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Books
Beyond textbooks used in class, there are
dictionaries, pronunciation guides, and
reference works to help you do research on
various topics in linguistics Here
are some examples:
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's
Ancient Languages P140 .C36 2004
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and
Languages P29 .C68 1992
- International Encyclopedia of Linguistics REF
P29 .I58 2003
- Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic
States PE2970.E2 K86 1982
- What is Language Development?: Rationalist,
Empiricist, and Pragmatist Approaches to the Acquisition
of Syntax P118 .R87 2004
- Handbook of North American Indians REF
E77 .H25 (vol. 17 is on Linguistics)
Here are several strategies for successful searching
in the Library Catalog:
Keyword search
In the simple search screen, type your
topic in the KEYWORD search and use
the Modify Search function to restrict
the search once you have the list of
results. The Modify Search button allows
you to choose from the language, publisher, publication
year and more to narrow your search.
Subject
Search
Library catalogs use specific subject
headings to group related books together.
This is different from the genre search
discussed below in that genre headings
address the specific format and writing
style, but subject headings identify the
topic of the work. Since Linguistics is a very broad and
interdisciplinary field, the subject headings can cover
a lot of topics. Here are a few samples.
Specialized Subject Searches
Additional subjects can be found by looking for
specific languages, geographic areas, or cultural groups
such as:
Genre Search
In the simple search screen, select
the Genre Search option to look for the categories of
materials we have in the collection on linguistics.
Finding a Person in the Catalog
What type of search depends on whether
you are looking for works BY or works
ABOUT the person.
Looking for works by a specific author?
Use the AUTHOR search option and type the
name in lastname, firstname order.
Be sure to spell correctly! A search on Chomsky,
Noam as author
brings back 49 works that he wrote that are owned in the
CSUSM collection. A similar search through
CIRCUIT will return even more.
Looking for works about a particular scholar or
authority in linguistics? Chomsky, Noam as
a SUBJECT search brings back 6 different
subject headings, some of which have a
number of works attached (3 titles have
the subject heading 'political and social views' as he
is also a political activist as well as linguist.)
Notice the lastname, firstname
order!
Other options to locate
books and videos:
Circuit (1-3
day delivery)
Search the collections of other San Diego
area libraries -- about 3,000,000 books.
Find and request books directly online;
pick them up at our Library in 1-3 days.
WorldCat
(5-10 day delivery)
Search the collections of libraries world-wide
-- about 52,000,000 books. Find a book
in this database, and fill-out an Interlibrary
Loan delivery request. Book will be
delivered to Library for pickup.
Browse the Book Stacks
Sometimes, just looking
through the shelves can turn up works you would not have
considered otherwise. Using the Library of Congress
subject system, Books addressing linguistics are generally shelved in the P call number
area, but psycholinguistics can be found in BF. The
Wikipedia online encyclopedia provides a list of the
subclasses in the P area so you can see how this is
organized.
Journal
Articles
Journal and most newspaper articles are
found through research databases. They all include
some of the latest news and research in the
field. To find articles, you need to select
an appropriate database. Here are the better places to
start, for more assistance, please contact a librarian or
the Research Help Desk!
Some databases do not offer
full text of the articles. Use the
 button
to check our other resources for full text.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Provides abstracts of articles from about 2,000 journals
(published worldwide), coverage of recent books, book
review citations and dissertation listings.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides abstracts and full text for more than 200
communication journals.
MLA
Includes abstracts of articles from critical literary
and language journals.
ERIC
A national database of education literature, including
reports and journal articles.
SpringerLink
Includes more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals in
science, medicine, and technology.
PsycINFO
Available via EbscoHost: A comprehensive international
database of psychology, covering the academic, research,
and practice literature in psychology from over 45
countries in more than 30 languages.
ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals
covering all fields of science.
Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the latest international findings in
theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and
political science.
Listservs and Forums
List Archives at Linguist List
Linguistics in your inbox (article from Sage
Publications, reviewing a number of listservs)
Celting Listserv (devoted to
Celtic languages)
Professional Organizations
Linguist List Maintained by
Eastern Michigan and Wayne State Universities
American Association for
Applied Linguistics
American
Philological Society
International Cognitive Linguistics Association
Language and Linguistics (list
of societies assembled by the Internet Public Library)
Internet
Sources
There are a wide variety of online language
resources, some are of questionable quality,
but others are very good. Be careful and
do further research before accepting anything
posted as factual. All information is subject
to an author's bias that might exclude important
information. What are included here are considered to be
examples of reliable sources.
American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices
brings
together a number of audio recordings and supporting
materials demonstrating the diversity in American
linguistics with a focus on German-American influences. See
also
American
Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online
for
further information on this project.
British Library Sound Archive: Accents and Dialects
Primarily concerned with
British dialects, this site describes various resources
in the library's collection and a limited list of
websites.
Center for Applied Linguistics Resource Guides Online:
Linguistics is an
extensive list (archived and not updated) of articles
and links to applied linguistics resources.
EServer:
Languages and Linguistics
is a collection of publications, some silly, some
serious.
Ethnologue:
Languages of the World
information on the 6912
known languages of the world.
iLoveLanguages
offers a mixed bag of scholarly and popular sites, but
does have an extensive list of world languages from
which to choose. (Formerly called the Human Languages
page).
Linguist List
is run by linguistic faculty and students to support
research and communication about linguistics and its
related fields.
Linguistics is a
subject guide from Syracuse University addressing TESOL
as well as language theory--the emphasis is on English.
SIL International
is a faith-based
organization devoted to researching lesser-known
languages of the world. Of particular note is the
web-based version of the language encyclopedia
Ethnologue
which provides basic factual information on over 6000
languages and where they are used.
Speech
Accent Archive from
George Mason University provides sound clips of native and
non-native speakers for comparison of different speech
patterns.
Citing
Your Sources
Citation Style Guides page
provided by CSUSM on some of
the more popular citation styles (APA, MLA,
and Chicago/Turabian to name a few.)
Diana
Hacker's Guide on Research and Documentation
provides through information and examples on citing
using APA, MLA, Chicago and CSA citation styles for
bibliographies and footnotes as well as citing in text.
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