More L'Année Philologique Help

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Contents

 Use L'Année Philologique
to search for scholarly resources
 in the field of Classical Studies.
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What is L'Année Philologique

L'Année Philologique, although not very intuitive to navigate, is the premier online database for classical studies. This database indexes over 1,500 international periodicals, published anthologies, and conference proceedings. The online version covers the years from 1949-2004 while the print format (available in Seymour Library Index Shelves PA29.M35) spans from 1924 to 1999.

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How to Access L'Année Philologique
Access Option 1
  1. Click on “Selecting a journal database: A-Z list”
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select L'Année Philologique
  3. Once at the welcome page, click APh Enter
Access Option 2
  1. Click on “Selecting a journal database: subject list”
  2. Within the box, select Classics, then  L'Année Philologique
  3. Once at the welcome page, click APh Enter
Off Campus Access
  1. Click on "Selecting a journal database: A-Z list"
  2. Click the link for  L'Année Philologique
  3. Type in your Knox user name and password
  4. Once at the welcome page, click APh Enter
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Getting Started in L'Année Philologique
Upon entering the database, this is the first page you come to (New search):

APh First Screen
Modern Authors Search here for articles written by modern authors about classical studies. Search only for the author’s last name - you can select the author’s full name from the list of results.
Full Text Conduct a keyword search here. It does not search the article’s full-text – it only searches author, title, journal name, and abstract (when provided).
Ancient Authors Search for articles about ancient authors. Like the modern author search, start with only the last name.

Important Note = Names are in Latin forms = “u” replaces “v” unless “v” is the first letter; and "i" replaces "j".
For example:     Virgil → Vergilius
                       Ovid  → Ouidius
                       Juvenal → Iuuenalis

If you’re not sure of the Latin form, try looking up the name in Routledge’s Who’s Who in the Roman World (via CREDO Reference).
Subjects and Disciplines (3 options): this is basically a browsing feature.
  1. “Table Before 67” = 1995 & before;
  2. “Table From 67” = 1996 & after;
  3. “Word(s) of the section” = a simple search of the Table of Contents.
Date Search for articles from a specific year, before or after a specific year, or between a range of years.
Other Criteria (8 options):
  1. Word(s) in the title – limits search to only the article’s title field.
  2. Publisher – searches for only publisher names.
  3. Collection – searches only collection or series titles.
  4. Periodical – searches for journal name (results displayed chronological by date).
  5. Language – search for articles in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, & more.
  6. APh Number – use this option if you know the volume number and record number of a specific index citation.
  7. Reviews by Periodical – browse book reviews by journal name.
  8. Reviews by Author – search for book reviews by reviewer’s last name.
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Searching for Ancient Authors or Texts

 APh Ancient Authors Tab
If you want to find articles about an ancient author or an ancient text, please select the "Ancient authors" search option from the main APh page. In the new window, type the name or text in the box. For example, searching for the ancient author Ouidius (instead of Ovid) will retrieve two initial results. Select both results and then “Confirm the selection."
APh Author Selection Box
The next screen, the search history screen, will give you the total number of results:
APh Initial Author Results
Once you select the hyper-linked number or "Read the total", the next page that will open is the result list. This list has only brief citations (author, title, and source). To view the complete record, click the open book icon to the right of the citation.
APh Result List
After selecting the icon to view the complete record, you should see the complete citation. This usually includes the author, title, source, and a brief summary. In this database, the journal name is usually abbreviated. If you would like to view the complete journal name, roll over the initials with the mouse cursor.
APh Journal Abbreviations
For more details about abbreviations, complete journal titles,as well as their availability at Knox, please go to this page.
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General Keyword Searches

 APh Full-text Tab
If you want to search for articles about a topic by using keywords, click the "Full text" search option.
Important Note: The Full text search option does not search the article's full text. It only searches the citation and abstract (there are no full text articles in this database).

In the new window, you can search for one term or multiple terms. Do not use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT). Just like Google™, APh will automatically AND your search terms.

For example: animal sacrifice
will search for articles that have both animal and sacrifice in the citation.
Using Truncation: retrieve more results by using a " * " to pick up words with variant endings.

For example: animal* sacrific*
will search for animal, animals, animalistic, sacrifice, sacrifices, sacrificial, etc.
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Combining Searches
If you do more than one search, without* clicking "New Search" on the left navigation menu, the database will automatically combine your search.

For Example: If you wanted articles in English that discussed Ovid's period of exile, you would conduct three separate searches and then combine them.

APh Combination Search

  1. The first search, Q1, is for the Ancient Author Ouidius (Ovid).
  2. The second search, Q2, is a full text search for articles that mention exile.
  3. The third search, Q3, is for all articles in the English language.
  4. The new total, 74, represents the number of English records about Ouidius and that metion the keyword exile.
  5. View the 74 results by clicking "Read the total". If you want to combine only two of the three searches, uncheck the search you don't want to include and then click "Recalculate the total"

* Each time you click “New Search”, the search history gets erased.
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Understanding Search Results
Distinguishing between journals and books: Is the citation from a journal or from a book? There are a couple ways to tell if the citation is an article in a journal or for a book.
The first option is to look at the list of results. The standard layout for citation display is:

Author.
Title.
Source.
 
If the source line has a city name and year, then it is likely a published book. If the source line has letters (journal abbreviations), date, and page numbers, then it is most likely a journal article. In the image below, #7 is a book, while #8 and #9 are both from journals.

APh Journal and Book Citations
The second option is to look at the complete record. To view the complete record, click on the book icon for the associated record.
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Finding the Full Text
This database does not have any full-text. In order to see if another database has the article's full-text, you can click on the 'Findarticle' link at the bottom of each complete record.
APh Find It

After clicking the 'Findarticle' link, a new window will open. If the article is available electronically from another database, select the appropriate link. If it is not available electronically, check the Library Catalog for journal availability.
If you have problems with the Find It! service and cannot find what you are looking for, you can open "e-journals lookup" or the Library Catalog in a new window and check journal or book availability respectively.
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Printing and Exporting Citations
APh Print Icon The Print feature allows you to print all search results, selected results, or current records. Click on the Print icon (toward the bottom) and in the new window make you selection and click "Create a PDF file." (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to use this feature.)  When the PDF file opens, you can either print or save the document.
APh Export Icon The Export (and also email) feature will allow you to export all search results, selected results, or just the current record. After clicking the Export icon, a new window will appear with three tabs.
  • The first tab is for the records you would like exported.
  • The second tab gives you the choice to either download the export file or email the file.
  • The third tab is for the file format: either DAT or PDF.
After finalizing your selection, click the Export icon.
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