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World Languages
Welcome!
This guide is to help you get started with research and the study of Language at USF.
- On this home page, look for resources relevant to all Languages.
- For more specific information, please see the specific language page listed below
There are also several free 0 credit Library workshops in Canvas that may help you learn how to find books & articles, use databases, developing your search strategy, and more
Article Databases
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Humanities Full TextCitations and full-text articles from scholarly sources and specialized magazines. Citation index covers 1984 to present; full text coverage begins in 1995.
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JSTORJSTOR coverage spans a variety of disciplines, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. The included content is comprehensive for archival and historical materials in the collection’s scholarly titles. The most recent 3-5 years of each journal is not available directly via JSTOR, however the USF Libraries provides access to current issues of a majority of these titles in other database and e-journal subscriptions.
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)Abstracts and citations of articles books, dissertations and working papers covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, syntax, etc. Coverage from 1973 forward.
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MLA International BibliographyFull text access and/or citations to books, book chapters, journal articles, and dissertations about literature, literary theory, folklore and linguistics. Coverage: 1880s-present.
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WorldCat [OCLC FirstSearch] This link opens in a new windowWorldCat database is the OCLC online union catalog. It contains over 50 million biblliographic records describing resources cataloged by OCLC member libraries around the world. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
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Project MUSE: eJournals This link opens in a new windowLaunched in 1995 to provide full-text access to all journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, it was later expanded to other presses and now publishes over 600 titles online. Disciplines covered include the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Books
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HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowHathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. The mission of HathiTrust is to contribute to research, scholarship, and the common good by collaboratively collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharing the record of human knowledge. There are more than 120 partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide. -- Some books require a partner login for full access or whole book download. Login with your USF NetID, after selecting USF as your partner institution.
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Internet ArchiveInternet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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Library of Congress Online Catalog This link opens in a new windowThe Library of Congress online catalog includes bibliographic records for books, serials, music and sound recordings, cartographic and visual materials, computer files, manuscripts
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WorldCat [OCLC FirstSearch] This link opens in a new windowWorldCat database is the OCLC online union catalog. It contains over 50 million biblliographic records describing resources cataloged by OCLC member libraries around the world. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
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Digital Public Library of American (DPLA)DPLA offers the ability to search video, audio, and image resources across American libraries, archives, and museums.
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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)Request books, articles, and document delivery through the USF Libraries InterLibrary Loan (ILL) services.
Newspapers
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Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess world news from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 500 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Each newspaper or wire service provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
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Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new windowA full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. A rich collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories. Free text searching and complete indexing makes Ethnic NewsWatch easy to search. -- Simultaneous Users: 50 Users
Language Practice
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DuoLingoLearn a range of languages with game-like lessons. Use to practice your reading, writing, and speaking.
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BBC LanguagesDeveloped by the BBC, this site offers a fair amount of content for 40 different language including French, Spanish, Chinese, German, etc.
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Busuu.comBusuu, an online language learning community.
Related Databases
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Glottolog This link opens in a new windowGlottolog is a comprehensive reference for the world's languages, especially the lesser known languages. Glottolog provides a comprehensive catalogue of the world's languages, language families and dialects. It assigns a unique and stable identifier (the Glottocode) to (in principle) all languoids, i.e. all families, languages, and dialects. Any variety that a linguist works on should eventually get its own entry. The languoids are organized via a genealogical classification (the Glottolog tree) that is based on available historical-comparative research.