Modern Languages
Resources for Modern Languages
Modern Languages definitions and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
Online dictionaries and encyclopediasPrint dictionaries and encyclopedias
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of language
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403/2
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Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary
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463.21/16
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A Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
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410.3/4
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Kodansha's Basic English-Japanese Dictionary
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945.631/13
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Le Nouveau Petit Robert
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443/6
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The Linguistics encyclopedia
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410.3/9
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- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
Italian AND dictionar**
Italian AND encyclop**
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Modern Languages books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs, sound recordings If you know the exact title
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- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
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- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
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Modern Languages journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports Try these first Complete list of Arts databases Found a useful reference?Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database. Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. linguistics AND discourse
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. linguistics OR sociolinguistics
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. lingu* retrieves lingual, linguist, linguistic, linguistics
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
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Modern Languages Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Try the following sites as a starting point. Useful sitesSearch enginesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: DirectoriesDirectories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. UOW sitestop of page
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