Try browsing the shelves for books on a particular topic. Books on Classics can be found in the following Dewey number ranges:
As you can see, Classics books can be found all over the library! Please don't hesitate to ask for help if you're having trouble finding what you need.
Use the Library website to search for books and ebooks:
ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is a digital collection of over 5,400 seminal books in the humanities and related social sciences. Books in this collection have been recommended and reviewed by scholars and constituent learned societies of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Comprehensive and accessible essays covering literature and classics, philosophy, religion and culture, and music. Includes useful reference material, chronologies and reading lists.
Provides access to a huge collection of full-text eBooks across a range of subject areas.
On-campus:- You may see an OpenAthens login screen when accessing Ebook Central on-campus. See our FAQ - How do I login via OpenAthens?
The Loeb Classical Library, founded by James Loeb in 1911, continues the historic mission of making all that is important in Greek and Latin literature available to readers and includes accurate, literate, English translations.
The authors in the Loeb Classical Library span fourteen centuries and every genre. Each work is classified by language, form, genre, subject, and date for ease of browsing and navigation
Oxford Handbooks are a series of books covering Classical Studies, Law, Music, Philosophy, Political Science and Religion which provide students with authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. They offer a critical examination of the progress and direction of debates as well as a foundation for study and research.
Historical sources from A.D. 300–800 translated into English. This collection contains 66 volumes that bring together a wealth of important early medieval texts in translation, with scholarship from leading academics.
If we do not have a book you need in the library, please use our Inter Library Loan service and we will do our best to help you obtain what you need.
Inter library loans are requests for items not held in our collections. These requests can include loans of books or copies of journal articles, book chapters or conference papers. Please note, there is a cost to the library for each loan or digital copy supplied, so only items essential to your research should be requested.
The inter library loan service is open to Staff, PG researchers, PG taught students, and final year UG dissertation students or those undertaking research project work.
A maximum of 20 requests per person can be supplied per academic year to PG taught students, final year UG students and those undertaking research project work.
A maximum of 40 requests per person can be supplied per academic year to Staff and PG researchers.
To request an inter library loan, please complete the form by clicking the button below.
Please note: Inter library loans cannot be renewed.
Requesting Inter library loans
Items lent by partner libraries must be returned by the due date and in the condition in which they are lent. A replacement fee will be charged to you for any lost or damaged books and this could be set by the lending library at the British Library standard fee of £214.50.
If you are unsure what you can request please contact the Content and Collections Team.
