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)
• Communication and Mass Media Complete - offers over 1,000 titles on communication, mass media, and related fields, many with full text available.(SPU Only)
• ERIC via EBSCOHost - This education-resource database includes some full-text documents and the ERIC thesaurus, and it allows users to search PsycInfo simultaneously, limit results to SPU holdings, and link to ILL services.(SPU Only)
• Education Full Text - covers topics in education and includes research articles, book reviews, and computer software reviews, with coverage extending from October 1983 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)

Additional Resources

• 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)
• 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.

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)

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Linguistics

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

Teaching

ESLgold : Free ESL teaching and learning materials
 
Internet TESL Journal: "Articles, Research Papers, Lesson Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links" 

Common Errors in English : From Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
 
The TOEFL® Test : Registration information, practice and how to be a test rater.
 
TESOL  : One of the main professional organizations for this field. You can access TESOL Quarterly through the SPU Library's online subscription. (you must have a current SPU student, faculty or staff ID to use this resource from off-campus).

More Professional Organizations for Teachers of English : Submitted by readers of the Linguistic Funland TESL pages
 

Doctoral Programs

University of Iowa
 
Purdue University
 
University of Alberta
 
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

University of British Columbia
 
University of Miami
 

Job Postings

TESOL, Inc. Career Center : Postings from the field's best known professional organization
 
Volunteer and Employment Opportunities : Maintained by the SPU MATESOL department. 

Dave's ESL Cafe Job Center : Daily postings and forums. International in scope.
 
Chronicle of Higher Education : College and university postings; academic positions.

There are no handouts or presentations at this time.

If you need something from a past quarter, please email me at lgg@spu.edu