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 Reference sources usually summarize big topics and can provide a starting point for diving into secondary literature and further research. They include: dictionaries, catalogs, databases, atlases, encyclopedias, and other knowledge archives.

##  List of Useful Reference Sources

###  General

- [Dictionaries and Lexicons](https://guides.library.harvard.edu/interlibros/classics_dictionaries) linked through InterLibros (e.g., TLL, TLG, OLD)
- [Oxford Bibliographies Online ](https://www-oxfordbibliographies-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/)
- [L’Année Philologique](http://apps.brepolis.net.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/LTool/EntranceSteward.aspx?w=30): Bibliographic information for publications by date, searchable by topic/subject. ❖ Barrington Atlas: Maps and geography for the ancient world (available in Smyth)
- [Dyabola](http://www.db.dyabola.de.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/dya/dya_srv2.dll?00): Archeological bibliographies
- [The Beazley Archive](https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/carc/Home): Greek pottery and gems
- [Arachne](https://arachne.uni-koeln.de/arachne/): Ancient Art (primarily sculpture)
- Prometheus: Art history and ancient art
- LIMC (Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae): for mythological figures in ancient art (available in both Widener and Smyth); organized alphabetically. Each entry has 2 Volumes: Volume 1 contains images of objects, while Volume 2 contains the objects’ information, description, and a brief analysis. Use both volumes in tandem when looking up an entry. Entries can be written in English, French, German, and Italian.
- ThesCRA (Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum): for ancient religion, currently 7 volumes (available in Smyth). Entries can be written in English, French, German, and Italian.

###  Inscriptions

- [CIL](https://cil.bbaw.de/en/) = Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
- ILS = Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae
- IG = Inscriptiones Graecae
- [CRGN](http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/) = Collection of Greek Ritual Norms
- AE = L’Année épigraphique
- SEG = Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
- [PHI](https://inscriptions.packhum.org/) (Packard Humanities Institute): Greek Inscriptions
- [Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss-Slaby](http://www.manfredclauss.de/)