Linguistics & English language
Some useful resources for Linguistics & English language are listed below.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
| Access information: | Access on and off campus |
| Description: | Covers all aspects and periods of English literature, including British, American and Commonwealth writing. Coverage is international, including material in languages other than English published anywhere in the world from 1920 to 1997. ABELL is complied under the auspices of The Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). |
| Coverage: | Anglo-Saxon literature- present day literature |
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Abstracts 2000 journals worldwide with coverage of books, papers. technical reports, dissertations and book reviews in language, linguistics and their various subdisciplines. |
| Coverage: | From 1973 to date. |
Middle English Compendium
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources. |
MIT Cognet
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Electronic community for the cognitive and brain sciences, which includes the full text of major reference works and over 250 MIT Press cognitive science books, full text of MIT Press journals in the field of cognitive and brain sciences, as well as a growing collection of other relevant books, journals and reference works from other participating publishers. |
MLA International Bibliography
| Access information: | Access on and off campus from Literature Online. |
| Description: | Citations to critical documents on literature, language, linguistics and folklore from over 3,000 journals and series published worldwide. Also covers monographs, reference works and collections, including working papers, conference papers and proceedings. |
| Coverage: | From 1963 to date. |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. On campus: via IP. Off campus: Select 'Login via your home institution' and enter 'University of Edinburgh' |
| Description: | Fully searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language. Includes etymologies, quotations and pronunciation guides. |
PsycINFO
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | American Psychological Association produced with citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. |
| Coverage: | Journal coverage, from 1806 to the present, includes international material selected from more than 2,400 journals written in over 25 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material from 1987 to the present. |
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This article was published on May 23, 2011
