- About the Library
- Access Policy/Modalità di Accesso & Servizi
- Library Access Form
- Hours
- Library Services
- Library Floor Plans
- Library Guide
- Collections
- Classifications/Sistema di Classificazione
- New Acquisitions List
- Book Wish-List
- CDs and Multimedia
- Microfilm and Microfiche
- Music Scores
- Maps
- Rare Book Room
About the Library
Completely renovated in 2006/07, the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library of the American Academy in Rome contains over 140,000 volumes in the fields of of classical studies and the history of art and architecture. Especially strong are the collections in ancient Mediterranean archaeology and art, Greek and Latin literature, ancient topography (including the history of the city of Rome), ancient religions, and related fields such as epigraphy, numismatics and papyrology. There is a good working collection in the history of art and architecture, especially Italian. The rare book collection comprises chiefly 16th-18th century imprints in classical studies, archaeology, art and architecture, including sizeable collections of Roman guidebooks and early art treatises. The Library also houses small but noteworthy collections in contemporary art and architecture, landscape architecture, Italian history and literature, American literature, historical travel books and music.
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Access Policy/Modalità di Accesso & Servizi
Access to outside readersThe general qualification is an advanced degree or laurea magistrale in the humanities. All prospective readers must complete a Library Access Form (see below) and submit a letter of introduction from their home institution (or from another reader or authoritative person in the case of unaffiliated individuals) detailing academic background and current research project. The letter must be printed on institutional letterhead and can be submitted via e-mail, regular mail or fax. A photo ID is also required. IMPORTANT: Upon submitting your written request, you must wait for a response from us before showing up at the Gate!
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Library Access Form
For access, use this email form.View website
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Hours
Monday - Friday 9:00 - 18:00The Library is closed on most Italian holidays, as well as the fourth Thursday of November (American Thanksgiving) and the 4th of July (American Independence Day). In 2009 the library will be closed from July 17 to September 21.
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Library Services
Services the Library offers, including requesting storage items, in-process items, rare books, interlibrary loan, photocopying, and computing.Read more
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Library Floor Plans
Floor plans for the Library.Read more
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Library Guide
A comprehensive guide to the resources and services of the AAR Library as well as a list of many other libraries in Rome with access information.View website
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Collections
Over 140,000 volumes in the fields of classical studies and the history of (Italian) art and architecture (cheifly medieval and renaissance) with strong collections in ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, (Greek and) Latin literature, ancient topography (including the history of the city of Rome), and related fields, such as epigraphy, numismatics, and papyrology.A good working collection in the history of art and architecture.
Rare book collection made up of chiefly 16th-18th century imprints in classics, classical archaeology, Italian art and architecture, including sizeable collections of Roman guidebooks and early art treatises.
Small but noteworthy collections include contemporary art and architecture, landscape architecture, Italian history and literature,
American literature, historical travel books, and
music.
Acquires ca. 2,000 volumes per year.
Subscribes to ca. 600 current periodicals.
Gifts are welcome in the core areas of collecting (classical studies, Italian art and architecture), especially the publications of our Fellows and readers.
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Classifications/Sistema di Classificazione
An outline of the classification of books at the American Academy in Rome.Read more
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New Acquisitions List
A list of newly-acquired books (updated regularly).View website
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Book Wish-List
A list of desiderata for the library.View website
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CDs and Multimedia
A list of uncataloged music CDs in the Library.View website
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Microfilm and Microfiche
Lists of uncataloged microfilm reels in the Library.View website
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Music Scores
A list of uncataloged music scores in the Library.View website
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Maps
A partial inventory list of the AAR map collection.View website
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Rare Book Room
The Barbara Goldsmith Rare Book Room was dedicated on June 4, 1996. Its patron, Barbara Goldsmith, is a noted author, an advocate of paper and book preservation, and a Trustee of the American Academy in Rome. The architect, Michael Graves, FAAR'60, RAAR'79, is also a Trustee of the Academy and a book-lover. Their common goal was to create a state-of-the-art rare book room with controlled temperature and humidity, custom shelving, and appropriate housing material and lighting, all designed to enhance the life of the books. Trustee Robert S. Pirie contributed support for a conservation survey of all the books destined for the collection, and Barbara Goldsmith has supported the continuation of preservation treatments, an ongoing process.View website
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- Catalogs
- AAR Library Catalog
- Italy
- World Wide
- Electronic Resources
- Periodical Indexes and Research Databases
- Electronic Journals
- Libraries / Institutions
- Rome and Beyond
- Other Collections
- The Archives of the American Academy in Rome
- The Norton-Van Buren Seminar Room and the Archaeology Study Collection of the American Academy in Rome
Catalogs
AAR Library Catalog
The catalog at the American Academy in Rome
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Italy
Catalogs in Italy
ACNP - Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici
The catalog contains bibliographic records for periodical publications held in collections throughout Italy and in all subject areas.
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Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte (Palazzo Venezia)
Although the current holdings of the Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte in Palazzo Venezia are accessible through the SBN catalog older titles must be searched in their digitized catalogs. The Author catalog includes material added to the collection between 1922 and 1991, while the Subject catalog covers the period from 1922 to 1998. Other specialized catalogs are available to the interested user.
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Bibliotheca Hertziana
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SBN
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URBS
The URBS network of research Libraries in Rome was established in 1992 to create an online union catalog of the holdings of ten foreign research institutions of the following countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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URBS Plus
The URBS Plus network allows for simultaneous searches in the online library catalogs of the following institutions: Academia Belgica, Biblioteca del Senato, Centre Jean Bérard de Naples, École française de Rome, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom, John Cabot University, Loyola University Chicago - John Felice Rome Center, Biblioteca Vallicelliana, and the Fondazione M. Besso.
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Vatican Library
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World Wide
IFLANET
Provides links for all national and other major libraries around the world that are on the Internet.
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Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
The Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog is a meta search interface which allows you to access library catalogs via WWW. It starts a simultaneous search in the German union catalogs and gives you a standardized hit list. The Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog gives access to more than 75.000.000 books and serials titles from collections throughout Europe and North America.
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Libweb
Libweb currently lists over 8000 pages from libraries in over 146 countries.
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Worldcat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.
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Electronic Resources
Periodical Indexes and Research Databases
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Archaeology
Abbreviations of journals, series, lexica, and frequently cited works in archaeology
DAI.
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Arachne
Image database of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) and of the Archäologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln.
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Archäologische Literatur -- digital, UB Heidelberg
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British Museum Collection Database
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Concise Oxford Companion to Archaeology
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Capitoline Museums collections
Searchable database of many digitized images.
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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum - CVA online
This resource contains approximately 250 out-of-print volumes of the CVA in a searchable digitized format. New fascicles may be added at the discretion of the publishing museums.
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Dyabola (Biering & Brinkmann)
The DYABOLA is a bibliography of literature on classical, early Christian, Byzantine, early Medieval, and ancient Middle Eastern art and archaeology. It provides citations for articles from over 1,100 scholarly journals, contributions to Festschriften, conference proceedings, and other collections; books; dissertations. The database covers publications from 1956 to the present and is updated annually.
For a brief tutorial see: http://62.152.115.71/library/elecres/dya_abt.htm
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Encyclopedia of Egyptology
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA.
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Fasti Online: A Database of Archaeological Excavations since 2000
Fasti Online provides a searchable database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000.
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Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)
As often with French databases you need to register (fill out a form with name, address, login, password) and the search interface is virtually incomprehensible. Few images, no text, only bibliography.
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Nestor: Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas
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Oxford Companion to Archaeology
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Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Oxford University Press, 1929.
