This research guide is a partial list of materials available to assist you as you begin a research project. The books listed below are shelved in numerical order in the Youth Services Reference collection.

Ask a Librarian if you have any questions or need assistance.

General Encyclopedias J REFERENCE

at the Homework Center

New Book of Knowledge
World Book Encyclopedia
The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia

General J REFERENCE

J 391.009 PEN Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages
J 902.02 CHR Chronicle of the World
J 902.02 WET New York Public Library Book of Chronologies
J 909… Time Frame
J 909 GRO National Geographic Atlas of World History
J 909 OUR Our World’s Heritage
J 909 SOM Dorling Kindersley History of the World
J 910.922 EXP Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age
J 911 HIS Historical Maps on File
J 930 ANC Ancient Civilizations
J 930 EXP Exploring Ancient Civilizations
J 930 HIS Ancient Civilizations
J 930 HIS The History of the Ancient & Medieval World
J 930 KNI Ancient Civilizations
J 930 SCA Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World
J 930.1 AST Atlas of Archaeology

Ancient Egypt J REFERENCE

J 391.00932 WAT Costume of Ancient Egypt
J 932 SHA Dictionary of Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece J REFERENCE

J 391.00936 SIC Costume of the Classical World
J 938 ANC Ancient Greece and Rome
J 938 SAC Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World

Ancient Rome J REFERENCE

J 391.00937 SYM Costume of Ancient Rome
J 937 ADK Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
J 937.0603 BUN Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
J 938 ANC Ancient Greece and Rome

Other Ancient Civilizations J REFERENCE

J 391.0093 WAT Costume of Old Testament Peoples
J 391.00936 SIC Costume of the Classical World
J 939.4 ANC The Ancient Near East

Magazines

Additional information may be found in this magazine:

• Calliope

Computer Catalog Subject Headings

Continue your research by searching these headings:

• History, Ancient
• Athens (Greece)
• Rome
• World history

Ask a Librarian for additional subject headings.

Browsing the Shelves

Information can be found in different shelf locations based on the subject area. Below is just a small sampling of subject areas. Ask a Librarian for additional locations.

J 909—World history
J 912—Maps
J 930—History of the Ancient World
J 940—History of Europe
J 950—History of Asia
J 960—History of Africa

Electronic Resources & Internet Searches

• Expand your research by searching the online encyclopedias and databases.
• Find Internet sites using Internet Links: Resources for Homework.
• Internet access at the Library is available to students who are registered with a signed Internet Use Permission Form on file.
• Each resource has a different search strategy, so be sure to ask a Librarian to assist you.

Printing articles at the Library:

Black & white at 10¢ a page
Color at $1.00 a page
Email to your home address at no cost

revised 10/04

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