Ancient Civilizations (Women's Lives)

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Selected Reference Books

A good place to start is in the Reference Area. Look in the books listed below to read about particular women such as Cleopatra or Hatshepsut or an aspect of women's lives.

Ancient Greece and Rome	Ref DE 5 A57 1998 (4 vols)
Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean	Ref DE 59 C55 1988 (4 vols)
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East	Ref DS 57 C55 1995 (4 vols)
Oxford Classical Dictionary	Ref DE 5 O9 1996
Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece	Ref DF 77 A35 1997
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome	Ref DG 77 A35 1994
Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt	Ref DT 83 D23 1998
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World	Ref DE 5 I44
Women Who Ruled	Ref D 107 J33 1990
Larousse Dictionary of Women	Ref HQ 1115 L37 1996
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion	Ref BL 458 E53 1999 (2 vols)
Chronology of Women Worldwide	Ref HQ 1121 C617 1997

Library Catalog

Catalog of books and media material in the Edens Library

Use Keyword search:
Hatshepsut
ancient and women
ancient Greece and women

Use Subject search:
Greece
Africa
women history

*You may want to broaden your topic.
*Example: If you are researching children in ancient Greece, and you search ancient Greece and children, you may not find any books. Broaden your search to ancient Greece and daily life.

InfoTrac Web: Expanded Academic ASAP

-This general periodical index provides the full-text of many articles.

-Check the Library Catalog to find out if the library subscribes to a specific journal.

*If you find an article that the library does not have, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan. This does take at least one week, so do your research early.

Fall 1999/Tuttle

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