TESOL
Resources for TESOL
TESOL definitions, facts, figures 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
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Cambridge advanced learner's dictionary
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423/68
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of language
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403/2
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A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
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410.3/4
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
second language AND dictionar**
second language AND handbook**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. educat** will retrieve educate, educates, education, educational
 Need help? Ask a question.
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TESOL books and more
Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs
If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- 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
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. second language AND English AND teach**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. teach** will retrieve teaches, teacher, teaching
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g.second language AND English AND teach** AND australia
OR
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
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
Need help? Ask a question.
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TESOL journal articles
Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, research reports and newspaper articles.
Try these first
Complete list of Education 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. ESL AND migrant
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. migrant OR immigrant
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword. Symbols vary between databases
e.g. learn* retrieves learns, learners, learning.
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
Need help? Ask a question.
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TESOL Internet sites
It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Try the following sites as a starting point.
Linguistics
Adult ESL Learners
Professional organisations
Australia
International
Internet resources
Government Departments
Search engines and directories
Search 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:
Remember to evaluate all information.
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
UOW sites
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