Subject guides: Classics and Ancient History: Finding articles

Key databases

Dyabola : Subject Catalogues of the German Archaeological Institute
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A group of databases predominantly on classical archaeology, including Archäologische Bibliographie (aktualisierte Version des Realkatalogs)
References for classical, early Christian, Byzantine, early Medieval, and ancient Middle Eastern art and archaeology from 1956 onwards.

For coverage before 1956, use the print Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, located in Fisher Research and Reference 913.05 21 vol. 1, 1886 - 2005.
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Google Scholar
When you use Google Scholar, you will often find results that aren’t freely available in full-text. You can link Google Scholar to the Library's databases to access full-text articles by following these how to setup and use Google Scholar instructions.

Currently Google Scholar is not available from China. This includes using the University’s VPN. We recommend using Library Search to find information for your study or research. You can use Library Search to access the Library’s large collection of online and physical resources, such as ebooks and journal articles. For more help on finding scholarly information for your assignments, please check out the library’s Assignment support page.

Zenon DAI
Catalogue of the DAI (German Archaeological Institute). While it does not contain the full text, it is a great finding aid.
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eJournals

JSTOR
Full text of major Classics and Ancient History journals. Does not include the current five years of issues. Terms & conditions.
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Project Muse
Scholarly humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
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Journal abbreviations

University of Canterbury list

Many reading lists only provide the abbreviation of a journal's title. For example, it may have JRS instead of Journal of Roman Studies. To find out what the abbreviations stand for, use one of the following tools:

TOCS-IN list
TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%).
Periodical title abbreviations, Fisher Reference 050.148 10