Languages and Linguistics
Assistant Professor Liz Gruchala-Gilbert is the liaison librarian for Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics
Office: #129 Main floor of the library
Phone: 206-281-2790
Email: lgg@spu.edu
Need articles? Search in the Databases!
Need help? Meebo Me! or Ask a Librarian
Core Resources
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Absracts - covers applied linguistics, learning disabilities, morphology, nonverbal communication, philosophy of language, phonetics, phonology, and theory of linguistics. Its coverage extends from 1973 to the present.(SPU Only)
- MLA International Bibliography - MLA International Biography is a core index to literary criticism and the humanities, with emphasis on literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Its coverage extends from 1926 to the present.(SPU Only)
- Academic Search Premier - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Its coverage ranges from 1984 to the present, with some back files (to 1975) and searchable cited references available.(SPU Only)
- Research Library Complete - covers a broad range of topics, with coverage extending from 1971 to the present.(SPU Only)
- Fuente Academica (Spanish Language) - This multi-subject database, updated weekly, offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain.(SPU Only)
Additional Resources
- Google Scholar - This search engine searches for scholarly research across many disciplines and sources. By starting your Google search from the SPU pages, the results will link to SPU-owned full-text.
- Ingenta - provides immediate, fee-based access to articles, with indexing for over 13,000 journals. Its coverage extends from 1966 to the present.(SPU Only)
- JSTOR - offers digitized versions of core scholarly journals in many disciplines.(SPU Only)
Oxford English Dictionary - The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world.(SPU Only)
Oxford Classical Dictionary : a core resource for all things ancient Greek & Roman. (SPU Only)
Click here: New items at the SPU Library (includes gifts and eBooks)
For more items, search the Catalog
Classical Studies European Studies French German
Linguistics Russian Spanish Latin American Studies
Online Foreign Language Videos: from Ohio Link Digital Media Center
Classical Studies
APIS: Advanced Papyrological Information System: Tens of thousands of Greek and Roman documents from research collections around the world.
The Perseus Project : classical texts, older commentaries and scholarship
TOCS-IN : search engine for journal articles
Bryn Mawr Classical Review: book reviews
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative : Near Eastern texts & images Paris, A Roman City: Part of the Great Archaelogical Sites collection from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication
Virgil.org: From Professor David Wilson-Okamura (East Carolina University), includes texts, translations, bibliographies and links for the study of Virgil.
The Beazley Archive: Huge collection of images and information on classical art and archaeology from Oxford University
Digital Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World
Thematic Index of Classics in JSTOR
Mythological Studies: Online, open-access scholarly journal
EuroDocs: Online primary sources for European history and culture
Europe - Art History : From Voice of the Shuttle, a humanities research site from the University of California (Santa Barbara)...prehistoric through the 19th Century
Articles and Books on Translation : From Northern Illinois University Advanced Translation Course Site
Europe Today : News and features from the BBC World Service
200 Vocabulary Tests : From Goethe tests
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links : 10,000 Link Super-Site from TennesseeBob Peckham Director, the Globe-Gate Project at University of TN at Martin
Francophony / French language : From France diplomatie - Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes
Bibliothèque nationale de France
American Association of Teachers of French
Le Monde : Online version of this French newspaper
Learning German: Practice German online : From Goethe-Institut in San Francisco
Germany Info : From the German Embassy in Washington, DC
Online German - English Dictionary : From LEO
American Association of Teachers of German
AATG's German Resources on the Web (GROW)
Süddeutsche Zeitung : Online version of this German newspaper
MLA Language Map : From the Modern Language Association, this interactive map of the US pulls together Census data to provide information on the languages spoken throughout the country. Generate your own comparison reports.
Speech Accent Archive: From George Mason University, over 750 samples
Center for Applied Linguistics
The LINGUIST List : Information on languages, research, language-family information, jobs list, and much more...maintained by professors and graduate students at Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University
International Phonetic Alphabet : From the International Phonetic Association (revised to 2005)
Leeds Working Papers in Linguistics : Full text of recent linguistics research
The Domain of Linguistics : From the Linguistics Society of America, describes the different areas in the field of linguistics
Russian Language Mentor : Interactive instructional site
Russian Progam: Basic course in Russian from "Russian for Everybody" by the Russian Friendship University
200 Vocabulary Tests : From Goethe tests
Super (Improved) Spanish Websites : Hundreds of links from the University of Northern Iowa
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
News in Spanish :
- BBC Mundo
- CNN en Español
- El Mundo
- Spanish Language News and Magazines : From MIT Libraries
Latin American Studies
Handbook of Latin American Studies: Online version of this important research tool
Political Database of the Americas : From Georgetown University's Center for Latin American Studies, this site provides information, data, statistics and comparative studies for 35 countries.
Latin America Public Opinion Project : Studies and research on the political culture of Latin America through surveys of the people conducted by Vanderbilt University
Latin American Studies Association
Hispanic Reading Room : Resources and exhibits from the Library of Congress
Museums : From the University of Texas at Austin's Latin American Network Information Center
Latin America News : From Yahoo! News

