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* Linguistics: Research Resources

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Databases

ProQuest databases can be searched at the same time by clicking on one of the ProQuest databases, then choosing "Change databses" from the menu along the top of the screen that opens.

  • LLBA - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest):  Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics
  • PsycInfo via ProQuest: Covers an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work
  • Social Science Database (ProQuest): Provides extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology

EBSCO databases can be searched at the same time by clicking on one of the EBSCO databases, then clicking on "Choose Databases" above the search box at the top of the screen.

  • CMMC - Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO): Full text and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, rhetoric, language, logic, and other closely related fields.
  • SOCIndex (EBSCO): Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.
  • Social Sciences Full Text  (EBSCO) Identifies articles in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, politics and law, many with links to full text

For classes cross-listed with BCS, BME, or NSC

  • PubMed - Identifies articles in clinical and basic biomedical research as well as in psychology, many with links to full text.
  • Web of Science - Identifies journal articles and cited references to research publications from all disciplines, some with links to full text.

Other helpful databases:

  • Google Scholar - For off-campus access to full text: Click Scholar Preferences and add Rochester as your Library Link. Be sure to Save Preferences.
  • MLA International Bibliography:  Identifies articles, books, dissertations on literature, linguistics, film and folklore.

Streaming video

  • Alexander Street  Streaming access to 14,000 titles; browse by fields of interest
  • Ethnographic Video Online  Contains classic and contemporary documentaries; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field (now part of Alexander Street database)
  • Kanopy  Streaming video database with over 20,000 movie titles from a large group of film producers including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber Edu, Documentary Educational Resources Collection, BBC Active Collection, and many others

Related Subject Guides

Browse Journals & Conference Papers

Browse Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics journals using Browzine

Anthropological Linguistics journals

Browse Computational Linguistics journals using Browzine

Computational Linguistic journals

Browse Comparative and Historical Linguistics journals using Browzine

Screenshot of journals

Browse papers from historical linguistic conferences

  • From Advanced Search in Articles & Books enter text in search box: "International Conference on Historical Linguistics" and in the drop down menu on the lef change All Items to Publication Title (red arrow below)

 

 

Find a Grammar

Want to Roam the Stacks?

Items pertaining to linguistics can be found in Library of Congress class P. Grammars and dictionaries are interspersed through much of the class according to their language. The below linked document outlines the subclasses in class P and can be of great help if you wish to browse the physical library collections.

Class P (less literature)

Subclass P

Level B

Reference

Physical book Ebook Title URL
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE http://tinyurl.com/y4wdcsxx
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y4gjge8c
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ARABIC LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y64tvt4z
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CASE http://tinyurl.com/yysm6eg2
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CHINESE LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y3g58c3a
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y5oxo9o3
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE SYNTAX http://tinyurl.com/y3bpuxwk
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPOSITIONALITY http://tinyurl.com/y4labyzf
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPOUNDING http://tinyurl.com/y3xk6o4w
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y5nbyuc7
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CONSTRUCTION GRAMMAR http://tinyurl.com/y24c4eh4
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CORPUS PHONOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/y6hzhvlb
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/y3nwrrqf
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENTAL LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y5s53wmh
X   THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ENDANGERED LANGUAGES http://tinyurl.com/y2h9gtep
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ERGATIVITY http://tinyurl.com/y3cdtw4j
X   THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EVENT STRUCTURE http://tinyurl.com/y2v6rvfx
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GRAMMATICALIZATION http://tinyurl.com/y6yqqlub
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/y35vjodh
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH http://tinyurl.com/y3p3pyxw
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y499zb9k
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INFLECTION http://tinyurl.com/y52naua9
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION STRUCTURE http://tinyurl.com/y4wmpsjn
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF JAPANESE LINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y6qp6rla
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LABORATORY PHONOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/y5nd4p5e
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LANGUAGE AND LAW http://tinyurl.com/y3kem96f
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION http://tinyurl.com/y5rmknvp
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LEXICOGRAPHY http://tinyurl.com/y5boadqw
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS http://tinyurl.com/y4zra44m 
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LINGUISTIC FIELDWORK http://tinyurl.com/y2cn2fw3
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LINGUISTIC INTERFACES http://tinyurl.com/y4b2p5se
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LINGUISTIC MINIMALISM http://tinyurl.com/y4rjsw83
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/y3qe2p4f
X   THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF LYING http://tinyurl.com/y427f9c8
X   THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF MORPHOLOGICAL THEORY http://tinyurl.com/y5tpuzlp
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF PRAGMATICS http://tinyurl.com/y3nu3qdn
http://tinyurl.com/y33wcsyy
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF NAMES AND NAMING http://tinyurl.com/yyy6tpzx
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS http://tinyurl.com/y5kwqfov
X X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TENSE AND ASPECT http://tinyurl.com/y3aj3arh
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THE WORD http://tinyurl.com/yxb4ulsr
  X THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TRANSLATION STUDIES http://tinyurl.com/yyel6by3
  x THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR http://tinyurl.com/y2ltn7bs

The atlas case is located on the back wall of the room adjacent to the Rhees Reference stacks.

  • Oxford English Dictionary  online and Rhees Reference PE1625 .O87 1989
  • Idioms and phrases index  Rhees Reference PE1689 .I3 1983
  • Oxford dictionary of idioms  Rhees Reference PE1464 .O94 2004
  • Dictionary of English collocations : based on the Brown corpus   Rhees Reference PE1689 .K54 1994

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