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The HJF has a large selection of books & eBooks regarding this topic. A very short list has been assembled to provide some direction to those that seek a starting point. This is not even close to an exhaustive list. Take note of the various subject terms for each title and use those to find additional titles regarding the same topics. A small list of suggested subject terms is provided below as well.
📚 Short List of Books & eBooks on Classical Mythology
If you're looking for adaptations, we put together a short list of books & film the HJF has access to. Remember, you can always interlibrary loan a book or film the HJF does not have.
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“JSTOR includes journal content, primary sources, images, and more across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences” (JSTOR 2011). Although most content found here is full-text, researchers may also find links to articles that are not available online through Morningside. The HJF Library provides access through JSTOR to 15 Arts & Sciences Collections and 1 Life Science Collection.
💻 MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
“Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals and series, as well as book publishers. MLA International Bibliography covers literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. In addition to the bibliography, the database includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals, the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the bibliography" (EBSCOhost 2019).
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🌐 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
"The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work."
🌐 Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) was founded in 1995 as a non-profit organization to provide open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy. At present the IEP is visited by over 500,000 persons per month.
🌐 Fordham University Internet History Sourcebook - Ancient History
"The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Medieval Sourcebook is both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online medieval texts. The Ancient and Modern Sourcebooks have a different role: since there are already ample online repositories of texts for these periods, the goal here is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online collections are provided for those who want to explore further."
🌐 Greek Gods & Religious Practices (The MET)
Greek artwork features themes found in the mythology of ancient Greece. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
🌐 Religion in the Ancient World - World History Encyclopedia
Entry from the Ancient World Encyclopedia.