New to the Library: Vetus Latina Database TAGS: Ancient history | Bible | classics | databases | greek | Latin Thanks to a request from staff in Classics the Library now has access to Vetus Latina Database from Brepols. This is an online index to all Greek and Latin patristic …Continue reading →

Digital Resource trials for Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies May 2018 TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | Divinity | greek | HCA | Hebrew | Jewish We have four new digital resource trials for Biblical Studies this month. They’re all accessible from the E-resource trials web page. Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts offers …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Britain | classics | cultural history | e-books | Egyptology | Europe | greek | history | India | International Relations | medieval | Politics | social history | United States Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

Window to a Sixth-Century Scriptorium TAGS: Bible | Biblical Studies | greek | New College Library | students A post from guest curator Elijah Hixson, PhD student, School of Divinity This month’s student led display at New College Library features the facsimile Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus, which is on display at …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Oxford Classical Dictionary TAGS: Ancient history | Antiquity | classics | databases | e-books | greek | Hellenistic | history | Latin | Roman I’m very pleased to let you know that following a request from staff in Classics the Library now has a subscription to the Oxford Classical Dictionary (online) from Oxford University …Continue reading →

Mango Languages – online language courses for trial TAGS: Arabic | Chinese | Danish | Finnish | French | German | greek | Hebrew | Japanese | Korean | language courses | Latin | Norwegian | Portuguese | Russian | Scandinavian | Scottish Gaelic | Shakespeare English | Spanish | Swahili | Swedish | Turkish The University Library has arranged a free trial of an online language learning resource called “Mango Languages”. The service offers online interactive courses for learning over 70 languages, including almost …Continue reading →

Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Byzantine studies | classics | e-books | greek | Latin The Library has recently purchased access to the e-book collection Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 from the publishers DeGruyter, which gives us access to over 80 titles from …Continue reading →

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online – new e-resource TAGS: Brill | database | Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics | greek | Language and Linguistics | reference works Following a successful trial, we have now purchased the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work …Continue reading →

Trial – Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online TAGS: Brill | E-book | Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online | greek | linguistics We have trial access to the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online until the 11th December. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique …Continue reading →

Loeb Classical Library Online – new e-book collection TAGS: e-books | greek | history | Latin | Literature | Loeb Classical Library | religion Following a very successful trial we have now subscribed to the Loeb Classical Library. The Digital Loeb Classical Library contains more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek and English texts …Continue reading →