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Linguistics Databases

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics from 1973 to the present. Indexing and abstracting is selective from more than 2,500 journals. Citations Only

MLA International Bibliography (UTSA subscription)
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, indexes critical scholarship on literature, criticism, language, linguistics and folklore from 1963 to the present. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, and other materials. Citations Only

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts more than 4,000 journals with full text/image to more than 3,200. Highly multidisciplinary, this resource includes social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. Full Text & Full Image

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Full image access to a comprehensive archive to many scholarly journals. At least 12 subject areas are represented, primarily in the social sciences, with new subjects and titles added regularly. Full Image

SpringerLink (UTSA subscription)
Provides electronic access to over 1,000 journals published by Springer-Verlag and Kluwer in chemical sciences, economics, environmental sciences, life sciences, law, medicine, computer science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, and physics. Also includes three Lecture Notes In... book series: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics. Full Text & Full Image

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Major Background/Reference Sources

Dictionary of Linguistics & Phonetics
Location: Downtown Library, Reference P29 .C65

Linguistics Encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P29 .L52

Dictionary of Language
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P29 .C68

Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P143 .T727

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P29 .E48 (14 volumes)

Worled Atlas of Language Structure
Location: JPL Map Center P143 .W67 2005
Location: JPL Multimedia P143 .W67 2005 (CDRom)

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Further Research

Ethnologue
Free Website: http://www.ethnologue.com/

iLoveLanguages
Free Website: http://www.ilovelanguages.com/

Linguistic Society of America
Free Website: http://www.lsadc.org/
Includes the LSA Style Sheet.

Linguistics
Free Website: http://www.sil.org/linguistics/

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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