
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Keyword Searching -- Experiment with synonyms Use asterisks to search for multiple word-forms at once: divin* = divine, divinity, divination Use quotation marks to search for a phrase: "Roman religion" Try searching the CBB catalog for Companion or Handbook and your keyword. Like this: Companion Greek religio*. Companions and handbooks can be very helpful in getting oriented to a new area of study. |
Catalogs
- The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Testament/Old Bible, Stephen B. Chapman, 2016 (e-book)
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One-minute video guides with more tips:
- Setting Up an ILLiad (Interlibrary) Loan Account
- Making ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) Requests from within Colby Databases
- Requesting Full-text Articles Through ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) Using OneSearch
- More 1-MINUTE VIDEOS on how to use the Libraries' resources.
An image of the scrolls composing the Tanakh, or the Hebrew bible.
Books in Hard Copy
- Encyclopedia of Religion REF BL31 .E46 1987
- Encyclopedia of Christianity REF BR95 E8913 1999
- New Catholic Encyclopedia REF BX841 .N44 2003
- Oxford Classical Dictionary REF DE5 .O9 2012
- Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization DE5 .O92 1998 (on the 3rd floor!)
