While very good & extensive, this page leaves out a species of tools for research that even people who achieve a college degree are not aware exists: specialized bibliographies, handlists, & periodic reviews of the secondary literature. These are compiled either exhaustively or selected against a stated set of criteria for use of other researchers, sometimes with comments about the value or scope of the item. Handlists tend to be less formal & complete than bibliographies, & periodic reviews appear in the more influential serials. Examples of these include:

• The MLA International Bibliography -- published annually & available online. Scholarly articles on literary topics ranging from Shakespeare & Homer to pop literature to works written in less familiar foreign languages. (I was able to use it to find articles on works in African languages.) Link to the bibliography web page
• Years' Work in English Studies -- also published annually (okay, it used to be), is selective in scope & concentrates on English Literature. Offers critical commentary on the publications collected. link to site
• Journal of Roman Studies every five years publishes a survey of work done on the epigraphy related to the history of Rome from c. 600 BC to c. AD 600
• Britannia has an annual review of publications on not only epigraphy related to Roman England, but archaeological findings in Britain both published & announced.
• Gnomon is a review journal on Classical studies. Although edited & published in Germany, reviews written in German, English, French, Italian and Latin are accepted for publication.
• Byzantische Zeitschrift is known for its extensive, if not exhaustive, annual review of publications on the Byzantine Empire (loosely defined) in multiple languages.
• An example of a specialized bibliography is de [Hermann Bengtson], Introduction to ancient history (6th edition has been translated into English by R. I. Frank and Frank D. Gilliard. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970 ISBN 0520017234). It concentrates heavily on publications in German, & is a bit dated, but German academics have lead the way in Classical studies for centuries.

Sorry to offer a narrow selection of examples, but this is based on my own idiosyncratic interests. Any competent librarian ought to be able to offer similar resources in the field of your interests. -- llywrch (talk) 17:08, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi llywrch, you've created a great list, but wouldn't it be better placed at WP:FIND? This page is meant to help people who've already identified a source to be able to obtain a copy of it, whereas that page is to help people find sources to begin with. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:04, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]