English Language - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to English Language students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Audio and Video

BBC News
improve your listening skills by listening to the latest news
BoB
watch programmes from UK TV channels from 2007 onwards

Government Sources

Directgov
official website of the UK government

Newspapers

Nexis UK
regional and national newspapers from the UK, Europe, the USA and Australasia, dating from the 1980s onwards
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
UKpressonline
the Daily Express and Daily Mirror from the early 1900s to this week

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

Short Stories

Theses and Dissertations

Dissertations@Portsmouth

Meet the Subject Team

Anne and Sharon 300 ‌

Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

anne.worden@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3243

Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

(023) 9284 3243

Subject Locations

All classification numbers in the 400s on the Second Floor in the University Library deal with different aspects of Language. Specific numbers of interest for English include:

Discourse 401.41
English Language 420
English Grammar 428.2…
History of English 420.9
Language Policy 306.449 (located on the First Floor)
Linguistics 410
Teaching English 420.71, 428.0071, 428.24071
World English 427