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Prosopographia Imperii Romani
Searchable database.
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SISYPHOS: Collection of Archaeological Internet Resources
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Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project
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ZENON (Systematik der Archäologischen Bibliographie, DAI)
For a brief tutorial see: http://62.152.115.71/library/elecres/dya_abt.htm
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Art & Architecture
ART-Guide: Sammlung kunsthistorischer Internetquellen
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Arthistoricum.com (portal to resources in art history)
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Artlibraries.net: Virtual catalogue for Art History
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ARTstor
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Atlas/Louvre
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Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture known in the Renaissance
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
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Creative Commons
Open access audio, video, images, and texts.
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Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Dictionary of Art Historians
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A Dictionary of Modern Design
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Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
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Das Grosse Kunstlexikon von P.W. Hartmann
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Grove Art Online
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Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art: Bibliothèque numérique
Digitized art books from the INHA.
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Interactive Nolli Map Website
The Nolli Web Site presents the 1748 Nolli map of Rome as a dynamic, interactive, hands-on tool. The public now has access to cataloged information about the map in both written and graphical form. The map not only provides rich information, but it has the ability to be updated with new data over time to embrace expanding knowledge.
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Italian Area: Italian Contemporary Art Archive
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Künstlerdatenbank
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Künstlerfilmdatenbank
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Literature on the Theory and History of Art
Created by the University Library of Heidelberg from their extensive collection of literature of the 16th through the early 20th century. Heidelberg University Library provides digital full-text versions of selected works from its historical collections and makes them available on the Internet at no charge.
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Oxford Companion to Western Art
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Oxford Dictionary of Art
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Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism periods (1100-1850).
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Ricerche di storia dell'arte
2008-
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Classics
Ancient Greek Costume
This annotated bibliography of 603 references, taken from monographs, dissertations, festschrifts, periodicals, encyclopedias and handbooks, is the most comprehensive research tool for the subject of ancient Greek costume. This subject is of increasing interest to scholars in many fields, including archaeology and anthropology, art and art history, classics, drama, history, ancient literature, even modern literature. The references in this bibliography range from the encyclopedia entry to the monograph, and show a variety of themes: women's dress, men's dress, foreign dress, accessories, jewelry, headdresses, theater dress, textile production and literary evidence.
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Année Philologique
A database published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, under the direction of Éric Rebillard, with the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography, Dee L. Clayman, General Editor, with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) et du National Endowment for Humanities (USA).
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Aristarchus
Aristarchus is a web site which provides access to a set of tools for research and teaching in the subject area of Greek and Latin ancient world.
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Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt index
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Bibliotheca Classica Selecta (BCS): Une introduction bibliographique aux des classiques
Jacques Poucet's comprehensive bibliographic guide to the discipline.
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The Chicago Homer
A digital library of Latin literature. Aims to span from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the 18th century.
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Classics Research Network: Research Paper Series
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Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum: Archivum Corporis Electronicum
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Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
A digital library of Latin literature. Aims to span from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the 18th century.
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Diotima Bibliographies
A bibliography of classical bibliographies, with a searchable interface.
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eScholarship repository: Classics
Sponsored by the Berkeley Department of Classics, a world-renowned center for the study of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
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Gnomon Bibliographic Database
Bibliographic database for classical antiquity. Selections from the CD-ROM version. By Jürgen Malitz, Katolische Universität Eichstätt.
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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Searchable archive of Greek and Roman texts in English translation.
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Internet Classics Archive
Texts from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, and Rome.
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Latin Library at Ad Fontes Academy
Texts of Roman authors in Latin.
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Online Books in Classics, Center for Hellenic Studies, DC
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Oxford Classical Dictionary
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Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
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Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
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Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)
The Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROM #7 (Greek Documentary). PHI #7 contains nearly 160,000 Greek inscriptions and 64,000 papyri. A selection of coptic texts is also provided.
The Packard Humanities Institute CD-ROM #5.3 (Latin Literature) contains virtually the entire collection of Latin literature to 200 C.E.
The PHI database is available on the three work stations in the Online Catalog room.
For a brief tutorial, see:
http://62.152.115.71/library/elecres/phi_abt.htm
Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
Articles from the RE, not copyright protected, are readable and searchable.
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Perseus Digital Library
A multimedia database on Ancient Greece and Rome, including literature, history, art, archaeology texts (the Loebs) in Greek or Latin and English translation, maps, images of pottery, sculpture, sites, coins, buildings, etc.
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
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Propylaeum: Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Altertumswissenschaften
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
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Who's Who in the Classical World
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Conservation
BCIN, the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network
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Dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford Pocket Italian Dictionary (English-Italian)
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Oxford Pocket Italian Dictionary (Italian-English)
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
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Digital Contents in the Humanities
Archivio Storico Capitolino: Indice risorse digitali
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Bibliotheca Palatina -- digital
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Digitalisierungszentrum (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Digitale Sammlungen)
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Editoria Italiana Online (EIO)
2,500 Italian e-books and 195 e-journals in Philosophy, Social Science, Economy, Sociology, Pedagogy, Linguistics, Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Music, Comparative Literature, Classics, History, Library and Information Science.
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Europeana
Digital collections from countries in Europe.
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Full Text Archive (novels, poetry, drama)
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Gallica2
60,000 e-books at Bibliotheque nationale de France.
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Google Book Search
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Google Scholar
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Harvard Digital Map Collection
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Hathi Trust Digital Library
Digital resources of many universities such as those of the UC system, U. of Michigan, U. of Illinois, Northwestern, etc.
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Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art: Bibliothèque numérique
Digitized art books from the INHA.
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Internet Text Archive
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The Online Books Page
Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, the Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.
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Oriental Institute Titles
Some downloadable titles in Anatolian Studies, Hiittite, etc., from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books.
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Warburg Institute Library Digital Collection
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Zeno.org
Offers full-text German-language publications in various disciplines.
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ZENON DAI (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) -- digitized books
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Dissertations
Dissertation Express (to order dissertations from UMI)
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Foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) Doctoral Dissertations Index (CRL)
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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Epigraphy
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum: Archivum Corporis Electronicum
Searhable database of some images and text.
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EAGLE: Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
This resource documents Roman epigraphy of the Christian era and is based primarily on the corpus of the Inscriptiones Christianae Vrbis Romae septimo saeculo antiquiores, nova series (ICVR), being published by the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana.
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EDR--Epigraphic Database Roma
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Guide de l'epigraphiste
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Inscriptiones Graecae
Searchable database of some images and text.
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U.S. Epigraphy Project
Searchable database of Greek and Latin inscriptions.
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History
A Dictionary of World History
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History E-Book Project
On September 1, 2002, the ACLS History E-Book (HEB) Project launched on its website over 500 books of high quality in the field of history. These are works of major importance to historical studies — books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature. In September 2003 the Project added 275 more titles. Over the next few years, the History E-Book Project plans to add approximately 250 books annually to the collection, as well as the balance of 85 new electronic titles that have the potential to use web-based technologies to communicate the results of scholarship in new ways. These history e-books are accessible to students and scholars through subscribing libraries and their learned societies.
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Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World
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Oxford Reference Online
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Images
Arachne
Image database of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) and of the Archäologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln.
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ARTstor
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The Beazley Archive
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Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Medieval & Renaissance Studies
An Analytic Bibliography of On-Line Neo-Latin Texts, UC Irvine
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Bibliotheca Palatina -- digital
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Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts, UCLA
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CESG -- Codices Electronici Sangallenses (Virtuelle Bibliothek)
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Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (1866)
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Dartmouth Dante Project
Searchable full-text database of commentaries on Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Digital Michelangelo Project
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Digital Scriptorium
The Digital Scriptorium is an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research.
