Socrates: the individual and the state

Background Sources | Books | Indexes to Articles | Electronic Journals | Selected Websites

The items in this bibliography can help you find additional information for your research. Most printed material is available in Suzzallo Reference. Databases marked UW Only require that you access these from computers on campus or from home using UWICK or the libraries proxy server. Databases marked Library CD require that you access these from library computers.

Background Resources

Specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries provide a quick overview of a topic along with a short list of additional readings. Most items are located both in Suzzallo Reference and Undergraduate Reference (Odegaard).

The Cambridge ancient history	Reference, Undergraduate	D57 .C25 1982
Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean : Greece and Rome	Reference, Undergraduate	DE59 .C55 1988
The Oxford classical dictionary	Reference, Undergraduate	DE5 .O9 1996
The Oxford companion to classical civilization	Reference	DE5 .O92 1998

Books

Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

• UW Libraries Catalog
  A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.
• Cascade
  Regional catalog of the 6 Washington State university/college libraries. You can request books be sent to the UW.
• OCLC WorldCat UW only.
  A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

Indexes to Articles

Use the following databases to identify articles written on your topic. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

Four Specialized Indexes:

• Database of classical bibliography Library CD
  Electronic version of L'Annee Philologique covering the years 1974-1989. Covers the subjects of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy, and concerning the time period from the second millennium B.C. to roughly 500-800 A.D. Earlier and later years (1929-1993) available in print [Suzzallo Reference Z7016 .A55]
• Dyabola: Sachkataloge des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts Library CD
  Electronic version of Archaologische Bibliographie, an index to material published on history of art and the ancient world. Earlier years available in print [Suzzallo Reference Z5132.A67]
• Philosopher's Index UW Only.
  Index to articles and books published in the field of philosophy from 1940 onward.
• TOCS-IN
  Index to articles in Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion prublished from 1992 onward.

Three General Indexes:

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index UW Only.
  Interdisciplinary database to articles in the humanities including history, philosophy, literature, etc. Electronic version dates back to 1980, part of the Web of Science.
• Expanded Academic Index UW Only.
  Index to approximately 1500 journals and magazines in all disciplines. Selected full-text available.
• Research Library UW Only.
  Index to articles in all fields, full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines.

Electronic Journals

This is a selective list of electronic journals in the field of ancient history and the classics. Usually only the latest couple of years are available online. Most of the journals in these fields are only available in print. Some journals are UW Only.

• Ancient History Bulletin
• Arethusa UW Only
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review
  Book reviews.
• Classical Review UW Only

Selected Websites

This is a short selection of web sites useful for ancient history.

Electronic Texts:

• Collected Works of Plato UW Only
  Searchable electronic version of Hamilton and Cairns' The Collected Dialogues of Plato Including the Letters first published in 1961.
• Last Days of Socrates
  "This site is designed to help first year philosophy students read the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from the Phaedo."
• Perseus Digital Library
  "Perseus is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language. Our primary goal is to bring a wide range of source materials to as large an audience as possible."
• Paideia Project
  Collection of 900 papers presented at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy.

Search Engines:

• Argos
  "Argos is the first peer-reviewed, limited area search engine (LASE) on the World-Wide Web. It has been designed to cover the ancient and medieval worlds."
• Hippias
  "Hippias is a peer-reviewed search engine that provides access to philosophy-related resources on the World-Wide Web."

Other:

• Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
  Extensive list of links to web sites dealing with philosophy.
• Ancient City of Athens
  A "photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece)."

19 March 2001
Theresa Mudrock | mudrock@u.washington.edu