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- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On the nature and use of language.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts focuses on the nature and structure of human speech, research in speech sounds, sentence and word structure, meaning in language, spelling, phonetics and the pathology of speech, and hearing. This database provides bibliographic citations. Over 2600 journals from 50 nations are reviewed for inclusion, as well as selected books, book chapters, and dissertations.
- Coverage Dates: 1973-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Title List
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- 4 concurrent users
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xllb-uga1
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- MLA International Bibliography (literature and language)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles and books on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
The MLA Directory of Periodicals is now part of the MLA International Bibliography. Included is information on the periodicals that are indexed in the database, plus many more. The Directory of Periodicals data is updated annually.
- Coverage Dates: 1926 to the present
- Updated: Ten times per year
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbml
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- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
Related / Narrower Databases
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (at EBSCOhost)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to literature relating to communication and mass media studies, including some full text.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete is an index to literature relating to communication and mass media studies, including some full text. The database is the result of the merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies - CommSearch, formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA), and Mass Media Articles Index, formerly produced by Penn State University. In addition to the content of these two databases, CMMC offers full text for over 160 major communication and mass media journals that were not previously covered by CommSearch or Mass Media Articles Index. In total, more than 285 journals will be indexed and abstracted in their entirety in CMMI, while approximately 100 more journals will be indexed selectively.
- Coverage Dates: Early 1900s-
- Title List
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coml-uga1
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- ERIC (at EBSCOhost)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.
- ERIC (at EBSCOhost) covers all aspects of education and educational research, includes both abstracts of published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. It corresponds to the printed indexes of RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). This database is produced by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. The EBSCOhost version of the ERIC database includes the searchable Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. The EBSCOhost version of ERIC is updated quarterly; to see citations of articles and documents added since the last update (but not the full text) go to Department of Education's ERIC web site.
- Coverage Dates: 1966-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zber
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- PsycINFO
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.The major index for articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. The American Psychological Association offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO.
- PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Some articles are available in full text. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals from nearly 50 countries. The historic portion of the database comes from from three sources: Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921-1926), and all journals published by the American Psychological Association plus the American Journal of Psychology from the first issue of volume 1, number 1 in November 1887.
Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually.
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PsycINFO Search Help/Training Center includes Search Tips and How-To's and a search guide specific to the EBSCOhost interface.
The APA also offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO.
Produced and copyrighted (c) by the American Psychological Association.
- Coverage Dates: 1887 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbpy
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- PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Some articles are available in full text. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals from nearly 50 countries. The historic portion of the database comes from from three sources: Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921-1926), and all journals published by the American Psychological Association plus the American Journal of Psychology from the first issue of volume 1, number 1 in November 1887.
Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index to articles from diverse humanities subject areas.
- Humanities International Complete is a database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals and contains more than 2.71 million records. Formerly the American Humanities Index, this database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international publications. Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
- Coverage Dates: 1909-present
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hump-uga1
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- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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Biographical Sources
- Marquis Who’s Who on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Biographies from various Who's Who publications.
- Current biographies of all individuals who appeared in any one of the following Marquis print titles since 1985: Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in the East, Who Was Who in America, Who�s Who in the Midwest, Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in the South & Southwest, Who�s Who of American Women, Who�s Who in the West, Who�s Who in Science & Engineering, Who�s Who in Media & Communications, Who�s Who in American Law, Who�s Who in Entertainment, Who�s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, Who�s Who in American Education, Who�s Who in Finance & Business (Formerly Who's Who in Finance & Industry), Who�s Who in American Nursing, Who�s Who in Religion, Who�s Who in 20th Century America, Who�s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who�s Who Among Human Services Professionals; profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Marquis
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=whos-uga1
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- Portraits of Linguists
Call Number: Main Ref P83 .S4- The 90 lengthy essays in this work cover Western linguists from 1746-1963, from Sir William Jones to Benjamin Lee Whorf.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Books
- Concise History of the Language Sciences
Call Number: P121 .C585 1995- The subtitle being "From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists", this history covers non-Western as well as Western linguistics. Written by multiple contributing authors. The last section deals with phonetics and translation.
- Location: Main Library Only
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- A Short History of Linguistics
Call Number: P61 .R6 1997- The classic, very readable history by R. H. Robins, covering Ancient Greece to the 20th century with an emphasis on Western linguistics. Each chapter has a list of further readings.
- Location: Main Library Only
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems
Call Number: Main Ref 240 .C67 1996- Short alphabetically-arranged entries on writing systems and associated concepts, such as "silent reading". Many charts and illustrations.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Call Number: Main Ref P29 .C64 1997- Generally non-technical in nature, this volume is made enjoyable to browse through the use of color illustrations, tables and sidebars. While organized by thematic chapters, an index provides access to specific topics. A table of the world's languages provides numbers of speakers.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
Call Number: Main Ref Folio P29 .E48 2006- Entries in this 14-volume set provide thorough and sometimes technical discussions of topics. Volume 14 has a glossary of terms.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe
Call Number: Main Ref P380 .E53 1998- The coverage is of geographic Europe, and so includes some non-Indo-European languages. Entries focus on the historical and sociolinguistic aspects of the languages, including their origins and first attestations.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Languages and Literatures
Call Number: Main Ref P29 .C68 1992- Covers a broad range of language-related topics in brief entries written for the layman. Some entries on linguists are included.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Summer Institute of Linguistics Glossary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This online glossary includes both definitions and illustrative examples of linguistic terms and concepts.