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Digitale Bibliothek, Bibliotheca Hertziana
The digitized full-text of rare books in the Bibliotheca Hertziana collection.
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Dumbarton Oaks Hagiography Database
Includes information from the Greek vitae and martyria of one hundred nineteen saints of the 8th-10th centuries, accounts of the translations of their relics, and collections of miracles, as well as notices from the Synaxarion of Constantinople (a 10th-century liturgical collection of brief hagiographical notices).
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
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Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
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Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
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International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
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International Medieval Bibliography
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Iter is a not-for-profit research project created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of electronic resources.
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Lexikon des Mittelalters
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Library of Latin Texts
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Medici Archive Project
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Monastic Matrix
Women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE.
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Nuovo Rinascimento
Archives, bibliographies, primary and secondary texts on the Italian Renaissance.
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Online Medieval & Classical Library
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Orbis Latinus Online, by J. G. Th. Graesse (1909)
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Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
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Patrologia Latina
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RenDico: Dictionnaires de la Renaissance
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Music
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
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Initia Hymnorum Ecclesiae Graecae: Digital Version
(Under construction)
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Oxford Companion to Music
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Virtual Library of Musicology
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Who's Who in Opera
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Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
Collections database.
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Münzkabinett Online Catalog
The Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is one of the largest Numismatic Collections in the world. The site features exhibitions and other holdings.
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Roman Provincial Coinage Online
Coins from the Antonine period (CE 138–192).
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
Searchable database.
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Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins
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Papyrus
Duke Papyrus Archive
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Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens
Searchable database.
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Oxyrhynchus Online
Searchable image database.
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Papyrology at Oxford
A guide and database for the Oxyrhynchus Papyri.
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Papyrus Portal
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The University of Michigan Papyrus Collections
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Religion
Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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A Dictionary of Superstitions
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A Dictionary of World Mythology
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Oxford Companion to World Mythology
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Oxford Dictionary of Popes
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Oxford Dictionary of Saints
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Electronic Journals
Archaeology
Ostraka: rivista di antichità
2008-
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Marmora: International Journal for Archaeology History and Archaeometry of Marbles and Stone
2008-
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Musiva & sectilia
2005-
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Orizzonti: rassegna di archeologia
2007-
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Padusa: bollettino del centro polesano di studi storici archeologici ed etnografici (CPSSAE)
2008-
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Parthica: incontri di culture nel mondo antico
2008-
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Aegyptus: rivista italiana di egittologia e papirologia
2004-
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Agri centuriati: International Journal of Landscape Archaeology
2008-
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American Journal of Archaeology
1897-2003
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American Journal of Archaeology (book reviews)
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Annals de l’Institut d’Estudis Empordanesos
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Aquila legionis
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Archaeologia maritima mediterranea: International Journal on Underwater Archaeology
2009-
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Archaeological Reports
1954-2005
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Arkeoloji Dergisi
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BiASA Periodici Italiani Digitalizzati
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Caesaraugusta
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Complutum
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Corinth
1929-2004
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Cuadernos de Arqueologia Mediterránea
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Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
Portal to freely available e-journals in many disciplines in the humanities (e.g., art and archaeology), social sciences, and the natural sciences, University of Regensburg.
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Empúries
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Etruscan News
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Fornvännen: Digital Upplaga
1906-2005
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Fòrum: temes d’història i d’arqueologia tarragonines
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MEFRA: Mélanges de l'École Française de Rome
1881-1999
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Herakleion
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Iberia: Revista de la Antigüedad
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J. Paul Getty Museum Journal
1974-1996
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Lucentum
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MEFRA: Mélanges de l'École Française de Rome: Antiquité
2000-2008
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Mètis. Anthropologie des mondes grecs anciens
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Persée
A large number of open access journals, several of which are French core jounals in different disciplines.
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Portugalia
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Radiocarbon
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Revista portuguesa de arqueologia
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Rivista di studi fenici
2006-
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Sardinia, Corsica, Baleares Antiquae: International Journal
2008-
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Sicilia antiqua: International Journal of Archaeology
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Starinar
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TOCS-IN
Table of contents to classics journals plus a few journals dealing with the Near East and Egypt, and the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Treballs d’arqueologia
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Workshop di archeologia classica: Paesaggi, costruzioni, reperti
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Art & Architecture
Ricerche di storia dell'arte
2008-
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American Art Journal
1969-2003
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Anales de historia del arte
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Apollo
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Architectural History
1958-2005
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Art Bulletin
1919-2005
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Art Journal
1960-2005
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Assemblage
1986-2000
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Burlington Magazine
1948-2003
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Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
1903-1947
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Cabinet Magazine Online
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CSA Newsletter
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Cuadernos de arte i iconografia
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Eidola: International Journal of Ancient Art History
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Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
Portal to freely available e-journals in many disciplines in the humanities (e.g., art and archaeolgy), social sciences, and the natural sciences, University of Regensburg.
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Garden History
1972-2004
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Garden History Society Newsletter
1971-1972
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Gesta
1963-2002
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Image
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Image Re-vues
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International Journal of Design
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J. Paul Getty Museum Journal
1974-1996
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Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians
1941-1944
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Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
1945-2005
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JSTOR
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Locus amoenus
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Metropolis Magazine
2003- . Contemporary Architecture.
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Metropolitan Museum Journal
1968-2004
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
1905-2004
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Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture
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October
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Persée
A large number of open access journals, several of which are French core journals in various disciplines.
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Perspecta
1952-2003
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Revue de l'Art
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Tate
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Classics
Aigis: Electronic tidsskrift for klassiske studier i Norden
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A.I.O.N.: Annali dell'Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli: Sezione filologico-letteraria
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American Journal of Philology
1880-2007
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Ancient Narrative
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The APA Newsletter
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Appunti romani di filologia: studi e comunicazioni di filologia, linguistica e letteratura greca e latina
2008-
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Arachnion: A Journal of Ancient Literature and History on the Web
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Bollettino di studi latini
2009-
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Bulletin de correspondance hellénique
1877-1949
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Classical Antiquity
1982-2005
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Classical Journal
1966-2005
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Classical Philology
1906-2007
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Classical Quarterly
1907-2005
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Classical Review
1887-2006
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Classical Weekly
1907-1957
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Classical World
1957-2005
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Classics@: An Online Journal
Center for Hellenic Studies, DC.
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Cuadernos de filología clasica
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Cuadernos de filología: estudios Griegos e Indoeuropeos
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Cuadernos de filologia: estudios Latinos
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Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (CDLJ)
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DIKE: Rivista di storia del diritto greco ed ellenistico
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Editoria Italiana Online
Links to many classics journals.
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Eidola: International Journal of Ancient Art History
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Electronic Antiquity
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Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
Portal to freely available e-journals in classics, archaeology, and many other disciplines, University of Regensburg.
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EMERITA: Rivista de linguistica y filología clasica
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Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft
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Greece & Rome
1931-2006
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Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
1890-2006
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Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie
1866-2004
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Hesperia
1932-2005
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Hesperia Supplements
1937-2005
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Histos: The Electronic Journal of Ancient Historiography
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Journal of Greco-Roman Christanity and Judaism
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Journal of Hellenic Studies
1880-2005
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Journal of Late Antiquity Religion and Culture (JLARC)
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Journal of Roman Studies
1911-2005
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JSTOR
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Leeds International Classical Studies
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Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici
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Mediterranea
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Mediterraneo antico : economia, società culture: Rivista internazionale di storia
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MEFRA: Mélanges de École Fançaise de Rome
1881-1999
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MEFRA: Mélanges de École Fançaise e de Rome: Antiquité
2000-2008
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Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome
1915-2003
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Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome: Supplementary Volumes
2002-2003
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Mnemosyne
1852-2003
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Myrtia: Revista de filología clásica
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New Voices in Classical Reception Studies
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Persée
A large number of open access journals, several of which are French core jounals in different disciplines.
