Welcome!
This subject guide is intended to be
a starting point for your research on Modern Languages topics. Recommended databases,
journals, reference tools, and websites are listed (and linked when it is an
electronic resource) from the menu above.
Please contact Kathryn Kalmanson for any questions regarding
Modern Languages research or library sources.
Email:
kckalmanson@salisbury.edu or phone 410-543-6190
Books
Dictionaries - Translation
French/English, English/French
The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English,
English-French, 2nd edition.
REF PC2640.C735 1998
Merriam-Webster's French-English Dictionary
REF PC2640.M48 2000
German/English, English/German
The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary : English-German,
German-English
RESERV PF3640.C69 1997
Larousse Concise Dictionary: English German, German English
REF PF3640.L36 2000
Italian/English, English/Italian
DII: Dizionario Inglese Italiano, Italiano Inglese
REF PC1640.D18 2001
Russian/English, English/Russian
English-Russian Russian-English Dictionary
REF PG2640.K34 1984
Spanish/English, English/Spanish
Cassell’s Spanish Dictionary
REF PC4640.C35
Diccionario Moderno - English-Spanish Larousse
REF PC4640.G28
Biographical Dictionaries - French
Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise
REF CT143.D5
Dictionnaire des Biographies
REF CT143.G7
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries in Languages Other than English
Enciclopedia Barsa
REF AE65.E53 1965
Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana
REF AE61.E6
Ensayo de un Diccionario de la Literatura
REF PN41.S2 1964
Larousse du XXe Siecle
REF AE25.L4 1928
L’Encyclopedie our Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et
des Metiers par une Societe de Gens de Lettres
REF AE25.E533
International Literature Reference Sources
Cassell’s Encyclopaedia of World Literature
REF PN41.C3 1973
Dictionary of Italian Literature
REF PQ4006.D45
Dictionary of Modern French Literature
REF PQ41.D65 1986
Latin American Writers
REF PQ 7081.A1L37 1989
Masterpieces of Latino Literature
REF PQ7081.A1M29 1994
Modern French Literature
REF PQ306.M57
Modern Latin American Literature
REF PQ7081.F63 1975
Modern Romance Literatures
REF PN813.C8
The Oxford Companion to French Literature
REF PQ41.H3
Databases
Academic Search Premier A multi-disciplinary database
covering just about any subject. About a 1/3 are full text
articles. Includes articles on linguistics
Article First Another multi-disciplinary database. The strength of this
database is that it allows you to specify those print journals located in
Blackwell Library. You must use the advanced search option to do this. Not a
full text database, but there are links to some full text articles. Includes
some articles on linguistics.
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online Mostly
full-text database which publishes a wide range of scholarship
including working papers from research institutes, occasional
paper series from NGOS, policy briefs, case studies, conference
proceedings & papers, course packs,
book chapters & journal articles.
Clase/Periodica (Index of Latin American journals in the sciences &
humanities ... most
articles need to be ordered through interlibrary loan
(ILLIAD) ).
Humanities
International Complete (Select
from the list of EBSCO databases)
J-STOR (Collections for Arts & Sciences I, II, III, mostly full
text ... some language articles)
Literature Resource Center (good for author biographies and
criticism on written works ...
some non U.S. authors covered such Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
MLA
International Bibliography (a
database of the Modern Language Association
with criticism
on written works...some links to articles on non U.S. authors)
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Research Port (off campus
access to SU databases)
The Online Catalog
Journals
This is not a comprehensive list of journal titles. Only
current subscriptions held by Blackwell Library are listed.
For complete records search
catalogUSMAI or copies of the Periodical Holdings
List in Blackwell Library Reference.
Journal Titles
|
Dates
|
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Contemporary French Civilization |
1978+ |
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Deutschland |
Current Year |
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Epoca |
Current Year |
|
Explication de Textos Litararios |
1974+ |
|
Express |
Current Year |
|
Foreign Language Annals |
1983+ |
|
French Review |
1947+ |
|
Hispania |
1966+ |
|
Hola (to be discontinued at SU in March 2010) |
Current Year |
|
Lectura Y Vida |
1990+ |
|
MLN: Modern Language Notes |
1886+ |
|
Modern Language Journal |
1916+ |
|
Modern Language Quarterly |
1940+ |
|
Modern Language Review |
1941+ |
|
Nouvelle Revue Francaise |
1962+ |
|
Paris Match |
Current 3 Months |
|
Romance Notes |
1969+ |
|
Romanic Review |
1972+ |
|
Yale French Studies |
1973+
|
Websites
Languages and Linguistics Sites
Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org/
WESSWEB, Western European Studies Section, Association of College
and Research Libraries, American Library Association
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/
Language &
Linguistics Resources, Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum00.00.00/
Language & Linguistics: Selected Web Resources, University of
Pennsylvania Library
http://www.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/res/sr.cgi?community=44&resourcetype=25
YLC Language
Guides, Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon
http://babel.uoregon.edu/YLC/guides.html
Dictionaries - Online & Translating Dictionaries
Google Translate
http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#
Langenberg.com
http://www.translation.langenberg.com/
French Language Resources
Volterre-FR. English/French Language Resources,
Linda Thalman, Web France International
http://www.wfi.fr:80/volterre/
Yamada
Language Center, Guides to French Web Sites, University of Oregon
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/french.html
French
Studies: Selected Web Resources, University of Pennsylvania
Library
http://www.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/humanities/french/french.html
German Language Resources
German Studies: Selected Web Resources, University of
Pennsylvania Library
http://www.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/humanities/german/german.html
I Love Languages - German, Tyler Chambers
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Languages%7CBy+Language%7CGerman
Spanish Language Resources
Electronic Resources in Spanish and Portuguese Literatures,
University of Maryland Libraries
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ETC/SUBR/resources.spanish.html
(Inactive link)
Spanish Resources, University of Chicago
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/romance/resources/spanish
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Citing Sources Using the MLA Handbook (University
System of MD website)
http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/citing_mla.html
