Classical Philology

GöDiscovery, our library's discovery system, lets you find books, journals, databases and a large number of journal articles. By default, only the local holdings are searched (SUB Göttingen including divisional and departmental libraries). The search scope can be extended to include additional data sources and the holdings of other libraries via the settings, which will also allow you to place inter-library loan requests. 

The Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) is the standard online catalogue of the SUB Göttingen which lets you search all locally available books and other media (excluding journal articles).

Academic literature which is freely accessible online can be found via BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) or Google Scholar. These research portals also contain the documents of the subject repository The Stacks (operated by the SUB Göttingen) which publishes English and American Studies publications in open access. When using Google Scholar, the SUB's link resolver provides direct access to licensed content, provided you are connected to the university network (e. g. via eduVPN). 

PropylaeumSEARCH is the search portal of the Specialized Information Service for Classical Studies (Fachinformationsdienst Altertumswissenschaften). On the Propylaeum website you will also find additional discipline-specific search tips.

Classical philology journals are available both in print and, in many cases, digitally. You can find e- and print editions in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK).

Printed: A selection of bound printed journals can be found in the reading room (ground floor and 1st floor under the notation HH). Current issues of other journals can be ordered at the information desk.

Digital: The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) offers an overview sorted by subject and uses color symbols to indicate access to the full text. University members can also access licensed titles (marked in yellow) from home via eduVPN.

Databases can be found in the Database Information System (DBIS), organized by subject. The licensed fee-based databases can also be found in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The free databases can only be found in DBIS. DBIS lists data resources of various types such as subject bibliographies and full-text databases that contain articles from electronic journals, digitized historical sources or other primary texts.

Selection of important databases

• Année Philologique

  International database on the entire field of classical studies; focus: Greek and Latin philology (with its auxiliary sciences epigraphy, numismatics, papyrology), classical archaeology and ancient history with detailed consideration of ancient intellectual, cultural, religious, legal, economic, scientific and technical history.

• Gnomon Bibliographic Database

  With over 750,000 entries, the Gnomon Bibliographic Database (GBD) is one of the most comprehensive databases for specialist literature in the entire field of ancient studies, including the subject-specific history of science.

• Library of Latin Texts

  The Library of Latin Texts, which emerged from the Cetedoc Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT), is the most comprehensive collection of Latin texts. Since 2021, it combines the two previously separate databases Library of Latin Texts - Series A (LLT-A) and Series B (LLT-B).

• Loeb Classical Library

  The digital version of the Loeb Classical Library offers 558 volumes (as of July 2025) of important Greek and Latin literature: epic and poetry, tragedy and comedy, history, travel, philosophy, medicine and mathematics. The Greek and Latin cultural heritage can be found here in the original language and in English translation.

• The New Pauly

  Standard reference work on classical antiquity and the history of its reception. The English edition is also available under the title "Brill's New Pauly". In addition, supplementary volumes are being published under the title "Der neue Pauly Supplemente" (German) and "Brill's New Pauly/Supplements" (English). The various editions are linked.