This guide is meant to assist you in getting started on your research.
Use the links below for more general information, or click on the green navigation tabs for more specific resources.
Below are some general linguistics resources to get your started on your research...
Online Encyclopedias and Reference
The following links will take you to online encyclopedias and reference manuals to help you get started on your research. Here you can find general background information, definitions, and history on many linguistic terms and concepts.
The library also has a number of print encyclopedias that can be found in the Reference section on the second floor of the library. Reference books cannot be checked out of the library but there are scanners available on the second floor that can be used to scan information from these texts into a PDF which you can email to yourself.
Materials on Linguistics topics are found under the "P" category, which is on 3rd floor of the Chester Fritz Library.
P1-1091 | Philology. Linguistics |
P95-95.6 | Oral communication. Speech |
P101-410 | Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar |
P121-149 | Science of language (Linguistics) |
P306-310 | Translating and interpreting |
P501-769 | Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) philology |
Currently, the featured books section highlights some of the library's best handbooks & companions for linguistics, which typically offer the reader an opportunity to survey and learn about a broad field of scholarship in a comprehensive way. They give a snap shop of the discipline covered at the time the book is published. Unlike a retrospective collection of articles, these guides are written or edited as a planned and intentional effort, with chapters and sections interrelating and complimenting one another and thereby tend to be more readable and integrated research works.
Finding Articles through Databases
Use databases to find academic articles to continue your research. Below are the most helpful databases for finding relevant articles for linguistics.
Academic Search Ultimate offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
The following will help you find specific academic journals, most of which are published and peer-reviewed by experts in the field. If you want to narrow your search to a specific topic, country, or issue, finding a journal that publishes in that area can help.