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Petronian Society Newsletter
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Phoenix
1946-2005
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Plato
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Poiesis: bibliografia della poesia greca
2005-
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Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
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Quaderni urbinati di cultura classica
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Res publica litterarum
2007-
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Retiarius: Commentarii Periodici Latini
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Revista de estudios latinos
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Rivista di cultura classica e medioevale
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Rivista di studi fenici
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Studi classici e orientali
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Studi di egittologia e papirologia : rivista internazionale
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Studia Humaniora Tartuensia
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Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity and Classics
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Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome
1905-1908
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Themis: Zeitschrift für Doctrin und Praxis des römischen Rechts
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TOCS-IN (table of contents to classics journals plus a few journals dealing with the Near East and Egypt, and the Middle Ages and the Renaissance)
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Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association
1897-1972
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Transactions of the American Philological Association
1974-2005
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Transactions of the American Philological Association
1869-1895
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Vichiana: rassegna di studi filologici e storici del mondo classico
2009-
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Wiener Studien
Book reviews.
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Zpornik Matice Srpske za Klasicne Studije/Journal of Classical Studies
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Conservation
The Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter
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JSTOR
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History
Dumbarton Oaks Papers
1941-2006
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H-Soz-U-Kult
Forum for historians.
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Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte
1950-2004
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Historiae
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Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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Journal of the History of Ideas
1940-2006
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Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes
1939-2003
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Journal of the Warburg Institute
1937-1939
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JSTOR
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Mediterranea. Ricerche storiche
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Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1783-1957
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Past and Present
1952-2006
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Persée
A large number of open access journals, several of which are French core jounals in different disciplines.
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Records of the Academy (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
1958-2003
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Renaissance Quarterly
1967-2005
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Renaissance News
1948-1966
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Sehepunkte
Book reviews. History, ancient to modern times.
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Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies
1970-1971
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Sixteenth Century Journal
1972-2003
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Speculum
1926-2003
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Studies in the Renaissance
1954-1974
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I Tatti Studies: Essays in the Renaissance
1987-2007
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Transactions of Royal Historical Society
1872-2003
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Humanities and Italian Studies
Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici (ACNP)
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Digizeitschriften
Some open access journals in the humanities, though mostly in the natural sciences.
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DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Editoria Italiana Online (EIO)
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Editoria Italiana Online (EIO): List of journals
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Google Scholar (Beta version)
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H-Net Reviews
Book reviews covering all areas of the humanities, but the reviews can be searched and limited to, for example, Rome.
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JSTOR
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MEFRIM: Mélanges de École Fançaise e de Rome: Italie et Mediterranée
2000-2008
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MEFRA: Mélanges de l'École Fançaise de Rome
1881-1999
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Persée
A large number of open access journals, several of which are French core jounals in different disciplines.
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Reforme, humanisme, renaissance
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Times Higher Education
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Times Literary Suppplement
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Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Anuario de estudios medievales
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Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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Concilium Medii Aevi
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Different visions
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Italia medioevale e umanistica
2006-
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JSTOR
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Medieval Philosophy & Theology
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Medieval Review
Formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review.
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Mediévales
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MEFRM: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome: Moyen Âge
2000-2008
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Renaissance News
1948-1966
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Rivista di cultura classica e medioevale
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Renaissance Quarterly
1967-2005
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Studies in the Renaissance
1954-1974
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I Tatti Studies: Essays in the Renaissance
1987-2007
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TOCS-IN (table of contents to classics journals plus a few journals dealing with the Near East and Egypt, and the Middle Ages and the Renaissance)
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Venezia Cinquecento: studi di storia dell'arte e della cultura
2005-
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MEFRA: Mélanges de l'École Fançaise de Rome
1881-1999
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Music
Recerca musicològica
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Philosophy
Phronesis
1955-2003
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
1838-2005
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Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
1887-2003
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
1769-2005
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Religion
Harvard Theological Review
1908-2003
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Journal of Religion
1921-2006
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Novum Testamentum
1956-2003
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Numen
1954-2003
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Vetus Testamentum
1951-2003
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Vigiliae Christianae
1947-2003
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Libraries / Institutions
Rome and Beyond
Art & Archaeology
Biblioteca dell'Istituto nazionale per la Grafica. Sezione Calcografia, Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali
Address
Via della Stamperia, 6
Tel.
06-69980278 (library) 06-69980242 (switch board)
Hours
9:00-13:00 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction
Biblioteca dell'Istituto nazionale per la Grafica. Sezione Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali
Address
Via della Stamperia, 6
Tel.
06-69980273
Hours
9:00-13:00 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction
Biblioteca della Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea
Address
Via Gramsci, 81
Tel.
06-32298246 (general info.) 06-32298436 (director)
E-mail
biblio.gnam@arti.beniculturali.it
Hours
9:00-14:00 M-F
Access
ID and 2 photos
There is also the Archivio storico, bioiconografico e fotografico. Please call 06-32298243 (archivi) or 06-32298309 (fototeca) for an appointment.
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Biblioteca della Soprintendenza Archeologica di Ostia
Address
Via dei Romagnoli, 717, 00119 Rome
Tel.
Tel. 06-56358012; 06-56358099
E-mail
ostia@arti.beniculturali.it
Hours
10:00-13:00 Tu-F
Access
By appointment. You have to submit a letter by mail or fax and address it to the office of the "Soprintendente."
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Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte (BiASA)
Address
Piazza Venezia, 3
Tel.
06-6977001
This is probably the richest library in Rome for Art History and Archaeology with 600,000 volumes, 3,500 periodicals, 19,000 photographs, engravings, and drawings)
Hours
M-F 8:30-19:30; Sat. 9:30-13:30. Reproductive services (here you can have microfilm scanned onto a CD, for example) are open M-Sat. 10:00-13:00; M-F 15:00-18:00. Distribution hours: 9:30-13:30; 14:00-18:00 M-F; 9:30-13:00 Sat.
Access
All you need to enter is an ID and you will be asked to fill out a carta di entrata with your name, nationality, and profession. For additional information, please see the useful guide by Elisabetta Morani, John Cabot University. BiASA Guide
To search items published after 1998, use the SBN union catalog
To locate older items, please search: Biblioteca Digitale Italiana: Cataloghi storici
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Biblioteca di Scienze dell'Antichità, Dipartimento Scienze Storiche, Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell'Antichità, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Address
P. le Aldo Moro, 5
Tel.
06-4440403
Hours
Consult their Home Page for the hours of the various departmental libraries.
Access
ID
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Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck Institut für Kunstgeschichte
Address
Via Gregoriana, 28
Tel.
06-69993242 (library) 06-69931 (switch board)
Hours
Because of the renovation of the book storage areas of the Institute, the library on via Gregoriana is closed. During the closure, from July 7 2003 on, an off-site reading room at the GNAM (via A. Gramsci 81, 9:00-14:00 M-F, 06-36001239) has been set up for the consultation of the collections. Prior to consulting books on Via Gramsci, 81, you will need to acquire a library card at the Bibliotheca Hertziana on Via Gregoriana, 28. The hours to acquire a library card are: 9:00-11:00 M, Tu, Th, F; 15:00-17:00 W.
Access
Letter of introduction, ID, photos, and diploma or other official documentaton showing minimally a Master's/Magistrale degree.
