If you are getting started with research or are not clear about your topic, there are many handbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias that provide definitions and introductory information. You can also browse them to brainstorm for more ideas or for definitive information about topics in Classics.
Oxford Handbooks Online is a series of handbooks of review essays written by leading scholars in different subject areas. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline and unpacks it, explaining the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and setting the agenda for how those debates might evolve.
Classical History & Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by 
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by 
Guide to the Ancient World by 
Who's Who in the Roman World by Classical Philosophy & Religion
Encyclopedia of Religion by 
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy by Classical Art & Mythology
Women of Classical Mythology by 
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