In 1892 the Greek and Latin Clubs of Yale University formed a Classics Library, which has been located in Phelps Hall since 1896. The collection covers Greek and Latin literature, philology, mythology, paleography, textual criticism, and epigraphy, as well as ancient history, law, religion, philosophy, science, archaeology and art. There is also a reference collection containing dictionaries, encyclopedias, manuals, and bibliographies for Greek and Latin studies. An Ibycus computer workstation is located in the library, enabling the patrons to do multilingual word and text processing using the Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Coptic alphabets. There is no copying equipment in the Library, but patrons may obtain permission to take materials to the Classics Department Office to copy them.
All materials are otherwise non-circulating.