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Bibliothèque de l'Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medici
Address
Viale Trinità dei Monti, 1
Tel.
06-6761263
Hours
M-Th 10:00-18:30, F 10:00-17:00
Access
By appointment. Contact: Librarians Maria Teresa De Bellis (mariateresa.debellis@villamedici.it, tel. 06-6761263) or Raffaella Carchesio (raffaella.carchesio@villamedici.it), tel. 06-6761305)
30.000 volumes in fine arts, architecture, history of art, photography, cinema, stage design, music, and literature from the French and Italian Renaissance to the present.
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British School at Rome
Address
Via Gramsci, 61
Tel.
06-32649380 (library) 06-32649377 (photo archive)
Hours
9:00-13:00; 14:00-18:45 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction, ID, photographs
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Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Address
Via Curtatone, 4d
Tel.
06-4888141
E-mail
bibliothek@rom.dainst.org
Hours
9:30 - 17:30 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction and photo ID.
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École Française de Rome
Address
Palazzo Farnese, Piazza Farnese, 67
Tel.
06-68601330
Hours
10:00-19:00 M-F
Access
Applications for admission are accepted from 10:00-14:00. A letter of introduction and ID (passport) and your bags will be scanned as you enter through the French Embassy to get to the library.
This library houses probably the best collection of Medieval Studies in Rome. The classics collection is also strong.
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Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueologia en Roma
Address
Via di Torre Argentina, 18
Tel.
06-68100027; 06-68100026
E-mail
biblioteca@csic.it (Librarian: Blanca Domingo)
Hours
9:00-14:30 M-F
Access
ID
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Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz -- Max-Planck-Institut
Address
Via Giuseppe Giusti, 44, 50121 Florence
Tel.
055-24911-1
Hours
9:00-20:00 M-F; to request a library card, the hours are: 10:00-11:00 Tu, Th; 14:00-15:00 W
Access
Introduction letter, photographs, and ID. Must have a doctoral degree.
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MART, Rovereto (Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto)
Address
Corso Bettini, 43, 38068 Rovereto
Tel.
0464-454148/454147
E-mail
library@mart.trento.it (Director: Roberto Antolini, antolini@biblio.infotn.it)
Hours
10:00-16:00 M-F
Access
ID
The MART library specialises in 19th and 20th-century art, with particular focus on avant-garde movements. It holds over 1,400 periodicals and over 70,000 volumes, including a rich collection of original Futurist publications, artists’ books and, about 10,000 exhibition catalogues.
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MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Address
Temporarily moved to: Biblioteca delle Arti, Via di San Michele, 22
Tel.
06-58434819, e-mail: bibliomaxxi@darc.beniculturali.it
Hours
9:00-13:30; 14:00-16:00 Tu-F
Access
By appointment
Contemporary Art. Holds, for example, archives on modern architects and architecture.
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Norwegian Institute in Rome
Address
Viale Trenta Aprile, 331
Tel.
06-58391007
E-mail
biblioteket@roma.uio.no (Librarian: Germana Graziosi)
Hours
9:00-16:00 M-F (closed for lunch 13:00-14:00)
Access
Letter of introduction and ID
Has a good collection of art history, especially Renaissance, but also medieval and Byzantine studies. It is located only two doors down from us.
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Cinema
Cineteca Nazionale--Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Address
Via Tuscolana, 1524
Tel.
06-72294278 (library); 06-72294216 (archive)
E-mail
biblioteca@fondazionecsc.it (Biblioteca "Luigi Chiarini") and archiviofilm@fondazionecsc.it (archive)
Hours
9:00-16:30 M-F
Access
ID
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L'Istituto Luce
Address
Via Tuscolana, 1055
Tel.
06-72286337 (Gaja Englaro)
E-mail
englaro@archivioluce.com; luce@luce.it
Hours
9:30-13:00 M-F
Access
By appointment
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Classical Studies
Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Filologia Greca e Latina - Sezione Filologia Greca e Latina, Università degli Studi di Roma
Address
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5. Edificio di Lettere-1° piano
Tel.
06-49913977
E-mail
mariantonietta.castaldi@uniroma1.it
Hours
8:30-16:00 M-Th; 8:30-13:30 F
Access
ID
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Biblioteca dell'Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani
Address
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 2
Tel.
06-5743442 (Director: Dott.ssa Bertolacini)
Hours
M, W, Th 9:00-14:00
Access
ID
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Istitutum Romanum Finlandiae
Address
Passeggiata del Gianicolo, 10
Tel.
06-68801674 (Librarian: Simo Örmä)
E-mail
orma@irfrome.org
Hours
9:00-13:00; 14:30-16:00 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction + ID
This is one of our closest neighbors on the Gianicolo. It has a very good collection of Latin epigraphy and the largest collection of review journals in Classics of the foreign schools in Rome.
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Conservation
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
Address
Via San Michele, 13
Tel.
06-58553366/7
Hours
8:30-17:00 M-F
Access
ID
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Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario (ICPAL)
Address
Via Milano, 76
Tel.
06-48291226
Hours
9:30-13:30 M-F
Access
ID
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Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, Biblioteca Adolfo Venturi
Address
Via San Michele, 23
Tel.
06-48896305, 06-48896322
E-mail
g.baiocca.icr@beniculturali.it (Dott.ssa Baiocca)
m.renda.icr@beniculturali.it (Dott.ssa Renda)
Hours
9:00-13:00; 13:30-15:00 M-W; 9:00-13:00; 13:30-18:30 Th
Access
ID
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Italian Studies
Accademia della Crusca
The archive of the Accademia della Crusca houses documents relating to the Academy (diaries of members, acts of the Academy, etc.) as well as dictionaries of the Italian language (going back to the early modern period), manuscripts, and the like (annotation by Paul Arpaia).
Address
Via di Castello, 46 -- 50141 Firenze
Tel.
055-454277/78
Hours
9:00-14:00 M-F
Access
Letter of introduction
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Archivi del Novecento (Tor Vergata)
This portal and search engine has become a must for anyone doing work in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century. One can search for monographs and unpublished documents in over 60 public and private archives and libraries in Italy, 43 of which are located in Lazio. The range of archives and libraries cover most disciplines including, music, art, architecture, literature, archaeology, politics, sociology, anthropology, and the list goes on (annotation by Paul Arpaia).
Address
Via Mecenate, 59
Tel.
06-48907533
Access
By appointment
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Archivio Storico Capitolino
Address
Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, 18
Tel.
06-67108100
E-mail
archivio@comune.roma.it
Hours
9:00-13:00 M,F; 9:00-16:00 Tue, W, Th
Access
ID + form to fill out
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Associazione Nazionale per gli Interessi del Mezzogiorno d'Italia
The Associazione Nazionale per gli Interessi del Mezzogiorno d'Italia was founded in 1910 under the presidency of the historian Pasquale Villari and dedicated to the study of southern Italy (called in Italian the "Mezzogiorno"). ANIMI has an excellent library (La biblioteca Giustino Fortunato) which was created in 1923 and now contains over 50,000 volumes dedicated to the study of the Mezzogiorno. It's historical archive contains documents relating to the association's ninety-year history as well as important collections, including the papers of the noted archaeologist Umberto Zanotti Bianco and a very large collection of historic photographs (annotation by Paul Arpaia).
Address
P.zza Paganica, 13 internal 2
Tel.
06-68136846, 06-68136142 (also fax) (Presidente Prof. Gerardo Bianco; Segretario Generale Dott.ssa Cinzia Craveri)
Hours
9:00-18:00 M-F
Access
ID
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Biblioteca del Centro Documentazione Studi sul Femminismo -- Biblioteca
Address
Via della Penitenza, 37 (Casa Internzionale delle Donne)
Tel.
