Latin I

By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian October 14th, 2009

Reference Books

Below are reference materials recommended for the Latin I project. For a quick overview of your topic, consider consulting the following:

A Companion to Latin Studies REF 913.37 SA5

  • Search Tip: This volume is not arranged alphabetically, nor does it contain a subject index. Use the table of contents to locate material in this volume. For example, Chapter IV “Religion and Mythology” may contain useful information to those researching these topics.

Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire REF 937 B88 2002

  • Example: Triumvirate, First
  • Example: Poetry

The Oxford Classical Dictionary REF 913.38 OX2 2003

  • Example: Punic Wars
  • Example: religion, Roman

If researching a particular author of Latin literature, consider consulting the following:

Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome REF 920 L96

  • Example: Horace

Greek and Latin Authors, 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 REF 920 G76

  • Example: Ovid

If researching myth, consider consulting:

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology REF 291 Ox2L

  • Example: Roman mythology

If researching an individual, consider consulting the following:

Who Was Who in the Roman World REF 920 B67

  • Example: Caesar, Gaius Julius

Encyclopedia of World Biography REF 920 M17 1998 V.1

  • Example: Nero

Also useful is the Biography Resource database, available through the Library website HERE.   This database contains the full-text of several biographical reference texts.

Other Books

To locate additional books on your topic, use the library’s catalog &, depending upon your topic, consider the following searches:

  • Augustus Caesar
  • Emperors, Rome
  • Rome, history
  • Rome, Literature
  • Latin Literature
  • Latin Literature, History
  • Punic Wars
  • Julius Caesar
  • Cicero
  • Social Structure, Rome
  • Rome, Religion

Search tip: One quick method of locating additional books on a topic is to search the library’s catalog with the title of a helpful book you have already located (in this case, the book you have been assigned). Then, review the subject headings assigned to that book. All subject headings in the library’s catalog will link to the records of the other books in the collection with that same subject heading.

Also, consider browsing the shelves near and around any of the helpful books you have already located.

Download a PDF version of this research guide by clicking HERE.

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