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BRILL DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT GREEK ONLINE (Heal Link)

English edition of Franco Montanari’s dictionary “Vocabolario della Lingua Greca”. It is considered the most important modern dictionary of the ancient Greek language, bringing together 140.000 entries from literature, papyri, inscriptions and other historical sources from the archaic period to the 6th century AD and later literature. Regular addition of new material ensures the scientific relevance of the work.

BRILL’S COMPANIONS TO CLASSICAL STUDIES ONLINE I-IV (Heal Link)

Series of handbooks, in English, covering a wide range of topics and persons of Classical Antiquity, as well as their influence on European civilization. The works analyze available sources, appropriate methodological approaches, and current scholarly debates on each subject. An ideal resource for students and researchers seeking a deep, critical introduction to specialized fields of Classical Studies.

CAMBRIDGE STRUCTURAL DATABASE (Heal Link)

Database of organic and metal-organic crystal structures. It includes more than 1.2 million experimentally determined three-dimensional (3D) structures and is an essential tool for research in Chemistry, Pharmacy and advanced materials
Note: Access control is done via IP addresses of the PI. For additional services, interested parties must create an account. There is also the possibility of installing the database locally via a client in a windows environment for a limited number of licenses. For more information and to obtain an activation key, you can contact Mr. Zissis Simaioforidis (Heal Link)

COMPLETE ANATOMY (Heal Link)

Advanced 3D anatomy platform, offering innovative 3D models, virtual dissections and interactive learning. It allows users to visualize and edit anatomical elements with high accuracy and detail.
Note: After installation, registration is required using the institutional email (@uoi.gr) and an activation code common to all members of our Foundation. Necessary access requirement: identification of the institutional IP address. All information/instructions are providing at the following link.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS ONLINE (Heal Link)

Unique reference work that brings together recent research on the ancient Greek language from a wide range of disciplines. An essential research tool for scholars of the Greek language, linguistics, other Indo-European languages, as well as Biblical bibliography.

ERIC (free access)

International bibliographic database in the field of education for all levels from preschool to adult groups. Covers topics such as educational organization, continuing education, vocational education, school counseling, higher education, teacher training, etc. It has a widely used thesaurus of educational terms.

GROVE ART ONLINE (Heal Link)

Leading scientific resource for the visual arts and architecture worldwide, with coverage spanning from prehistory to the present day. It includes 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles by more than 7,000 international scholars, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links for further research.

GROVE MUSIC ONLINE (Heal Link)

Global music encyclopedia offering comprehensive coverage of music, creators, and musicological research. It includes over 51,000 articles written and edited by 9,000 experts, featuring extensive bibliographies, 33,000 biographical entries for composers and performers with detailed work catalogues, as well as more than 5,000 images, musical examples, and direct links to audio and video files.

HEIN ONLINE (Heal Link)

Legal research platform providing access to more than 25 specialized databases, 3,400+ journals published in over 60 countries, international treaties, and more than 20,000 historical works, covering critical areas of law. It provides fully searchable, faithful digital copies of the original print publications, while integrating advanced AI-powered search tools to support academic research. Detailed information about HeinOnline Academic Core (International) is available here.

Access control is done by identifying the IP addresses of the PI.

INTERNATIONAL ARISTOTLE BIBLIOGRAPHY (Heal Link)

Comprehensive research tool providing access to over 50,000 sources (books, articles, book reviews, and dissertations) regarding the philosopher Aristotle and his influence. The bibliography covers more than 100 years of publications in a wide range of languages.

JSTOR (Heal Link)

Digital library providing access to more than 2,800 peer-reviewed, full-text scholarly journals across over 60 subject areas, with an emphasis on the humanities and social sciences. It includes extensive historical coverage (usually starting from the first issue, with the exception of the most recent years) as well as primary sources from libraries and cultural institutions worldwide, supporting interdisciplinary research and teaching.

Access control is done by identifying the IP addresses of the PI.