06-6833180 (presidente: Gabriella Nisticò, librarians: Mila Corvino, Tiziana Busti)
E-mail
archivia.cidd@libro.it
Hours
(library) 10:00-17:00 Tu, W; 16:00-20:00 Th (archive is open W 12:00-17:00 or by appointment, tel. 0765322211, director: Ambretta Rosicarelli)
Access
ID+form to fill out
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Biblioteca del Centro Studi DWF - Donna Woman Femme
Address
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Biblioteca di Area Umanistica "Giorgio Petrocchi," V. Ostiense, 236
Tel.
06-57338360; 06-57338315 (speak with Dott.ssa Varricchio)
Hours
9:00-19:30 M-F
Access
By appointment
Biblioteca del Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo
Address
Lungotevere Castello, 50
Tel.
06-6819111 (general info.), (librarian: Miria Nardi, 06-68191140 or e-mail: miria.nardi@beniculturali.it)
Hours
9:00-13:00; 14:00-17:00 Tu, Th
Access
By appointment
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Biblioteca del Museo Storico della Liberazione di Roma
Address
Via Tasso, 145
Tel.
06-7003866
Hours
9:30-12:30 Tu-Sun.; 16:00-19:00 Tu, Th, F
Access
ID
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La Biblioteca del Senato della Repubblica "Giovanni Spadolini"
Address
Piazza della Minerva, 38
Tel.
06-67063717
E-mail
BibliotecaMinerva@senato.it
Hours
9:00-19:30 M-F; 9:00-12:30 Sat.
Access
ID + Form to fill out
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Biblioteca dell'Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Address
Piazzale degli Archivi, 27
Tel.
06-545481
Hours
Biblioteca: 9:30-12:30 M-F; Sala Studio (archive) 9:00-18:45 M-F; 9:00-13:00 Sat
Access
ID
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Biblioteca dell'Archivio di Stato di Roma
Address
Corso del Rinascimento, 40
Tel.
06-68190853, 06-6819081
Hours
9:00-18:00 M-F; 9:00-13:00 Sat.
Access
ID
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Biblioteca dell'ISTAT (Istituto nazionale di statistica)
Address
Via Cesare Balbo, 16
Tel.
06-46732380, fax 06-46732617
Email
biblio@istat.it
Hours
9:00-16:00 M-Th; 9:00-14:00 F
Access
ID
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Biblioteca dell'Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani
Address
Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 2
Tel.
06-5743442 (Director: Dott.ssa Bertolacini)
Hours 9:00-14:00 M, W, Th
Access
Letter of introduction and ID
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Biblioteca della Società Geografica Italiana
Address
Via della Navicella, 12
Tel.
06-7004677
Hours
9:00-13:00 M-F; 14:00-17:00 Tu, Th
Access
ID
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Biblioteca della Soprintendenza Archivistica per il Lazio
Address
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 209
Tel.
06-6896244, 06-6869862, 06-6868397
Access
By appointment
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Biblioteca di Statistica del Comune di Roma
Address
Via della Greca, 5
Tel.
06-67103322 (Librarians: Daniele Milani and Gianfranco Gobbi)
Hours
9:00-13:30 Tu-We; 9:00-17:30 Th
Access
ID
Biblioteca di storia moderna e contemporanea
Address
Via Michelangelo Caetani, 32
Tel.
06-6828171
E-mail
b-stmo@beniculturali.it
Hours
8:30-19:30 M-F; 8:30-13:30 Sat.
Access
ID
The library has approximately 11,000 manuscripts, mainly letters of the major figures of the Risorgimento such as Mazzini, Foscolo, Guerrazzi, Garibaldi as well as of political figures of the liberal era and the fascist period and of the World War I.
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Biblioteca e Raccolta Teatrale del Burcardo
Address
Via del Sudario, 4
Tel.
06-68119471
E-mail
biblioteca.burcardo@siae.it (Director: Maria Teresa Iovinelli)
Hours
9:00-13:30 M-F (distribution of books ends at 13:00)
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
Address
Viale Castro Pretorio, 105
Tel.
06-49891
Hours
8:30-19:00 M-F (books can be requested until 14:30); 8:30-13:30 Sat (books can be requested until 11:30)
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Treccani
Address
Piazza dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 4
Tel.
06-68982241
Hours
9:30-19:30 M-F
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Address
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 (from the AAR take bus 44 from Via Carini to Viale di Trastevere and from there tram 3 to La Sapienza)
Tel.
06-4474021, 06-44740220
Hours
8:30-19:30 M-F; 8:30-13:30 Sat
Access
ID
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Casa dei Teatri
Address
Villa Doria Pamphilj - Largo 3 Giugno 1849
Tel.
06-45460691
E-mail casadeiteatri@bibliotechediroma.it
Hours
10:00-19:00 Tu-Su (April 1-September 30); 10:00-17:00 (October 1-March 31)
Access
ID
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Fondazione Marco Besso
Address
Largo di Torre Argentina, 11
Tel.
06-68192984
E-mail biblioteca@fondazionemarcobesso.it (Director: Dott. Antonio Martini)
Hours
10:00-19:00 M-Tu; 10:00-17:00 W-F
Access
Letter of introduction and ID
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Istituto Geografico Militare
Address
Via Cesare Battisti, 10/12 - 50122, Firenze
Tel.
055-2732244
Hours
8:30-13:00 M-F
Access
ID
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RAI Biblioteca
Address
Viale Mazzini, 14
Tel.
06-37264689/4619; (Director: Stefano Nespolesi, 06-3686449)
Hours
9:30-13:00 M-F
Access
Introduction letter and ID
Medieval & Renaissance Studies (+Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Abbazia Benedettina Santa Maria Assunta di Praglia: Biblioteca Santa Maria Assunta
Address
via Abbazia di Praglia, 16 - 35037 Bresseo di Teolo (PD)
Tel.
049-9900625 (Director: Stefano Guglielmo Scannerini)
Hours
9:30-12:15; 15:30-18:15 Tue-Sat.
Access
ID and letter of introduction (for consultation of manuscripts).
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Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana
There are three library sections in this Academy:
1) Section Biblioteca Corsiniana (12th - 19th Century Manuscripts): The constitution of this collection starts in 1733 when Pope Clemens XII donated his Library to his nephew, Neri Maria Corsini. This collection is rich in manuscripts. For additional information see: www.lincei.it/biblioteca/guida_patrimonio/Page8.html
2) Academic Section: This Library collection altogether consists of more than 500.000 volumes and 305 manuscripts pertaining to the History of the Academy (Archivio Linceo and academic manuscripts).
3) Oriental Section: The documented collection of this Library consists of: 200 Arabic manuscripts, 105 Persian manuscripts and 147 Ethiopian manuscripts from Leone Caetani, the Academy and Conti Rossini.
Address
Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara, 10
Tel.
06-680271 (switch board), 06-68027244 (library), 06-68027254 (Direttore: Marco Guardo)
E-mail
guardo@lincei.it
Hours
9:00-13:00 M, Tu, W, F; 9:00-17:00 Th
Access
ID and letter of introduction
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Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Address
Piazza Pio XI, 2 - 20123 Milano
Tel.
02-806921
Hours
The Reading Room is open 9:30-17:00 M-F; consultation requests can be entered from 9:30-11:45 and from 14:00-16:30
Access
ID and letter of introduction.
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Biblioteca Angelica
Address
Piazza S. Agostino, 8
Tel.
