LING 407/507: Linguistics and Reading

Instructor: Dr. Thomas Dieterich
Librarian: Sharon Elteto

Student Help

Selecting Sources
Popular or Scholarly, which do I use?
Research Survival Guide
Ask A Librarian
Student "How to" Corner
Off Campus Access to Library Databases
Citing Sources

PSU Library Online Catalog Vikat: http://vikat.pdx.edu/
Vikat is the Portland State University online catalog for books. Use VIKAT to search for books by keyword, author, title, subject. VIKAT locates journals by periodical title, not by subject. Boolean operators can limit or expand searches depending on which one is used.

Boolean Operators

Finding Articles

To find journal articles you need to use a periodical database. A list of the databases we subscribe to can be found at: http://www.lib.pdx.edu/resources/databases/databases_A-K.html

Databases for Linguistics and Reading

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: Citations and abstracts for books, journal articles and dissertations covering all aspects of the study of language
and linguistics including.(LLBA) (1973-) Printed version (1967-) P1 .L15. Go to: http://www.csa2.com/htbin/ids52/procskel.cgi?fn=f_advselect.html&ctx=/wais/idstmp/ctxAAAabkO9a&cat=socialsci

MLA International Bibliography: MLA Bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics, and
folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide. From the Modern Language Association. Go to: http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=mla

PsycINFO: PsycINFO covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine,
psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. Go to: http://gateway1.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?QS=l1VS%2ful2asqLE3mjpJnSAvni0jWHL5mZwVGmqKGyEa0X_guWzXxlxMOQpCGhr

ERIC: ERIC indexes journal articles and documents in the field of education and includes information from RIE (Resources in
Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). Go to:
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/resources/databases/databases_A-K.html#e

ERIC Documents: Full text of documents (records whose accession number starts
with ED) in the ERIC database. Go to: http://www.lib.pdx.edu/resources/databases/db_descriptions.html#eric

Finding Books:

PSU Library Online Catalog Vikat: http://vikat.pdx.edu/

Subject Headings

• Language and Culture
• Language Acquisition
• Language and Education
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics

Language and Languages

On Referencee

Crosscultural, language, and academic development handbook. PE1128 .A2 D45 2002

Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 4th ed. By David Crystal. P29. C65 1997

Longman dictionary of language teaching and applied linguistics. P129 .R5 1992.

Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics. P29 . B875 1996

Websites

The Applied Linguistic WWW Virtual Library: http://alt.venus.co.uk/VL/AppLingBBK/welcome.html

Linguistic Links (University of Rochester): http://www.ling.rochester.edu/linglinks.html

Stanford university Center for the Study of Language and Information: http://www-csli.stanford.edu/

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