- Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
- Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
- Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).
SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>
Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Aristophanes.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | aristophanes Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals." |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Arts & Sciences Collection | aristophanes JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a great number of excellent items. |
| Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online | aristophanes Perform the default search. |
Provides a small number of poems. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | aristophanes Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a couple of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | aristophanes Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication." |
Provides a good number of worthy items. |
| Literature Resource Center | aristophanes Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text). |
Provides a small number of quality documents. |
| netLibrary | aristophanes Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, but with a few that focus on him and his works. |
| Research Library Complete | aristophanes Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals." |
Provides a good number of excellent items. |
| Scribner's |
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Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography. |
| SIRS Renaissance | aristophanes Perform the "Quick Search." |
Provides a number of excellent items. |
| Twayne
Authors Series- Twayne World, English and US Authors Renaissance |
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Provides a number of quality items. |
SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>
- The following bibliography
is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
- Circulating books
not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary
loan.
- eBooks are electronic
books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide
via the Internet.
Aristophanes Lysistrata
PA3875.L8 1987
Location: DothanThe complete plays of Aristophanes
PA3877.A1 H3 1968
Location: DothanPeace
PA3875.P2 1964
Location: Troy, ALThe eleven comedies
PA 3877 A1 A82X 1943
Location: Troy, ALAristophanes: his plays and his influence
PA3024
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix CityAristophanes: essays in interpretation
PA3879.Z8 A5
Location: Troy, AL
The frogs
Location: eBookThe birds
Location: eBookBirds: Lysistrata; assembly-women; wealth
Location: eBookAristophanes: an author for the stage
Location: eBookSatiric impersonations: from Aristophanes to the guerrilla girls
Location: eBookVenom in verse: Aristophanes in modern Greece
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Aristophanes
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc13.htm
- Aristophanes and
his Comedies
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aristophanes001.html
- Aristophanes
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg033.htm
- Aristophanes
http://www.malaspina.org/home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=54
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