Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Keywords

Electronic resources, Classics, Electronic corpora, Electronic concordances, Research tools, Secondary literature, Multimedia, Websites, Gopher sites, Internet resources, Electronic journals, Discussion lists, Electronic conferences

Abstract

This essay aims to provide an overview of electronic resources for the study and teaching of classics—including Greek and Latin languages and literature, philosophy, religion, art and archaeology, and ancient history—with particular emphasis on the tools most useful for a library collection serving an undergraduate clientele. Most of this discussion is devoted to CD-ROMs and other soft ware that are available for purchase, lease, or subscription. A short section at the end of the essay summarizes resources available on the Internet. There are a great many ingenious and entertaining programs for language teaching and drill, and numerous customized Greek and Latin font and word-processing pro grams. These are better suited to a computer or language lab or an individual scholar’s workstation than to a library collection and fall outside the scope of this article. Readers are encouraged to consult such useful guides as Rob Latousek’s Software Directory for the Classics or Word Processing for Classicists, edited by Robert J. Rowland. Although the author has attempted evenhanded and complete coverage of products and categories, the frenetic pace and fragmentary documentation that are endemic to electronic publishing make comprehensive coverage elusive. The recommended articles and books listed in the annotated bibliography of print sources at the end of this essay will direct readers to additional in-depth and timely information.

Comments

Reprinted with permission from CHOICE (http://www.choicereviews.org/), copyright by the American Library Association

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