06-6840801
Hours
8:30-19:00 Tu-Th; 8:30-13:45 M, F, Sat (books can be requested until 1 hour before closing)
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Address
Porta Sant'Anna
Tel.
06-69879403
E-mail
bavsegre@vatlib.it
Hours
Please note that this library is closed until September 20, 2010. However, the Secret Archives are open: 8:15-13:00 M-Sat.
Access
Introduction Letter indicating qualification level (professor or researcher, Ph.D.): "The Library is open to qualified researchers and scholars who can provide documentation of their qualifications and their need to access the materials conserved in the Library." Also bring identification documents to get through the "Porta Sant'Anna." The main entrance to the "Vatican State."
Please ignore for now: The Admissions Office is open 8:45-12:00 M-F; 15:00-16:00 M, Th
See: Access Policy
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Biblioteca Bertoliana
Address
Sede di Palazzo S. Giacomo, Contrà Riale, 5 - 36100 Vicenza
Tel.
0444-578211
E-mails
Reference Office: consulenza@bibliotecabertoliana.it; Manuscripts Office: manoscritti@bibliotecabertoliana.it; Rare Books Office: libro_antico@bibliotecabertoliana.it; Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery: ill@bibliotecabertoliana.it; general: bertoliana@bibliotecabertoliana.it
Hours
8:00-19:00 M-F; 8:00-12:30 Sat.
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Casanatense
Address
Via S. Ignazio, 52
Tel.
06-6976031
Hours
8:30-18:50 M-F; 8:30-13:20 Sat
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Civica di Arezzo
Address
Palazzo Pretorio, Via dei Pileati, 8 - 52100 Arezzo
Tel.
0575-22849
Hours
8:30-19:30 M-F; 8:30-13:30 Sat.
Access
ID and letter of introduction
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Biblioteca dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Mario, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Address
Viale del Parco Mellini, 84
Tel.
06-94286425
E-mail
calisi@inaf.it (Head of the library is Marinella Calisi)
Hours
9:00-13:00; 14:30-18:00 Th.
Access
By appointment
Please note that this older library holds titles pre-800.
Biblioteca dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Monteporzio Catone (RM), Biblioteca moderna e storica
Address
Via Frascati, 33
Tel.
06-9447243
E-mail
ferrucci@mporzio.astro.it (the Head of the library is Marco Ferrucci)
Access
By appointment
Please note that this newer library holds titles post-800
Biblioteca della Pontificia facoltà teologica San Bonaventura, "Seraphicum"
Address
Via del Serafico, 1
Tel.
06-515031 (switch board), 06-51503633 (library), 06-51503632 (library) (Head: Father Emil Kumka)
Hours
M-F 9:00-12:45; 15:00-18:30
Access
ID
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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Address
Piazza San Lorenzo, 9 - 50123 Firenze
Tel.
055-211590
E-mail
b-mela@beniculturali.it
Hours
8:00-17:30 M-Th; 8:00-14:00 F
Access
ID and letter of introduction
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Biblioteca Vallicelliana
Address
Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, 18
Tel.
06-68802671; 06-6869237 (direzione)
E-mail
b-vall.servizi@beniculturali.it
Hours
8:15-13:30 M, Tue, F, Sat.; 8:15-19:15 W, Th
Access
ID (if you need to consult a manuscript, you have to provide a letter of introduction).
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Istituto Patristico Augustinianum
This Library is mainly specialized in studies of the Franciscan Order, Theology, Medieval Studies, Canon Law. Please note that from June 25-July 14 and from September 17-29 the opening hours are: 8:30-15:30 M-F; 09:00-12:00 Sat.
Address
Via Paolo VI, 25
Tel.
06-68006235 (Librarian: P. Juan Antonio Cabrera Montero, OSA)
E-mail
iparom@vatlib.it
Hours
8:30-18:00 M-F; 9:00-12:00 Sat.
Access
ID
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Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford
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CORSAIR: The Online Research Resource of the Pierpont Morgan Library
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Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
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Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo
Address:
Piazza dell’Orologio, 4
Telephone:
06-68802075 (Director: Dott.ssa Anna Maria Velli)
Hours:
Tu and Th 8:30-13:30; M, W, F 8:30-18:30
Access:
Letter of introduction and ID. Together with this documentation you need to fill out a “Modulo di Richiesta per il Tesseramento” (request form for a Library Card). This “Modulo di Richiesta per il Tesseramento” is found on their Web site and you could print it and fill it out before you go there.
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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections--Library of Congress
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Repositories of Primary Sources
Links to Web sites describing the holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs
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Villa I Tatti: The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies (Florence)
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Music
Biblioteca del Museo degli Strumenti Musicali
Address
Piazza Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 9/a
Tel.
06-7014796
Access
By appointment
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Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom
Has a large music collection, also of medieval music.
Address
Via Aurelia Antica, 391
Tel.
06-660492/1; e-mail: musik@dhi-roma.it (Librarian: Christina Ruggiero, tel: 06-66049233)
E-mail
ruggiero@dhi-roma.it
Hours
9:00-17:00 M, Tu, Th; 9:00-19:00 W; 9:00-15:30 F
Access
ID
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International Association of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centers
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La Società Italiana di Musicologia
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Numismatics
Biblioteca dell Istituto Italiano di Numismatica
Address
Via Quattro Fontane, 13
Tel.
06-4743603
Hours
9:00-14:00 M, Tu; 9:00-16:30 Th, F
Access
Letter of introduction
Other Sites of Interest
ACL Software Directory for the Classsics
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Ambrosia Union Catalogue
Catalog of the Blegen, Gennadius, and the British School Library in Athens
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American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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ATAC Rome
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Biblioteca Digitale Italiana: Cataloghi storici
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British Academy Overseas Institutes and Societies
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Centro Studi Americani
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Google Scholar
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Centro di Studi sulla Cultura e l'immagine di Roma
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Comiato Interuniversitario Basi dati & Editoria in Rete
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IFAR: International Foundation for Art Research
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INFER: Italian national Forum on Electronic Resources
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Italinemo: Periodicals of Italian Studies in the World
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Oxford Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
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SBN
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WordReference.com
Italian+ dictionary
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Associations
American Classical League
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American Numismatic Society
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American Philological Association
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American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
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Archaeological Institute of America
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Association of Ancient Historians
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Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica
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Classical Association of New England
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Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)
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Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
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Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest (CAPN)
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National Junior Classical League
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Society for Late Antiquity
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Women's Classical Caucus
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Museums
Art Museums in Greece
From ArtCyclopedia
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Art Museums in Italy
From ArtCyclopedia
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
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British Museum
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Capitoline Museums
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Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea
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Getty
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Glyptothek Munich
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Guggenheim
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Louvre
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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MoMA-Museum of Modern Art
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Museums in Greece
By region, Wikipedia
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National Museum of Rome
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Vatican Museums
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American Undergraduate Institutions in Rome
American University of Rome
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Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome
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John Cabot University
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Other Collections
The Archives of the American Academy in Rome
The institutional archives of the American Academy in Rome are divided among several locations:
The early administrative archives of the American Academy in Rome (1894-1957) were deposited at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. These archives have been microfilmed and may be consulted by appointment in the Washington office (tel. 202-357-2781; fax 202-786-2608; web site http://www.aaa.si.edu/ ) or the New York office (212-399-5015), as well as in the Library of the American Academy in Rome (see below). A finding aid may be found at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/ameracar.htm.
Early correspondence and archival material related to the American School of Classical Studies, which was founded in 1895 and merged with the Academy in 1913, are found among the archives of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston University (tel. 617-353-9361; fax 617-353-6550; e-mail aia@aia.bu.edu).
