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History Research Guides: Ancient History

 

roman life

USEFUL WEBSITES

REFERENCING

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The Referencing Libguide has resources on how to cite/reference sources in research.

The  Online Reference Generator allows you to create citations and bibliographies using the Harvard Referencing Style for a comprehensive list of resources.

       

MyBib is a free online service that allows users to generate citations and bibliographies. You can paste in a DOI, ISBN or URL and have the fields populate automatically. However it does not always provide the correct reference so you must check that all possible parts of the reference have been included.

VIDEOS

Videos are another information source that can be used for research. There are many ways of accessing videos on your topic and while YouTube is a popular choice and the school also subscribes to ClickView which is a a streaming service for education.

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Research is a process with many steps, and is rarely linear. A good researcher uses multiple sources and continually goes back and reviews their question and keeps  adding new vocabulary and  learning to their search. This Libguide has been created to provide support for your research tasks in this subject area.

BOOKS

The library has a comprehensive collection of print resources  and they can be accessed in a variety of ways.

There are two methods for accessing books in the Campion Library. You can access the non fiction collection by browsing in the sections relating to your topic, the box to your right gives you the  corresponding Dewey numbers for this topic.  Alternatively, you can use Oliver to search for information. Type in your topic or a keyword to find relevant books.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

The following PREMIUM DIGITAL RESOURCES may be useful for research in this subject . However they are password protected and when you click on any of the icons below you will be re-directed to a page that requires authentication.

 

 

 


 

If you are looking for academic articles on your topic try searching the following databases.

 

 

JSTOR

LIBRARY CATALOGUE

SHELF BROWSING

You can use Oliver to find books in the library however sometimes it is helpful to know the Dewey numbers for a subject. In doing so you will be able to find  books on that subject in most libraries. It will also be useful at those times when you know the topic but don't know where to start looking.
Note that resources about specific events will be located within the Dewey division for the country where the event took place.

292 Classical Religion (Greek and Roman)

305.409 Women in History
320.3 Politics in the ancient world
355.09 Military in the ancient world
398 Folklore (Mythology)

609.38

Technology in the ancient world

610.938 Medicine in the Ancient World

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704.03 Arts and crafts in the ancient world
709.37  Art in the ancient world


909 World History
930 Ancient History
932 Ancient Egypt
937 Ancient Rome
938 Ancient Greece

 

Before starting your research, it is good practice to think about and create a list of keywords that you can use to search for information on your topic.  Google is very intuitive however databases  usually require a search string. Here are a few tips to help you.

Words are sometimes spelled differently, for example, colonization is sometimes written as colonisation.

Many search engines and databases use Boolean logic to construct a search term. The asterisk is known as a wild card. The use of AND, OR and NOT can also be helpful.

Sometimes it is useful to use other words that mean similar or the same thing (synonyms)

Use quotation marks when you are searching for a phrase.

Using keywords that relate to the topic will focus the search

Suggestions for this topic:

ancient Rome AND fashion OR clothing OR textiles OR footwear

ancient Rome AND technology OR inventions

ancient Rome AND "daily life"