Humanities Reference Sources

In addition to the sources listed here, the Library has a number of print guides to reference sources in the humanities.

Art and Architecture | Classics | Language and Literature | Music | Mythology and Folklore | Performing Arts | Philosophy | Religion

Art and Architecture

• A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Andromeda, 1995
• The Bloomsbury Guide to Art, 1996
• Bridgeman Art Library Archive
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Third edition, 2003
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Oxford, 2001
  
• A Dictionary of Architecture, Oxford, 2nd edition, 2006
  
• The Dictionary of Art Historians, continuously revised (unrestricted access)
  
• Dictionary of Modern Design Oxford, 2004
  
• A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art, Oxford, 1998
  
• Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, 2004, online updates
  
• Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
  
• Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
• Index of Christian Art
  
• Oxford Companion to Western Art Oxford, 2001
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art, Third edition, 2004
  
• Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance, 2003
  
• SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs
  
• The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists, 1994
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, 2003
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art, 1985
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers, 1998
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, 1993
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance, 2006
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture, 1996
  
• The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers, 1993
  
• The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism, 1990

For additional resources, see also the Art & Architecture subject page.

Classics

• Collins Latin Dictionary, Harper Collins 1997
• The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Oxford, 1993
  
• Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, 2002
  
• Graesse's Orbis Latinus, 1909 (unrestricted access)
  
• Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford Reference Online, 3rd edition, 2003
  
• Oxford Classical Dictionary on the Web through InteLex. Oxford, 1996 (Look for the title among the options in the pull-down menu)
  
• Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 1996
  
• Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization Oxford, 1998, 2003
  
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin), Oxford, 1994
  
• The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English), Oxford, 1994
  
• Who's Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge, 2002
  
• Who's Who in the Classical World, Oxford, 2000
  
• Who's Who in the Roman World, Routledge, 2001
  
• Woodhouse's English-Greek Dictionary, Routledge, 1910

For additional resources, see also the Classics subject page.

Language and Literature

General | Biography | American Literature | Classical Literature | Commonwealth Literature | English Literature | Genre Fiction | Irish Literature | Theater | Western European Literature

General

• The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, 3rd ed., 2006
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, Second edition, 2001
  
• A Dictionary of Writers and Their Work, Oxford, 2001
  
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric Oxford, 2001
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics Oxford, 2nd edition, 2003
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
• Literary Theory, Chadwyck-Healey
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 2nd edition, 2005
• Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation, 2000

Biography

• Contemporary Authors, Gale Group
  
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
  

American Literature

• Cambridge History of English and American Literature (Putnam, 1907-21) (unrestricted access)
  
• Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story, Columbia University Press, 2000
  
• Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, 2001
• The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature, Oxford, 1986
  
• Oxford Companion to American Literature Oxford; sixth edition, revised and enlarged, 1995
  
• The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 2004
  
• Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States, 1995
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature Oxford, 2004
  

Classical Literature

• The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Second edition, 2003
  
• Oxford Classical Dictionary

Commonwealth Literature

• Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Oxford, 1994
  
• Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford, 1997
• Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998

English Literature

• The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature, 1997
  
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature (Putnam, 1907-21) (unrestricted access)
  
• The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature, Oxford, 1996
  
• A Dictionary of Shakespeare, Oxford, 1998
  
• Dictionary of Shakespeare, Peter Collin Publishing, 2000
  
• Oxford Companion to Chaucer, 2003
• Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction
• Oxford Companion to English Literature Oxford, sixth edition, 2000
• Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Oxford, 2001
  
• The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, Oxford, 1996
  
• Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Genre Fiction

• Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, 1999
• Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, 2000
• Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, 2007
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Irish Literature

• The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, Oxford, 2000

Theater

• The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, 2000
  
• The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Oxford, 1992
  
• The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 2004
• Oxford Dictionary of Plays, 2005
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance, 2003

Western European Literature

• Kindlers Neues Literaturlexikon, Systhema Verlag, 1999. Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
• New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, 1995
• Oxford Companion to German Literature, 3rd edition, 1997
• Oxford Companion to Italian Literature

For additional resources, see also the Modern Literatures subject page.

Music

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford, 1996
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford, 1996
  
• Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001
  
• Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2004; online updates
  Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).
  
• Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, 2003
  
• Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2003
  
• The Penguin Dictionary of Music, 1998
  
• Who's Who in Opera, Oxford, 1998
  
• Lexikon der Musik Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.
• Das neue Rock-Lexikon Part of Xipolis, the AAU/ARL German Resources Project.

For additional resources, see also the Music subject page.

Mythology and Folklore

• Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth, 1996
• I>Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2004
• Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable Cassell, 2002
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005
  
• A Dictionary of African Mythology, Oxford, 2000
  
• A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, Oxford, 2001
  
• A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Oxford, 1998
  
• A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford, 2000
  
• A Dictionary of Superstitions, Oxford, 1996
  
• A Dictionary of World Mythology, Oxford, 1979
• Motif-Index of Folk Literature (availabale through InteLex Past Masters; select the title from the drop-down menu)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 2005
  
• Who's Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge, 2002

Performing Arts--Dance, Film, Music, Theater

• American Film Institute Catalog
  Documents American films from 1893-1955 and 1961-1970.
  
• The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, 2000
  
• The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Oxford, 1992
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford, 1996
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford, 1996
  
• Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2004; online updates
  Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (London, 1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition, edited by Barry Kernfeld (London, 2002).
  
• International Encyclopedia of Dance Oxford, 2005
• The Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 2004
  
• Oxford Companion to Music Oxford, 2002
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Dance, Oxford, 2000
• Oxford Dictionary of Plays, 2005
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
  
• Who's Who in Opera, Oxford, 1998

For additional resources, see also the Cinema and Media Studies, Modern Literatures, and Music subject pages.

Philosophy

• Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought, 1993
• The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 1999
• A Dictionary of Philosophy, Macmillan, 2002
• Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment Oxford, 2002, 2005
• Oxford Companion to Philosophy Second edition, 2005
• The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford, 1996
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Routledge, 1998-2004
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (unrestricted access)

For additional resources, see also the Philosophy subject page.

Religion

• Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda, 1985
  
• The Catholic Encyclopedia, New Advent, 1907-1914 ed. (unrestricted access)
  
• A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion, Oxford, 1999
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford, 2006
  
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Oxford, 1997
  
• Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford, 2003
  
• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson, 2002
  
• Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson, 1991
• A Dictionary of the Bible, Oxford, 1996
  
• Encyclopaedia Judaica, Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2007
• The Holy Bible, King James Version, Cambridge University Press
  
• Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible, 2002
  
• Oxford Companion to the Bible Oxford, 1993
  
• Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford, 2003
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, Oxford, updated 2005
  
• The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford, 5th ed., 2003
  
• Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, 1996
  
• The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible, Oxford, 2001
  
• The Qur'an, translated into English by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 2003
  
• Who's Who in Christianity, Routledge, 1998
  
• Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge, 2002
  
• Who's Who in the Old Testament, Routledge, 2002

For additional resources, see also the Judaica and Hebraica and Religion subject pages.