LibGuides: Classical Studies: Reference Sources

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Print resources on the reference shelves have to be consulted in the library.

Copies of chapters or entries can be made in the photocopy section on level 4 of the library.

Brill's Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages This link opens in a new window
Reference work offers an accessible coverage of medieval European history and culture, c. 500-c. 1500, in a series of themed articles, taking an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.
Brill Online Reference This link opens in a new window
List of various major reference works published by Brill Publishers and accessible to registered Unisa students and staff.
Brill Online Reference This link opens in a new window
List of various major reference works published by Brill Publishers and accessible to registered Unisa students and staff.
Der Neue Pauly This link opens in a new window
Most complete and authoritative modern encyclopedia of the ancient world currently available. Nearly 20,000 entries covers 2,000 years of history and culture of Greco-Roman Antiquity and the reception of this in the two thousand years that followed. Available in English as Brill's New Pauly.
Oxford Reference Online Premium This link opens in a new window
A premier online reference product, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across OUP's Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.