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Recommended databases
LLBA: Language and Linguistic Behavior Abstracts Selected Full Text
Covers all aspects of language and applied linguistics, including language teaching and learning.
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DELTAA: Database on English Language Teaching for Adults in Australasia 
Produced by the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research (NCELTR), Macquarie University.
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.
MLA Bibliography
MLA is the standard guide to contemporary literary criticism of world authors in a range of languages, both European and non-European, and also includes references for folklore and linguistics.
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ERIC (CSA) Selected Full Text
The ERIC database, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, provides extensive access to educational-related literature.
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Gale Databases Full Text
Provides multidisciplinary subject coverage, including the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995. |
Useful databases
Anthropological Index Online
Indexes periodicals held at the Anthropology Library of the British Museum, London from 1957 onwards. Topics include languages, linguistics, culture, archaeology, ethnography, religion and civilisation.
Anthrosource Selected Full Text
A searchable archive of the contents of all peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Society.
Duke Scholarly Collection Full Text
Covers humanities and the social sciences.
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SpringerLink Full Text
Peer-reviewed journals in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics.
Taylor & Francis SSH Full Text
Access journals in the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
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Web of Knowledge
Search Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, CAB Abstracts and Journal Citation Reports.
Wiley InterScience Full Text
Search current journals in a wide range of disciplines. | Discover Wiley InterScience (PDF)
Linguistics Library
Search the online catalogue for the Steve Johnson (SJ) Library at the School of Linguistics. Note that books from the Library are available for loan only to on-campus students and staff.
Reference
Dictionary List includes dozens of online dictionaries for different languages
Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
Oxford Reference Online includes bilingual dictionaries, English dictionaries and thesaurii, and English Language references (International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics amongst others).
SAGE eReference
SAGE eReference is a database of multidisciplinary encyclopedias.
Sage eReference includes the Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education and the Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education.
High impact journals
The following Linguistics journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listing for Linguistics:
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics (1 year delay) and in print at Call Number P418/A652
Applied Psycholinguistics and in print at Call Number P401.9/A648
'International Journal of the Sociology of Language' in print at Call Number P410/I61
Journal of Phonetics
Journal of Semantics and in print at Call Number P401.43/J86
Journal of the International Phonetic Association and in print at Call Number P414/I61j
Language in Society and in print at Call Number P405/L287
Language Learning and in print at Call Number P407/LAN
Lingua
'Linguistic Inquiry' 1998- 1970-2002 and in print at Call Number P410.5/L755
Linguistic Typology
Linguistics and Philosophy
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Neophilologus
Phonology and in print at Call Number P414/P574
Studies in Second Language Acquisition and in print at Call Number P401.93/S933
Assignment guides
LING451 Issues in Applied Linguistics
Web sites and Internet resources
Organisations
AAAL —The homepage for the American Association for Applied Linguistics, this site has a graduate program directory, a job register, and links towards professional development.
Australian Linguistics Network — Lists Australian and New Zealand societies and University departments, as well as other general linguistic resources.
BAAL — The homepage of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, with conference papers and a useful links site.
CAL — The Centre for Applied Linguistics website. A non-profit organisation, they have news, databases, project links, clearinghouses, and job listings.
CILT — The homepage of the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research in the UK.
CSAA — The Cultural Studies Association of Australia's site, with announcements on jobs, conferences, papers and research grants, and a useful resources list.
Linguistics Association of Great Britain Hosts a bibliographic citation database, as well as news of conferences, information about joining the association, and job listings.
Websites
CALL EJ Online — A full-text e-journal with useful articles for those interested in the role that computers and the Internet can play in fostering cultural links and learning languages.
Integrational Linguistics — This site offers online texts, basic readings, a portal site, and an email 'Help Desk' for the theory of integrational linguistics.
Lexicon of Linguistics — Created by Utrecht University, this has a handy search engine to find definitions of linguistic terms.
Linguistics Meta-Index — Containing site links on linguistics, natural language and computational linguistics, this portal site is categorized for easy identificaton of topics.
The Linguist List — Links to research papers, language resources, teaching resources (including English as a Second Language), linguistic journals and professional associations.
Resources in Language Testing — A language testing database, articles, reviews, news, and conference details from this site hosted by Surrey University.
The sci.lang FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions from this useful newsgroup. Also has a link to show you how to join.
SIL International — Formerly the Summer Institute of Languages. A comprehensive listing of resources, fieldwork and research.