L'Année philologique: bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité Gréco-Latine. Paris: Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique (SIBC), 1924/26–. The most thorough index available for classics, covering books and articles on all aspects of Greek and Latin cultures, including archaeology, literature, and philosophy. The index is international in scope and includes works in all languages. It offers citations with brief abstracts and is available electronically as APh Online.

TOCS-IN: Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/amphoras/tocs.html A Web-based index of the contents of 185 classics journals and collections of essays compiled by a team of classics scholars. Though most of the references date only to the early 1990s, when the project was started, some older material is included. The entries provide basic bibliographic information, with a few including abstracts and/or links to full text.

The Ancient World Webhttp://www.julen.net/ancient A selective guide to classics-oriented Web sites covering art and archaeology, law, science, history, literature, and everyday life. Though less com-prehensive than other classics directories, it is kept up-to-date and offers lively commentary by Julia Hayden.

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient Worldhttp://www.stoa.org/diotima Includes primary sources from classical texts dealing with women as well as course materials, translations, essays, a searchable bibliography, and links to articles, books, databases, and images. The site is an affiliate of the Stoa Consortium.

Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generationhttp://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/resources.html Offers a thorough list of sites of interest to classicists, including databases, collections of images, author-specific sites, classics departments, and electronic journals and discussion groups. The site is maintained by Maria C. Pantelia of the University of California, Davis.

External Gateway to Classics Resources on the Webhttp://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/everyone/links/links.html A database-driven listing of classics sites, organized in six main categories: literature, art history and archaeology, history, philosophy and science, linguistics and philology, and general information. The list is maintained by the Cambridge University Faculty of Classics.

Metishttp://www.stoa.org/metis Though little textual information is provided, links lead to animated panoramas of Greek archaeological sites, with options to scan a site or zoom in on specific areas. The site, a project of the Stoa Consortium, includes links to related materials on the Perseus site.

The Perseus Projecthttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu A digital library of resources for students researching the ancient world. Constructed and maintained by the Classics Department at Tufts University, the site focuses on ancient Greece and Rome and includes information on everything from lexicons to images, maps, art, and ancient texts and translations.

Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. Ed. T. James Luce. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1982. Offers lengthy critiques and overviews of the works of classical writers. Each essay is written by an expert and is followed by a selected bibliography of editions, translations, commentaries, and criticism.

The Cambridge Ancient History. Ed. I. E. S. Edwards et al. 3rd ed. 14 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970–. Covers the ancient world chronologically, with chapters written by experts in particular eras. Individual volumes are updated periodically; some volumes are still in their second edition. There is a separate volume of plates for the first two volumes.

Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean. Ed. Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1988. Provides lengthy articles on such topics as language and dialects, farming and animal husbandry, myths and cosmologies, women in the ancient world, and building techniques.

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Classical World. Ed. Michael Avi Yonah and Israel Shatzman. New York: Harper and Row, 1975. Provides brief definitions and discussions of classical people, places, institutions, and culture. One of the work's strengths is the number of illustrations accompanying the entries.

Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Provides concise and informative articles on people, places, events, works of art, and figures in mythology. It is a well-regarded classic in the field.

Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Ed. M. C. Howatson. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. A handy guide to writers and works from classical times, with concise discussions of the social and cultural context of the literature.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Ed. Eric M. Meyers. 5 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Covers archaeological sites, regions, countries, and peoples in the Near East, from prehistoric times through the Crusades. The work also covers specific areas of archaeology, such as ethics, history, and underwater archaeology.

The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300–1990s. Ed. Jane Davidson Reid. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Lists examples of Western art from medieval to modern times that use figures and subjects from classical mythology as themes. Paintings, sculptures, musical compositions, ballets, and literary works are included.

Place-Names in Classical Mythology: Greece. By Robert E. Bell. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1989. Provides descriptions of places referred to in classical mythology and literature. The entries contain many references to literature in which the place is significant.

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Ed. Richard Stillwell et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976. Offers descriptions of classical sites in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East and includes references to relevant classical texts.