History 388

Alexander's Conquests

          Background Sources
          Books
          Indexes to Articles
          Book Review Sources
          Selected Websites

Slides

The items in this bibliography can help you find additional information for your assignments. Many are available electronically through local library networks or the World Wide Web.

Background Resources

Encyclopedias and dictionaries can provide historical context for the primary sources you are reading and analyzing. They can also be used to identify key people, events and dates. Many also include short reading lists.

Britannica Online

http://www.eb.com:180/
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Article on Alexander. UW Only.
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.

OCLC WorldCat
A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad. UW only.

Dissertation Abstracts
http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/
Index to dissertations since 1861, those from 1980 onward include an abstract. 60,000 dissertations available in electronic format (for a fee). UW Only.

Indexes to Articles

Use the following databases (plus one bibliography) to find articles on your topic and citations to book reviews. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.
Database of classical bibliography
CD Network
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
CD Network
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]

Expanded Academic Index
Index to approximately 1500 journals and magazines in all disciplines. Selected full-text available. Also includes book reviews. UW Only.

Research Library
Index to articles in all fields, full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines. From the menu, choose Research Library Complete. Also includes book reviews. UW Only.

Alexander the Great: a bibliography
Annotated bibliography of materials dealing with Alexander the Great including classical sources, pre-19th century and modern (roughly through the mid 1960s) sources. [Suzzallo Reference and Bothell Z8025.65 .B86]

Book Review Sources

In addition to the indexes listed above, full-text book reviews can be found in the following sources.

American Historical Review
Electronic version of the back issues of the journal from 1895-1993. Part of the JSTOR set of electronic back issues which includes approximately 10 history journals. Can be searched.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Bryn Mawr Classical Review publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)."

H-Net Reviews
Reviews published as part of the more than 100 e-mail discussion groups dealing with various aspects of history. Can be searched.

History Reviews Online
Electronic journal of reviews supported by DePauw University.

Selected Websites

Alexander the Great on the Web
Collection of more than 750 webpages (many with annotations) dealing with Alexander.

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."

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
PBS website that accompanies the series.


25 March 1999
Theresa Mudrock - mudrock@u.washington.edu

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