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CL ST 374: Sex, Gender, & Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean

This course guide is intended to support students taking the course, CL ST 374 as they complete papers and other research projects.

Find Books with Quick Search

Quick Search will find both ebooks and books available through the University Library.

ISU Library Quick Search - Books Only

Searches using the box above are filtered to show only books but there are more filters you can apply to narrow down your results on the right side of the page.

Recommended Books

Ancient sex cover
Exploring gender diversity in the ancient world
Studying gender in classical antiquity
Female homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome
Women and the law in the Roman Empire

Locating Ancient Texts (in translation)

In addition to finding secondary sources for your project, you'll want to locate primary sources: books, plays, orations, and other sources from the ancient world. Luckily, we have a lot of these materials translated into English right here in the library!

you can find most of the primary sources for your project on the Lower Level of Parks Library. These might include plays, orations, and other literature from the ancient Mediterranean.

  • Greek Literature: PA 3050-4500
  • Byzantine Literature: PA5000-6000
  • Roman Literature: PA6000+

Example books in this area:

Getting books in the library

Finding it yourself

Once you've identified a book you want...

  1. Check to make sure it's available.
  2. Verify which collection it is in (General Collection, Audiovisual, Storage, etc). This tells you where in Parks (or out of Parks) you'll find the item.
  3. Make note of the item's call number (e.g. PN6727.A94 S87x 1996). You'll need this to find your book on the shelf.
  4. Click Map It to view a map of where the item is in the building.

Then go to the indicated floor (or tier) and navigate to where your book's call number is located. Follow the signs on the shelves until you find the range of letters/numbers that includes your item's call number, then skim the shelves in that row until you arrive at the one you want.

Request it

If time isn't a pressing issue, you can opt to have Library staff locate the item and hold it for you at the Main Desk. For items that can be requested, when you open the item record in Quick Search, you'll see a box where you can sign in to request materials, save searches, etc.

Sign in to request

Need a book the library doesn't have? 

Use InterLibrary Loan (ILL) to order a book from another library. It's free but it does take a couple of days for the book to arrive.

  1. Log into Illiad (ISU Library’s ILL system) with your net-ID and password.
  2. In the left menu, click Book (or article, or book chapter, depending on what you want) under the New Request menu.
  3. Fill out as much of the form as possible. If you're working from a citation, you should be able to input most of the information we'll need to find the book for you. 
  4. Click Submit Request to complete the process. You'll get an email when the book is ready for pickup, usually within a week. 
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