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Top Databases for Languages

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
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LLBA indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.

Useful for English and Creative Writing, Languages and Speech and Language Therapy.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Communication & Mass Media Complete provides access to information and resources in areas related to communication and mass media. It indexes over 700 journals and provides full text access to over 450 journals. Useful for: English and Creative Writing, Journalism, Languages, Speech and Language Therapy.
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Humanities Index This link opens in a new window
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An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, Humanities Index indexes over 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. There are regular monthly updates.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
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IBSS is an index to journal articles and books in the social sciences. It covers the period 1951 to present. It covers a wide range of social sciences literature and it is particularly strong in anthropology, economics, politics and sociology.

Useful for: Economics, Education, Government and Public Policy and Social Policy.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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Humanities International Complete (previously Humanities Abstracts) provides access to the full text of over 1,200 journals across the humanities disciplines.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature (over 1,600 journals) of the arts and humanities from 1975 to date. Useful for: Architecture, History, Languages, English Literature, Journalism and Speech and Language Therapy.
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Web of Science - Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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The Web of Science Core Collection comprises a set of databases covering scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examines proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.
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Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
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Social Science Premium Collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences.
It provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals. (Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts.)
Dates of coverage: 1871 - current.
Subject coverage includes: politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.
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Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Nexis provides full-text coverage of newspapers worldwide, plus press releases, transcripts of TV broadcasts, newswires, magazines and trade journals.
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Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Factiva is a current international news database produced by Dow Jones, a global provider of economic and financial information. Users have access to a wide range of information from newspapers, newswires, industry publications, websites, company reports, and more. Content provides local insight and global perspective on business issues and current events, containing current information on companies, industries, and financial markets.
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Translation Studies Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Translation Studies Bibliography is an annotated bibliography of research from the translation and interpreting studies discipline. It includes references to journal articles, monographs, reviews, reference materials, dissertations and unpublished manuscripts. Translation Studies Bibliography does not provide the full text of these resources. Please check SUPrimo to see if the materials of interest are accessible.
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Related Databases for Languages - French, Italian and Spanish literature, history and films

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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MLA International Bibliography provides access to references to journal articles, books, and dissertations in disciplines including: language, literature, folklore, film studies, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts from the early 20th century to the present. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.

Useful for: English and Creative Writing and Languages.
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Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
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Gale Literature provides access to a wide range of literary resources including:

Contemporary Authors Online
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Resource Centre
LitFinder
Scribner Writer Series
Something About the Author Online
Twayne's Authors Series

For more information about each source click on What's Inside from the main search screen.
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Gale Research Complete This link opens in a new window
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Gale Research Complete provides access to the following resources. (Please note this resource was previously named Gale Reference Complete.)

Archives Unbound
Contemporary Authors
Gale Literature
Gale Academic OneFile
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Gale Primary Sources - historical newspaper archives
Gale eBooks
Gale General OneFile
LitFinder
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Resource Center
Gale OneFile News
Scribner Writer Series
Something About the Author
Twayne's Authors Series
Gale Business: Insights

Each of these resources can be searched individually from this site, or cross searched with related resources by using either:

Gale Power Search (Gale Academic OneFile, Gale General OneFile, Gale OneFile News, Gale eBooks and two literary sources),

Gale Primary Sources (historical newspaper archives and Archives Unbound), or

Gale Literature (literature sources).
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Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Archives Unbound contains subject based digital collections of historical documents covering a broad range of topics including: American history, British history, European history, Gender Studies, History of Health and Medicine, Journalism and Literature.
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Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Research Methods contains more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. It supports research at all levels and across all subjects by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Also includes cases, datasets, data analysis and materials on data visualization, qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistical methods and statistical packages such as Python, R and SPSS among others.
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New books for modern langauges

Soluzioni by Denise De Rome
Publication Date: 2019
Gender, Discourse and Ideology in Italian by Federica Formato
ISBN: 9783319965567
Publication Date: 2019
Architecture and the novel under the Italian fascist regime by Francesca Billiani; Laura, Pennacchietti.
Publication Date: 2019
Guido Culture and Italian American Youth : From Bensonhurst to Jersey Shore by Donald, Tricarico.
Publication Date: 2019
Italian fashion since 1945 : a cultural history by Emanuela, Scarpellini
Publication Date: 2019
Le corps des femmes : la bataille de l'intime by Camille, Froidevaux-Metterie
Publication Date: 2018
Contemporary French Cinema by Alan J. Singerman; Michèle Bissière
Publication Date: 2018
Narcissism and selfhood in Medieval French Literature wounds of desire by Nicholas, Ealy
Publication Date: 2019
Emmanuel Macron and the Two Years That Changed France by Alistair Cole
Publication Date: 2019
Historical Dictionary of Spain by Angel Smith
Publication Date: 2018
Disabled Bodies in Early Modern Spanish Literature by Encarnación Juárez-Almendros
Publication Date: 2019
The making of Catalan linguistic identity in medieval and early modern times by Lledó-Guillem, Vicente
Publication Date: 2018
Paradoxes of Stasis by Tatjana Gajic
Publication Date: 2019
Language Structure, Variation and Change : The Case of Old Spanish Syntax by Mackenzie, I. E
Publication Date: 2019
Translation strategies in global news : what Sarkozy said in the suburbs by Claire Scammell
Publication Date: 2018
The Palgrave handbook of literary translation by Jean Boase-Beier
Publication Date: 2018
Consecutive interpreting : an interdisciplinary study by Alexander V. Kozin
Publication Date: 2018

New books about study skills and essay writing

Brilliant essays by Ursula Hackett
ISBN: 9781352011388
Publication Date: 2021
Succeeding with your university essay : a step-by-step handbook by John Biggam
ISBN: 9780335248506
Publication Date: 2020
Academic Writing and Dyslexia by Adrian J. Wallbank
Call Number: D 820-4(09) WAL
ISBN: 1138291498
Publication Date: 2018
The Quick Fix Guide to Academic Writing by Phillip C. Shon
Call Number: D 820-4(09) SHO
ISBN: 9781526405890
Publication Date: 2018
The Study Skills Handbook by Stella Cottrell
ISBN: 9781137610874
Publication Date: 2019
Academic Success by Jean Brick; Nick Wilson; Deanna Wong; Maria Herke
ISBN: 9781352002621
Publication Date: 2018
How to Write Better Essays by Bryan Greetham
ISBN: 1352001144
Publication Date: 2018
Academic Writing Skills for International Students by Siew Hean Read
ISBN: 9781352003758
Publication Date: 2018

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Useful shelf numbers - Languages

Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme whereby each subject is represented by a number. You will find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name.

Useful languages related subjects shelfmarks:

D 440 French language

D 840 French literature

D 944 French history

D 450 Italian language

D 850 Italian literature

D 945 Italian history

D 460 Spanish language

D 860 Spanish literature

D 946 Spanish history

D 791.43 Film studies

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