Ancient Greece

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These links are purchased databases: (citations provided for you.)

ABC-CLIO: (Available until 12/31/2011. Password and user name are studentpass22)

 World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras:

Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale Virtual Reference Library database):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sain46794

Gale Discovering Collection (citation at bottom of articles): http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=mnkspps

Gale Group Student Edition (citation at bottom of articles) : 

http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=STOM&userGroupName=mnkspps

Gale Virtual Reference Library:

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps 

Salem Press’ History Database: Ancient World through Twentieth Century, Notorious Lives, Milestone Documents and Decades 1950s – 1980s.  Biographies section:  

http://history.salempress.com

The following websites are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

The next four websites can be used to research a variety of ancient civilizations, including Ancient Greece:

Answers.com:

Caution: this site uses Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia which accepts information from anyone, so search results must be carefully evaluated:

http://www.answers.com

 

LII (Librarians' Internet Index):

http://lii.org

 

The following websites are only for Ancient Greek Topics:

Ancient Greece:

http://ancientgreece.com

Ancient Greece – Architecture (miscellaneous sites):

http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture.html

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/greek_arch.html

Ancient Greece - British Museum :

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk

Ancient Greece - Fordham University:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook07.html

Ancient Greece - History for Kids:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks

Ancient Greece - History Link:

http://www.historylink102.com/greece3/index.htm 

Ancient Greece - Historyteacher.net:

http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroCiv/Weblinks/Weblinks-1-AncientGreece.htm

Ancient Greek World:

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

 

Images of Ancient Greece and Rome - University of Buffalo:

http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas

 

Pericles - Fordham University:

http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/ancient/eb11-pericles.html

 

Plato - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato

Socrates - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates