Linguistics 262: Socioinguistics
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Electronic Databases
International
Encyclopedia of Linguistics
- Use to find a concise overview of a linguistic topic or concept
Library
Catalog
- Use to find books and other materials in the library's collections
- Try
these searches:
- keyword search for english and language and sexis?
- subject search for language and languages sex differences
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Use to find articles in magazines and scholarly journals.
- Includes some full text from over a thousand magazines
and periodicals.
- Sample searches:
- to find opinion pieces on the sexism of english:
- english and language and sexis* and (opinion or
argument or editorial)
- to find articles about gender differences in language:
- broader: language and gender and differences
- more specific: language and gender and (innate or
socializ*)
Linguistics
and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
- Use to search the literature (journal articles, monographs, recent
books, dissertations, book reviews and other information sources)
of the linguistics and language behavior fields.
- Use the advanced search for more search options.
- Use the thesaurus to find helpful search terms
and related terms.
- Use JournalFinder links to locate full text.
MLA International (Modern Language Association) Bibliography (1926 to present)
- Uses to search books, essays in books, articles from nearly 4000 journals, proceedings, dissertations as listed in Dissertation Abstracts International, and other materials; excludes book reviews. Is the most comprehensive index covering modern languages (including computer and invented), literatures, linguistics, and folklore since 1000 A.D.
- No abstracts or full text.
ERIC
- Use to search the literature of education, including
more than 750 journals, as well as research and technical reports,
curriculum and teaching guides, books and other materials.
- Like LLBA, ERIC also has an advanced search and
a thesaurus.
- Some full-text of ERIC documents is available.
- Use JournalFinder to find the full-text of articles
indexed in ERIC.
Education Full Text (1984 to present)
- Uses to search education journals.
- Includes some full text.
Searching
using connectors: AND, OR, and NOT.
More about search connectors from Finding
It! A Research Skills Tutorial
Style Guides
UNCG's
APA Style Quick Reference
APA's website for citing
electronic formats
Created by Nancy Fogarty/Mark
Schumacher
