Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

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Selected Reference Sources

Cambridge Ancient History.  (1970-2005).  London: Cambridge University Press. 
Reference 930 C178 v.1-14

Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to 325 reference works, including general and subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, guides, companions and more from over 60 respected publishers across 17 major subject areas--all online, all searchable from one search box.

Dodson, A.  (2004).  The complete royal families of Ancient Egypt.  London; New York: Thames & Hudson.
Reference 932 D647c

Goldschmidt, A.  (1994).  Historical dictionary of Egypt.  Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
Reference 962.003 G623h

Lurker, M.  (1980).  The gods and symbols of ancient Egypt: An illustrated dictionary (English ed.).  New York, NY: Thames and Hudson.
Reference 299.31 L967g

Mellersh, H.E.L.  (1994).  Chronology of the ancient world, 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 799.  New York: Simon & Schuster.
Reference 930.0202 M525c

Selected Websites

ABZU (ETANA)
http://www.etana.org/abzu/
Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world.

Ancient Egypt (British Museum)
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Intute: The Best Web Resources for Education and Research
http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research. All material is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database.

Finding Books

Trexler Library Catalog

Search the Trexler Library Catalog (http://library.muhlenberg.edu) to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.

GETTING THERE: Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or Library Homepage  --  Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box)  --  Trexler Library Catalog

WorldCat

WorldCat is the world's largest database of library records. Use this to search practically every library in the U.S. for books on your topic. WorldCat shows which libraries hold a particular book, and you can request items from those libraries. (Use the ILL button in WorldCat to request books.) ILL can take between 10 - 14 days, so plan ahead.

GETTING THERE: Library Homepage  --  Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box)  --  Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat

Finding Articles: Databases & Indexes

SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES

See a list of all databases at via the Library Homepage  --  Articles A-Z (in the Find box).

Interdisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier
 Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both scholarly and non-academic resources.

JSTOR
Searchable collections of full-text journals. JSTOR contains many significant journals in the field of Anthropology.

OmniFile (WilsonWeb)
Large and diverse database that covers most academic disciplines. Contains both scholarly and non-academic resources.

Project MUSE
Provides full text access to journal articles in the arts and humanities and social sciences. All articles are peer-reviewed. Muse contains articles from as early as 1993 or 1995, but the majority of articles are from 2000 to present.

Specialized Databases

Anthropology Plus
Index to articles and essays in anthropological journals and books, from the late 19th century to the present, as maintained by the Tozzer Library of Harvard University and the Library of the British Museum Department of Ethnography.

Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective
Includes information compiled by specialists with expertise in all fields of art.

GETTING THE ARTICLES

  1. When searching for articles, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.

  2. If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
    • Most databases have a Get It link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
    • Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title or by ISSN. Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
  3. If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
    • Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
    • Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage  --  ILL (in the Services & Forms box)  --  Articles request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.

Citing Your Sources

The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Reference Desk Reserve 808.027 C632m (at Reference Desk)

Trexler Library handout on using Chicago style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/chicago_example.pdf
This and other style guide handouts available from the library website.  Library Homepage --  Citation Guides (in the Research Help box).

Writer's Handbook (Writing Center, University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html

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Last modified: 9 March 2009