Introduction to Searching on the Database of Classical Bibliography CD-ROM

(Jim Niessen, Librarian for CMLL and History)
Cave hominem unius libri!
Coverage of the disk: volumes 45-60 (1974-89) of L'Anneé Philologique

Ways to use the annual volumes of L'Anneé Philologique:

  • browsing in the sections for A.Ph. rubrics (a classed arrangement)
  • finding entries from the indices for geographic terms and ancient and modern authors

    Additional features of the database:

  • 16-year cumulation of all entries for these years
  • eighteen rather than four indices
  • indices include Thesaurus Linguae Graecae genres, geographic regions, centuries
  • Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT) for terms, and for result sets
  • cross-referencing to A.Ph. entry numbers, and to words in any other indices
  • searching of three Greek character sets as well as Roman alphabet (in Entry or Search Windows)
  • printing and downloading of result sets

    Display Windows, Ways to search the DCB:

  • to find out what literature exists under a known heading (e.g. authors, titles)
  • to learn about available headings (e.g rubrics, topics, genres)
  • to go directly to the citations under these headings
  • type headings found here in the Search Window; or copy them there with ctrl C; close Entry Window; then ctrl V in the corresponding index field in the Search Window