Use reference books to familiarize yourself with a topic and to gather background information:
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and RomeBrowse the shelves with library materials in the following Dewey Decimal ranges/subjects:
937 Ancient Rome
938 Ancient Greece
For more resources on ancient Rome and ancient Greece, check out the Western Civilization Research Guide.
The Romans: New Perspectives
The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives
