VCE Ancient history - units 3 & 4

A guide to the VCE units on Ancient History including Egypt, Greece and Rome

The history of Ancient Greece

The Library holds a wide range of printed resources on Ancient Greece. We also hold a number of ebooks. For tips on searching for items on your VCE Ancient history reading list see our Get started page.

Ebooks can be accessed from anywhere by any registered Victorian user. The books can be downloaded or read online. Access the ebook from the bottom of the catalogue record.

Significant portions can be copied and saved.  For example

Alter the options from the dropdown next to the search box to include print books as well.  Click the image below to conduct a search.

Search for Pelopponesian War on catalogue

Print books

See these searches:

Articles

Use our catalogue to search for full text articles. Many of the issues have very specific names and so searches on those terms should retrieve articles.  

For brief biographical overviews search Biography in context.

Also search for specific people using the Article search. 'Peer reviewed' items have been checked by experts before publication and the 'Articles' facets should remove articles that are just reviewing books about the issue you are researching.

Article search using peer reviewed and articles facet

Databases

JSTOR is an excellent database for articles on various aspects of ancient history. The database includes long runs of scholarly journals.

Many results will be found also using the 'Article' search through our catalogue (see on this page).

The 'full-text' search covers the entire text of articles. If you choose the 'articles' in 'Advanced search' you will avoid book reviews.

Roman republic and economics search

Gale Virtual Reference Library is useful as a reference tool for items about aspects of Ancient History. 

Choose 'subject' for a more specific search or 'basic search' for a broader search.

Search using Gale Virtual Reference