Digital Content for the OU Community
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- Aristoteles LatinusMedieval Greek-Latin translations of Aristotle's works. Access to this resource has been underwritten by the OU College of Arts and Sciences.
- ARTstorRepository of images that include collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time periods, and media.
- Early English Books Online, 1475-1700Facsimile images of books on all topics printed in the British Isles from the 15th through 18th centuries.
- Early European BooksHigh-resolution facsimile images of rare printed sources from the origin of printing through the 16th century.
- Gale LiteratureProvides online access to Literature Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Something About the Author, and Gale Virtual Reference titles in literature. Resources can be cross-searched. Content includes includes biographies, critical essays, reviews, full-text articles, and audio files.
- HathiTrust Digital LibraryShared digital repository of library books and journals converted from print owned by research institutions. HathiTrust Digital Library does not permit download or viewing the full text of books that are still under copyright (typically published since 1923). Only materials that are no longer under copyright may be viewed online or downloaded.
- JSTORFull text of core journals in all disciplines from first issue until embargo period (typically 3-5 years). Contains only a tiny fraction of the library's electronic holdings.
- Kanopy Streaming VideoWatch feature and educational films online, on any device. International content, including the Criterion Collection. Effective October 1, 2018, Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not licensed for use prior to that date will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.
- Library of Latin Texts (Series A and B)Series A consists of Latin texts from the beginning of Latin literature through the Second Vatican Council; Series B provides access to Latin texts of all periods and genres. Access to this resource has been underwritten by the OU College of Arts and Sciences.
- Loeb Classical LibraryProvides access to important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature. Access to this resource has been underwritten by the OU Department of Classics and Letters.
- Patrologia Latinaccess the electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865.
- Project MuseLargely full-text collection of articles from core journals. Generally limited to most recent 5-7 years.
- Shakespeare in VideoFull productions of every Shakespeare play, originally aired on the BBC.
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is a digitized collection of most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. *** Individual user registration is required to access subscribed material. ***
- Translated Texts for Historians E-LibraryProvides a wide variety of texts from 300-800 AD, translated from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian and Old Irish, as well as notes on content, interpretation and debates.
- TrismegistosAn interdisciplinary database of papyrological and epigraphic resources on Egypt and the Nile valley between roughly 800 BC and AD 800. Includes texts in a variety of languages from Pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt, as well as a database of people and placenames found in Greco-Roman Egypt.
On the Open Web
- Biblioteca ItalianaA digital library of texts representative of Italian culture and literature from the medieval era to the 9th century.
- EAGLE Inscriptions Search EngineThe main gateway into the EAGLE’s massive epigraphic database.
- Open Greek and Latin ProjectOngoing. The project aims at providing at least one version for all Greek and Latin sources produced during antiquity (through c. 600 CE) and a growing collection from the vast body of post-classical Greek and Latin that still survives.
- Perseus Digital LibraryDigital library of work covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
- Pleiades Atlas of the Ancient WorldA community-built gazetteer and graph of ancient places.
- Google ScholarA subset of Google containing scholarly articles on all subjects. By accessing it through the library, you can link to content we own or request items via interlibrary loan.
- Open Access Digital Theological LibraryThe OADTL curates open access/public domain books, databases, journals, and research aids catalogued in WorldCat and makes them available for basic or advanced cross-searching.