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Web Portals A web portal or gateway is a classified collection of links to other web pages. Examples: Maria Pantelia's Electronic Resources for Classicists (http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html) - one of the most comprehensive portals for Classics that also contains links to several other portal. University of Chicago Classics Resources (http://classics.uchicago.edu/resources) - contains many interesting links. Ancient World WWW Sites (http://www.kchanson.com/LINKS/ancweb.html) - not recently updated, but contains wide variety of links. Diotima Women & Gender in the Ancient World (http://www.stoa.org/diotima) - contains information about much more than just women! Egyptology Resources (http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/) - contains a wide variety of links about Ancient Egypt. Lifestyles of Ancient Egyptians (http://personaldividends.com/lifestyles-of-ancient-egyptians) - provides a comprehensive collection of sources and links on the Ancient Egyptian World. New Testament Gateway (http://ntgateway.com) - excellent portal for New Testament Studies and related fields. Resource Pages for Biblical Studies (http://torreys.org/bible) - contains int. al. links to sources about the social world of the ancient Mediterranean. Rutgers University Virtual Religion Index (http://virtualreligion.net/vri/) - offers a large collection of links to Internet sources on religious topics, including Ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman religions, as well as the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. ABZU (http://www.etana.org/abzubib) - contains a large collection of sources (including the complete texts of books) on the Ancient Near East. Ancient Near East.Net (http://www.ancientneareast.net) - contains a collection of sources and links on the ANE for researchers and laypersons. (back to top) Web databases/encyclopedias Under this heading may be included websites containing a variety of textual and visual material. Examples: De imperatoribus Romanis (http://www.roman-emperors.org) - a comprehensive encyclopedia of Roman emperors and related information. Holy Land Photos (http://www.holylandphotos.org) - a classified photo collection of the Biblical world. The Beazley Archive (Oxford) (http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/) - excellent collection of Greek art. New Pauly Online (Brill’'s New Pauly) (Stellenbosch University library > Databases > N >) - up to date and authoritative encyclopedia on the ancient world. Logeion (http://logeion.uchicago.edu) - Greek and Latin online dictionary. Texts and translations: Perseus Digital Library (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/) - Greek and Latin texts, original and translation; studies; reference works. Thesaurus linguae graecae (TLG) (Stellenbosch University library > Databases > T >) - almost complete database of ancient Greek texts up to Byzantine period; dictionaries; complex searches. Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) Latin texts (http://latin.packhum.org) - classical Latin texts; includes Word search and Concordance. Suda Online (http://www.stoa.org/sol/) - Byzantine encyclopedia on ancient authors and topics; translation and Greek; search on topics. Etana (http://www.etana.org/) - Ancient Near Eastern texts; translations. Fonts: Greek and Hebrew Unicode fonts (http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/biblicalfonts.aspx). (back to top) Bibliographical sources There are several websites with bibliographical information about specific ancient authors. The more general sources are the following: L'Année philologique (http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph) - an Internet version of the most important bibliographical aid for Classical Studies. Admission is only by subscription, but it is free through the Stellenbosch University Library's website (http://library.sun.ac.za//index.htm). Follow the link to Databases and choose L'Année philologique (alphabetised under A). Gnomon Online (http://www.gnomon.ku-eichstaett.de/Gnomon/en/Gnomon.html) - a selection of the most recent publications on Classics. It can be searched by title or author. Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists(http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html) - gives a valuable survey of the table of contents of classical and related journals. Propylaeum Virtual library (http://www.propylaeum.de/) - books on ancient studies in German libraries. An example of more specific bibliographies: A Hellenistic Bibliography (http://sites.google.com/site/hellenisticbibliography/home) - by Martine Cuypers; bibliographical details of studies on Hellenistic Greek poets and the Latin poets influenced by them. Online Egyptological Bibliography (http://oeb.griffith.ox.ac.uk/) - lists all publications on Ancient Egypt since 1992. When searching for the bibliographical details of a book, it also helps to go to online catalogues of research libraries: COPAC Home Page University Research Library Catalogue (http://www.copac.ac.uk) - online catalogue of research libraries in the UK. Oriental Institute Online Archives (http://oilib.uchicago.edu/oilibcat.html) - catalogue of one of the biggest libraries on the Ancient Near East. WorldCat (Stellenbosch University library > Databases > W >) - includes a large number of library catalogues throughout the world. (back to top) Electronic journals Examples: American Schools of Oriental Research Publications (http://www.asor.org/pubs/index.html) - with links to the journals Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Journal of Cuneiform Studies and Near Eastern Archaeology. Brynn Mawr Classical Review (http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/) - reviews of books on Classics. One may search the website or subscribe to receive reviews by e-mail. Review of Biblical Literature (http://www.bookreviews.org/default.asp) - reviews of books on the Hebrew Bible and New Testament. Biblica (http://www.bsw.org/Biblica/) - full text available from vol. 79 (1998). Biblical Archaeology Society (http://www.bib-arch.org/index.asp) - contains links to the semi-scientific journals Archaeology Odyssey, Biblical Archaeology Review and Bible Review. Aramaic Studies (http://brill.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/arst) - contains summaries of articles. (back to top) Electronic museum collections British Museum (London) (http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures.aspx) - links to the ancient culture collections, with the possibility to search for online subjects (Compass). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) (http://www.metmuseum.org) - links to the ancient culture collections, with the possibility to search for online subjects. (back to top) Electronic discussion groups ANE: Discussion List for the Ancient Near East (http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/library/ane/) - moderated discussions, with archive of previous discussions. Classics List (USA) - one of the most active discussion groups on any classical topic. Subscribe or search their archives at http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/classics-l.html. B-Greek - a discussion group for Biblical Greek; also for persons still learning Greek. Subscribe or search their archives at http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek. The Ancient World Online Blog (http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/). (back to top)