More recent administrative archives of the Academy are housed in the American Academy in Rome's New York office, 7 East 60th Street, New York, NY. (For access to these Archives, contact Michael Vitale, consulting archivist, at 212-751-7200, ext. 32.) Over 200 cubic feet of records are available for research to the Academy staff and trustees and to the general public. The Archives in New York contain records relative to the functioning of the Academy. There is a comprehensive run of annual reports, Board of Trustees committees, meetings and minutes, by-laws, audits, and other papers that describe the Academy, its mission and organization.
The files are organized into a number of record groups.
Executive files include biographical information, correspondence and subjects, and speeches. A file run contains information regarding former Trustees, professors-in-charge and other important people to the Academy.
Operations files include documentation on administration, development, employment, events, finance, programs, public information and publications. Many of these files date to the beginning of the Academy, although the bulk of the records date from the 1960s and 1970s onward. There is a file on each Fellow, Resident, and Affiliated Fellow from the beginnings of the Academy.
Archival material of related entities and special projects are also collected and include Academy material in other collections, the Advisory Council, the Society of Fellows and oral histories, as well as the efforts related to the Centennial celebration in 1994. The SOF files date back to its beginnings around 1910.
The audio visual materials include artwork, sound recordings, digital media, photographs and a small number of audiovisual recordings. The bulk of the collection is photographs, which date to the founding of the Academy to recent events. There are Plant and Planning files which document the physical aspect of the American Academy in Rome. Printed materials in the Archives include periodic and non-periodic publications of the Academy as well as items published outside the Academy but refer to the Academy, its Fellows and operations. There are reference and history files which document useful or general information about the Academy and its history, including chronological files from the 1980s- 1990s and general fact sheets. Finally, there are a small amount of artifacts and memorabilia that have collected throughout the years. Some of the Board of Trustee and Executive files mentioned above are currently housed at an offsite facililty.
Published annual reports of the American Academy (1911-1968) and of the American School of Classical Studies (1895-1913, published in American Journal of Archaeology) are available in the Library of the Academy in Rome (call 39-06-5846419 for an appointment). The Library also holds a copy of the Archives of American Art microfilms (see above) and a number of special manuscripts in its Rare Book Room, including the diaries of Director Gorham Phillips Stevens from 1911 to 1932. The Library's Music Collection includes digitized recordings of Academy concerts from 1955 to the present. The Photographic Archive of the American Academy in Rome (39-06-5846281) includes photographic documentation of Academy events, including the annual exhibitions, and individual and collaborative projects from the early 20th century (Fellows' Work Collection).
Permission to reproduce works from the Academy's archives must be secured in writing from the appropriate repository above.
The Norton-Van Buren Seminar Room and the Archaeology Study Collection of the American Academy in Rome
The American Academy in Rome maintains a small but varied collection of archaeological artifacts available for study. Information about these artifacts can be found in the Archaeology Study Collection database.
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- About the Archive
- Use of the Collection
- Publications, Exhibitions, and Funding
- Index to the Collections
About the Archive
The Photographic Archive of the American Academy in Rome consists of several valuable and specialized collections of photographs on archaeology, architecture and art, as well as landscape architecture and gardens. It also includes special collections important to the history of the Academy.
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Use of the Collection
The Photographic Archive of the American Academy in Rome is open M-F 10:00-13:00; Tu, Th 14:00-17:00 or by appointment (06-5846281 or photoarchive@aarome.org). The study collection contains over 70,000 images. Reproductions for study and publication are available for a fee (for orders contact: photoarchive@aarome.org).Many of the photographic collections have been cataloged in the database of URBS (Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche), an online network that links the American Academy and several foreign institutions in Rome. The Askew (the Arch of Septimius Severus), Parker (Roman and Medieval art and architecture in Italy), Van Deman (travels in Europe and North Africa; archaeology, architecture, and building techniques in the Roman world), Moscioni (Etruscan sites and art), Gatteschi (reconstruction drawings of Imperial Rome), Beato - Des Granges (archaeology of Egypt), Detweiler (archaeology of the Near East), Library collection (art and archaeology of Italy and Europe), Masson and Landscape Architecture (landscape architecture and gardens) and Fellows' Work (works of art and architecture) collections are online. Other collections are available through inventory lists.
The original Nash donation and some subjects of the Fototeca Unione such as ancient Rome and Ostia, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt are also cataloged online. The rest of the Fototeca Unione is accessible through a card catalog and the published microfiche edition: Ancient Roman Architecture: Photographic Archive on Microfiche (1979-1982).
Individual images in the Parker, Gatteschi, and Masson collections are available in digital form.
Publications, Exhibitions, and Funding
PublicationsRoma antica ricostruita nelle fotografie di Giuseppe Gatteschi (exhibition catalog edited by A. Capodiferro), Pescara 2006.
Georgina Masson, 1912-1980: Selections from the Photographic Archive
(exhibition catalog edited by A. Capodiferro and C. Lauf), Milan 2003.
A. Capodiferro in Esther Boise Van Deman: An archaeologist's eye.
Images from the Photographic Archive, American Academy in Rome (exhibition catalog), New York 2001.
Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan, 1898-1974. Photographie: Potsdam, Rom, New York
(exhibition catalog edited by M. R. Alföldi and M. C. Lahusen), Berlin 2000.
Esther B. Van Deman. Images from the Archive of an American Archaeologist in Italy at the Turn of the Century
(exhibition catalog edited by K. Bull-Simonsen Einaudi), Rome 1991.
Fotografia Archeologica 1865 - 1914.
(exhibition catalog edited by K. Bull-Simonsen Einaudi), Rome 1979.
Exhibitions
Roma antica ricostruita nelle fotografie di Giuseppe Gatteschi,
Roma 2006.
Georgina Masson, 1912-1980: Selections from the Photographic Archive,
Rome 2003.
Esther B. Van Deman: An archaeologist's eye,
New York 2001-2002.
Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan, 1898-1974. Photographie: Potsdam, Rome, New York,
Postdam 2000.
A Question of Time. Photographers: Marco Delogu, Veronique Ellena, Luca Nostri, David Spero. Rome 2009.
Collaboration on Exhibitions
Roma dall'alto
(exhibition and catalog edited by M.F. Boemi and C.M. Travaglini), Rome 2006.
Trastevere: Societá e trasformazioni urbane dall'ottocento ad oggi (exhibition and catalog edited by C. M. Travaglini et alii), Rome 2008.
Current Funding
Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The Getty Foundation.
Index to the Collections
Collection Contents
Archaeology
Askew Collection (1932)
A. Beato and H. Des Granges Collection (second half of 19th century).
Bini Collection (1970-1980)
Cosa Collection
Detweiler Collection (ca. 1930)
Fototeca Unione (ca. 1936 to the present)
Gatteschi Collection (1900-1935)
Knauer Collection
Laidlaw Collection (1960-1980)
Library Collection (until 1939)
Ludwig Collection
McCann Collection
Moscioni Collection (1868-1921)
Parker Collection (ca. 1865-1879)
Regia Collection
Van Deman Collection (1898-1930)
Vermeule Collection
Warsher Collection (ca. 1930-37)
Winslow Collection (ca. 1950-1960)
Special Collections
American Academy in Rome, Buildings and Memories
Berman Collection (ca. 1950)
Fellows' Work Collection (1911-1960)
Landscape Architecture and Gardens
Landscape Collection (ca. 1918-20)
Masson Collection (ca. 1950-1970)
J. K. Smith Collection (ca. 1923)
Contemporary Collections
Aronson Collection.
Paul Warchol Collection
Abigail Cohen Collection
A Question of Time Collection
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