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Languages and Area Studies

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Top Databases
British Humanities Index
good for articles on Britain, Europe, America, China, Africa, Latin America and covers history, politics, economics, development, trade etc
EBSCO
covers lots of subject areas so often good for a quick starting point
JSTOR
a journal archive containing thousands of articles relevant to SLAS students
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
the best place to find detailed articles and chapters for linguistics, language learning/teaching and translation
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Credo Reference
a high quality alternative to Wikipedia – also containing language dictionaries - which even shows you how to reference items found
Larousse website
free online encyclopedia from a major French publisher. The site also has access to bilingual dictionaries
WordReference.com
Online Language Dictionaries
Websites & Sources of Data
Intute: Modern Languages and Area Studies
Portals to the world
high quality links covering all countries
Statistics
OFFSTATS
official statistics from around the world
United Nations Statistics Division
Theses / Dissertations
Newspapers
NexisUK
regional and national newspapers from the UK, Europe, the USA and Australasia, dating from the 1980s onwards
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
Onlinenewspapers.com
Internet Tutorials

These are interactive on-line tutorials to help you access web resources in particular subject areas.

Internet for Development
Internet for European Studies
Internet for Historians
Internet for Modern Languages
Internet Philosopher
Meet the Subject Team

Anne Worden and Sharon Bittner

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

Welcome to the subject page for Languages and Area Studies

We've got together the resources that we think you'll find most useful for your subject. You should also look at these pages which contain more focus on specific areas:

Where is my Subject in the Library?

Language books can be found on the Second Floor in the University Library in the 400s but books for different aspects of your course will be found in other parts of the Second Floor as well as the First Floor.
Please check the Library Catalogue for details and see the detailed Library Web pages for particular course areas.

Databases

Databases can help you find information for your assignments as they let you search for journal articles by subject.

The quick guides below describe how you can access and search some useful databases

For searching British Humanities Index & Linguistics & Language Behaviour Abstracts

Quick Guide to Searching CSA (pdf)
Quick Guide to Searching JSTOR (pdf)
Manage the references for your dissertation using EndNote Web

You can use EndNote Web to gather all the references for books, journal articles etc which you want to use for your dissertation. The references can be accessed anywhere you have Internet access and you can get EndNote Web to create an instant bibliography for you - references to books and journal articles come out perfectly formatted for Harvard APA as used in Portsmouth (just make sure you select APA 5th within EndNote).

Guide to EndNote Web

Handouts and Workbooks

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General

Subject Resource Guides

North American - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 64kb - 23.02.2009]

English - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 8kb - 27.05.2003]

European Studies - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 63kb - 23.02.2009]

French - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 62kb - 23.02.2009]

German - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 61kb - 23.02.2009]

International Trade - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 59kb - 23.02.2009]

Italian - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 55kb - 23.02.2009]

Latin American - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 74kb - 23.02.2009]

Linguistics - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 58kb - 23.02.2009]

Spanish - Subject Resource Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 59kb - 23.02.2009]

Advanced Guides and Help for Dissertation Research

European Studies - Sources of Information for Dissertations [Acrobat (.pdf) - 9kb - 17.07.2003]

Finding the Articles You Need: Advanced Guide [ Acrobat (.pdf) - 20.02.2009 ]

France Contemporaine - Advanced Guide [ Acrobat (.pdf) - 22.02.2008 ]

France and French-Speaking West Africa - Advanced Guide [Acrobat (.pdf) - 68kb - 23.02.2009]

French Journals, Newspapers and Standing Orders held in the Frewen Library [Acrobat (.pdf) - 18kb - 17.07.2003]

French Studies - Sources of Information for Dissertations [Acrobat (.pdf) - 11kb - 17.07.2003]

German Studies - Sources of Information for Dissertations [Acrobat (.pdf) - 15kb - 17.07.2003]

Latin America - Sources of Information for Dissertations [Acrobat (.pdf) - 16kb - 17.07.2003]

Linguistics / TEFL / Translation: Advanced Guide [ Acrobat (.pdf) - 22.02.2009 ]

MA European Studies: Advanced Guide [ Acrobat (.pdf) - 22.02.2009 ]

Making the Most of your Search Time: Advanced Guide [ Acrobat (.pdf) - 22.02.2009 ]

Spanish Studies - Sources of Information for Dissertations [Acrobat (.pdf) - 11kb - 17.07.2003]