Kluwer Law Online (Heal link)

Digital database providing access to peer-reviewed scholarly journals on international and comparative law. It covers a wide range of legal fields, such as arbitration, corporate and commercial law, EU law, tax and environmental law, etc. The content is authored and edited by international law firms and academics, offering authoritative and up-to-date legal information.

Access control is done by identifying the IP addresses of the PI.

LEXICON OF GREEK GRAMMARIANS OF ANTIQUITY (Heal Link)

Fundamental reference point for the study of Greek and Latin Antiquity. It includes entries for more than 450 ancient grammarians. Each entry contains biographical information for the respective grammarian, analysis of their works, the Greek text of the fragments, and the relevant bibliography, including lists of editions and studies. It is a valuable research tool for Classical Studies, focusing on the fields of philology and the art of grammar.

ΜATHSCINET (Heal Link)

Bibliographic database of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for the field of mathematics, offering reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic data for millions of publications. It supports searching for papers and authors, as well as citation tracking.

NEW PAULY ONLINE (Heal Link)

Leading encyclopedic work on the ancient world. It is the most modern and interdisciplinary source of information on classical antiquity. It includes the complete German and English editions of Metzler’s Der Neue Pauly and Brill’s New Pauly respectively. Its coverage of 2,000 years of Greco-Roman history is extensive, with particular emphasis on the reception of ancient heritage, including history and classical knowledge.

NEW PAULY SUPPLEMENTS (Heal Link)

Collection of reference works that complement and enrich the encyclopedic source New Pauly Online. It includes six major reference works for the study of the ancient world and its reception in subsequent centuries. The collection consists of the following titles: 1. Chronologies of the Ancient World, 2. Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts, 3. Historical Atlas of the Ancient World, 4. The Reception of Myth and Mythology, 5. The Reception of Classical Literature, 6. The History of Classical Scholarship.

PORTICO (Heal Link)

A digital preservation service activated in cases of loss of access (e.g., publisher shutdown, title discontinuation, contract expiration) for selected HEAL-Link material, ensuring permanent archival access to it.

Project MUSE (Heal Link)
 
E-journal and e-book platform from the Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP), with an emphasis on the humanities and social sciences. The subscription includes over 800 e-journal titles and thousands of books. Additionally, a wealth of content is available under Open Access status.
 

PUBMED (free access)

Fundamental source for searching and retrieving scholarly literature in the fields of Biomedicine and Life Sciences. It contains over 36 million citations and abstracts. It provides links to the full text when available for free from the publisher or PubMed Central (PMC).

SCOPUS (Heal Link) 

Bibliographic database by Elsevier, which allows for simultaneous search in more than 21,500 scientific journal titles and 116,000 e-book titles, as well as specialized academic web content. It provides the capability to automatically link to the full text of an article, provided it is part of a HEAL-Link (SEAB) subscription. It also includes citation indexes, i.e. the references of the articles indexed in the database, covering all fields of science and technology.

SUPPLEMENTUM EPIGRAPHICUM GRAECUM ONLINE (Heal Link)

Collection of recently published Greek inscriptions, as well as studies on previously known documents. It presents the full Greek texts of all new inscriptions accompanied by critical apparatus, summarizes new readings, interpretations, and studies of known inscriptions, and occasionally provides the Greek text of these documents.

THESAURUS LINGUAE GRAECAE (TLG) (Heal Link)

Full-text digital library. Includes Greek texts ranging from the period of Homer (8th century BC) to the Fall of Byzantium (1453 AD). Contains over 110 million words from 10,000 ancient Greek texts by 4,000 different authors. The creation of a personal account is required for every user, in addition to the University’s IP identification.

Westlaw UK Academic (Heal link)

Integrated legal database for academic research, providing access to extensive case law, legislation, legal journals, and specialized material from the UK, the EU, and international sources through Westlaw Edge UK and Westlaw International. Supports in-depth legal research with full-text documents, advanced search tools, and the ability to download files in PDF format.