Reference Resources

The Library provides access to wide range of print and online reference material.

Printed reference material for each subject is housed on the same floor as its main collection. This reference material is non-borrowable and may only be used in the Library.

The Library also has access to a wide range of online reference resources, which includes directories, encyclopaedia, and both subject and language dictionaries. Access to these resources is through the Online Reference page and they are available to users both on and off campus.

Reference works in Archaeology include:

Dictionaries

• BUNSON, M. Dictionary of ancient Egypt. 1995
• CHAMPION, S. A dictionary of terms and techniques in archaeology.1980
• The Penguin archaeological guide. 2001
• GOFFER, Z. Elsevier's dictionary of archaeological materials and archaeometry. 1996
• JONES, J.M. Dictionary of ancient Roman coins.1990
• MIGNON, M. Dictionary of concepts in archaeology. 1993
• Oxford classical dictionary. 3rd rev ed. 2003
• SEYFFERT, O. A dictionary of classical antiquities.1891
• SHAW, I. and JAMESON, R. A dictionary of archaeology. 1999

Encyclopaedia

• Archaeological method and theory: an encyclopedia. 2000
• Blackwell encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. 1999
• Civilizations of the ancient Near East. 4v. 1995
• Companion encyclopedia of archaeology. 2v. 1999
• DE GRUMMOND, N.T. An encyclopedia of the history of classical archaeology. 2v. 1996
• DELGADO, J. Encyclopaedia of underwater and maritime archaeology. 1997
• Encyclopedia of archaeology. [online] 2008
• Encyclopedia of historical archaeology. 2002
• Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory. 2nd ed. 2000
• Encyclopedia of prehistory. 2000-2002
• Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology. 2000
• NEGEV, A. & GIBSON, S. Archaeological encyclopaedia of the Holy Land. Rev. ed. 2001
• New encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land. 4v. 1993
• Oxford companion to archaeology. 1996
• Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Egypt. 3v. 2001
• Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East. 5v. 1997
• Penguin encyclopedia of classical civilizations. 1995
• STILLWELL, R. The Princeton encyclopaedia of classical sites. 1976