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Guides and Catalogues to Materials at the University of Chicago with Local Call Numbers
- The University of Chicago Library's Online Catalogue
Reserve Catalog - 4th Floor Regenstein Ancient Near East Reference Guide
- Guide to Periodicals for the Ancient Near East and Related Fields (Enter ANE in Subject field to limit.)
- Online Catalogue of the Oriental Institute's Research Archives
- Making Sense of Abbreviations
Bibliographic Databases
- Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East (The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago)
- AIGYPTOS: A Database of Egyptological Literature
- L'Année philologique on the Internet (1949-) (UofC-Access Only) Print volumes can be found on the index table in the Classics Reading Room (Z7016.A1A6 RR4Cla)
- Annual Egyptological Bibliography (AEB) (UofC-Access Only) The Web version at present covers volumes 1947 to 2001. The CD-ROM, located on the first workstation inside the Classics Reading Room on the 4th floor of Regenstein Library, covers from 1822-1997. Print volumes can be found at Z3651.I6 RR4.
- Anthropology Plus (Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK) (UofC-Access Only)
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (1949-) (UofC-Access Only)
- Bibliotheca Phoenicia Z3469.P56A378 JMedia
- Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography (Orion Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
- DYABOLA: Realkatalog DAI Rom Click on the box labeled "mit IP-Zugang" before beginning. (UofC-Access Only)
- Eurasienbibliographie des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Click on the box labeled "mit IP-Zugang" before beginning. (UofC-Access Only)
- Gnomon Online: Not as complete as the CD-ROM version, but good from 1997 on. With weekly bibliographic uploads, it is more up to date than L'Année philologique. Gnomon on CD-Rom is located on the first workstation inside the Classics Reading Room, on the 4th floor of Regenstein Library.
- Hethitische Bibliographie from Hethitologie Portal Mainz. From 1832 to present.
- History of Science and Technology 1975 to present. (UofC-Access Only)
- Nestor: Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas Print volumes at Z7023.L5N46 RR4Cla.
- OACIS for the Middle East ((Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials), a union list of serials from or about the Middle East.
- Research Archives Online Catalogue at the Oriental Institute, which indexes the tables of contents of journals
- (Porter-Moss) Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings Z7064.P81 RR4 (ANE Study Table) See also their Web site for an online version of Objects of Provenance Not Known: Statues as well as working and uncorrected files for other parts.
- Subsidia Papyrologica CDRom Z6604.S8 2000 Regenstein JMedia
- Web of Science, with citation linking provides access to:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (UofC-Access Only)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (UofC-Access Only)
- WorldCat [Via UofC Proxy]: Now including the records from the RLG Union Catalog, contains over 62 million records for books and other materials in over 10,000 libraries worldwide. Updated daily.
The
option can be used to locate the item at U of C or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own. (UofC only)
- Zenon DAI (Zentraler Online-Katalog des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts). Guide to Zenon DAI available from the Clark Art Institute.
- Annual Egyptological Bibliography (AEB), [Via UofC Proxy]: lists book reviews at the end of the full record.
- Book Review Index Online (1965-) [Via UofC Proxy]:
a comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. The option can be used to locate the item at U of C or online or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own.
- IBR: International Bibliography of Book Reviews (1985- ) [Via UofC Proxy]: Multilingual interdisciplinary index to book reviews, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. For 1971-1981 consult the print Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen at AI9.I58 (Regenstein Reference). Note: IBR online document ordering system unavailable; if appropriate please request items directly from University of Chicago Interlibrary Loan instead.
Dissertations
- ProQuest Digital Dissertations/Dissertation Abstracts [Via UofC Proxy] Includes citations for dissertations accepted at accredited universities from 1861 to the present. Those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Abstracts for earlier dissertations are available in Dissertation Abstracts (Z5055.U49M6; Regenstein Reference). Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The full text of dissertations since 1997 is available for free downloading. (UofC-Access Only)
- Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database from the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. CRL has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database. CRL also maintains a list of universities from which it receives printed dissertations on exchange or deposit and the date when this began. Request items via University of Chicago Interlibrary Loan.
- Index to Theses [Via UofC Proxy] A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. (UofC-Access Only)
- Sammlung Digitaler Dissertationen in Deutschland: A gateway to online dissertation sites of many German universities.
- Tesionline: provides bibliographic and full text access to over 8,000 Italian theses and dissertations, from the bachelors level to doctoral dissertations.
- Thèses en Ligne (TEL): limited in content, but provides access to the full text of some French dissertations.
- On-line Journals for ANE and related fields (including titles to which the Library subscribes) or for more information use the Serials Database limiting to "Online."
- UofC Electronic Journals Database (all subjects)
- Abzu: Journals Search Select "Journal Title" before searching (University of Chicago)
Full-Text Resources by Language (EFTS)
- Egyptian (including Coptic and Demotic)
- Greek and Latin
- Hebrew and Aramaic
- Hittite
- Sumerian and Akkadian
- Ugaritic
- ANE Reference Works
Other Internet Sites of Interest for the Ancient Near East
Programs at the University of Chicago
- Classics
- The Committee on Archaeological Studies
- The Committee on Jewish Studies
- The Divinity School
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)
- New Testament and Early Christian Literatures
- The Oriental Institute
- Program in the Ancient Mediterranean World (PAMW)
Graduate Research Workshops
- Ancient Societies Workshop
- Early Christian Studies
- Interdisciplinary Archaeology Workshop
- Islamic Art and Artifact Workshop
- Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Workshop
- Middle East History and Theory
- Other Workshops
See also Subject Guide to Classics