- URL: http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/
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- yourDictionary.com
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to more than 400 dictionaries and grammars for over 125 different languages.
- URL: http://www.yourdictionary.com/
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Guides/Handbooks
- Classification and Index of the World's Languages
Call Number: Main Ref P203 .V6- Starting with the name of a language group, subgroup, dialect or even a tribe, this work describes its relationship with other levels in the classification hierarchy.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Compendium of the World's Languages
Call Number: Main Ref P371 .C36 2000- A comprehensive alphabetical arrangement of entries on languages. Each entry begins with classification information, followed by a linguistic overview of the phonology, morphology, etc., of the language in question.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online edition allows you to find information regarding geographic distrubution of languages, languages of special interest, nearly extinct languages, etc. Browse by language name, language family, or country name. Includes maps. A print version may be found at P371 .E83646.
- URL: http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
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- International Phonetic Alphabet Chart
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A quick online source for looking up the tables of IPA phonetic alphabet symbols.
- URL: http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/fullchart.html
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- Linguistics: A Guide to the Reference Literature
Call Number: Main Ref P121 .D435 2000- A good starting point for going beyond the sources in this Subject Guide, it contains annotated entries organized into sections on general topics, allied areas (e.g. socio-, psycho-, applied and mathematical linguistics), and specific languages.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Omniglot: A Guide to Writing Systems
Online Access: On/Off Campus- "A guide to over 160 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems."
- URL: http://www.omniglot.com
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- Phonetic Symbol Guide
Call Number: P226 .P85 1996 (1986 ed. in Main Ref)- Covers both the International Phonetic Alphabet and other systems, explaining the differences in usage between symbols and their history.
- Location: Main Library Only
Maps/Atlases
- Atlas of Languages
Call Number: Main Ref Folio P106 .A84 1996- An easy introduction to the language areas of the world, with many color illustrations, maps and examples.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Atlas of the World's Languages
Call Number: Main Ref Folio P375 .A84 1994- Large, detailed, color-coded maps show the distribution of languages around the world and the numbers of speakers.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Modern Language Association Language Map
Online Access: On/Off Campus- An interactive map of the linguistic composition of the United States. Based on Census 2000 data.
- URL: http://www.mla.org/census_main
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- World Atlas of Language Structures
Call Number: Folio P143 .W67 2005- Shows the geographic distribution of linguistic features and grammatical structures. Includes a CD-ROM.
- Location: Main Library Only
Organizations/Associations
- International Phonetic Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The IPA was established in 1886 to promote "the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science". The website provides links to the International Phonetic Alphabet (including audio files) and information about fonts to used to represent it.
- URL: http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
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- The Linguist List
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A primary discussion group (listserv) for linguists. The website provides an archives of messages, job announcements and other resources.
- URL: http://linguistlist.org
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- Linguistic Society of America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Linguistic Society of America was founded in 1924 for the advancement of the scientific study of language. The site offers information about the Society (conferences, meetings, publications) and a job listing. There is a directory of programs in linguistics in the United States and Canada, as well as a directory of active members.
- URL: http://www.lsadc.org
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- Modern Language Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A not-for-profit membership organization that promotes the study and teaching of language and literature. Their web site has information about the organization, job listings, information on the annual convention, and publications and reports of the organization.
- URL: http://www.mla.org
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- SIL International
Online Access: On/Off Campus- "The purpose of SIL International is to work with language communities worldwide to facilitate language-based development through research, translation, and literacy." The web site provides information on the organization as well as links to electronic help for language field work.
- URL: http://www.sil.org
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Statistics
- Linguistic Composition of the Nations
Call Number: Main Ref P25 .K50 (v. 1-5); P25 .K50 (v. 6)- Compiles into statistical tables data about languages obtained from a variety of official and other sources. Each volume covers a different region of the world. The last volume (7) has not been published but will cover Africa. Publication began in 1974, so information in the older volumes will be less current.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- ProQuest Statistical Insight ((formerly LexisNexis Statistical Insight))
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies.
- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
Search Tables Base Edition:
selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.Search Abstracts:
American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and intergovernmental sourcesCoverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
- Statistics in Linguistics
Call Number: P138.5 .B87 1985- Covers the methodology necessary for conducting research in the social sciences, but the examples and exercises are geared toward the linguist.
- Location: Main Library Only
Web Subject Guides
- Linguistic Resources on the Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This page from SIL International bills itself as "a topically organized list of resources elsewhere on the Internet that may be of interest to the linguist." Covers the principal categories of linguistic research.
- URL: http://www.sil.org/linguistics/topical.html
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