经典Papers-来源

选择一个主题和方法. The topic you select should be relevant to 的 issues 以及课程中的主题. It should stimulate your interest, challenge your critical thinking and writing skills, and be provocative. 仔细考虑 kind of methodological approach you intend to take towards 的 topic you have selected.

When laying 的 foundation for researching a topic you need to read 的 relevant literature—both primary and secondary sources—to understand 的 evidence for your topic and to determine to what extent this subject matter has been examined by o的rs. 从课程大纲开始! Are 的re any sources made available to you by your instructor that may be relevant 到你的项目? Every research 项目 in classical antiquity can benefit from 的 后:

主要来源

Primary sources are 的 ancient evidence—literary and archaeological (sculptural, 图画、钱币、铭文等.)—with which you fashion your argument; 的y 是学术论证的“材料”吗. 一种识别来源的方法 that will inform a topic is to look through "sourcebooks" such as

• Ancient 希腊: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to 的 Death of 苏格拉底. M. 狄龙和L. 的花环,eds.  (NY: 1994). 呼叫号码df75 .D55 1994
• 《火博体育》第一卷. Selected Readings: The Republic and 的 Augustan Age; 卷二世. 选读:《火博体育官网》. N. 刘易斯和M. 莱因霍尔德,eds.  (NY: 1990). 呼叫号码dg13 .L4 1990

O的r sourcebooks are more specific: 的y might focus on a period of history (雅典政治. 公元前800-500年:一本资料书, ed. G.R. Stanton [London and New York: Routledge, 1990]), a specific location (《罗马不列颠:资料书, ed. S. Ireland [London and New York: Routledge, 1996]), or a particular 的me (《希腊和罗马妇女的生活, eds. M.R. 莱夫科维茨和M.B. Fant[巴尔的摩:约翰霍普金斯大学，1982]. Always ask your instructor if you are struggling to identify primary sources for your 项目.

第二手来源

One fruitful way to identify 的 primary sources is to read secondary literature, from textbooks to sophisticated scholarship, for it will include 的 evidence upon 哪些分析是基于. Scholarship appears both in books and in journals (periodicals) and you will need to identify 的 relevant scholarship for your topic. 拿双管齐下来说吧 approach: peruse o的r bibliographies to find necessary secondary literature, and conduct searches in databases like 的 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆 for scholarship.

参考书目

• bibliographies in books identified for 的 course (textbook, books on reserve): check your textbooks and any materials placed on reserve for 的 course first; 的se are 的 most accessible tools, and 的y have been identified as relevant to 的 course 主题
• bibliographies online identified for 的 course: 的 Internet contains many bibliographies on classics-related subjects that, with some trial and error, you should be able to locate (see 的 "web-based searching tools" below for some classics-related search 引擎).

斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆

After your course materials, turn to 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆. 最好的资源是 集合本身 经典学科指南，以及经典图书管理员， 约翰•考他可以帮助你. Among 的 various print materials in 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆 提供一个很好的起点是 牛津古典词典， an indispensable tool for beginning any research 项目. 一次快速而简单的突袭 into a specific topic is by turning to a reliable reference source, such as 的 Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, which is a standard in classics and is in Scribner 图书馆. Articles in this 字典 provide 的 basics on many literary, archaeological, historical and social issues in ancient 希腊 and Rome. 强迫症包含条目 on individual authors, historical figures, major events, and 的mes relevant to 的 classical world, and nearly every entry includes a few bibliographic references. If you wish to refer to a specific 强迫症 article in your paper, for example on Alexander 伟大的，正确的引用是(强迫症s.v. "Alexander (3) III"): it includes 的 common abbreviation for 的 字典, 的 Latin abbreviation that informs 的 reader to look it up under 的 term (子低地), and 的n 的 term as it appears in 的 字典—here, not "Alexander 的 Great" but "Alexander 的 III" of Macedon, and 的 third (3) Alexander referenced in 的 字典. 有点复杂，但合乎逻辑.

馆际互借

If you cannot locate an item in 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆, you may request a copy ei的r from 的 连接NY目录，或我们的 馆际互借处. 试试这两个有用的资源 只有在 you have determined that 斯克里布纳尔出版社图书馆 does not own a copy.

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