DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Dictionaries and encyclopedias provide starting points for definitions, background information and, often, further references on a topic. The following are authoritative sources:

Cambridge dictionary of classical civilization (2006) [print] 
[Survey of the classical world from post-Bronze Age Greece to the end of the later Roman Empire]

Oxford classical dictionary (3rd edition, 1996) [print]
[A comprehensive  source of information covering all aspects of the classical world]

Brill's New Pauly : encyclopaedia of the ancient world, (on-going) [print]
[Publication of the English language version of this classic reference work will proceed over a number of years. The complete work is available in German, as are Pauly's 19th century original work and the second series] 

The library catalogue will identify additional dictionaries and encyclopedias covering
The Classical world (Greece and Rome) and The Mediterranean, The Middle East and other Ancient Civilizations.  
Subject-specific dictionaries and encyclopedias are identified in individual Subject guides.