Linguistics
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Finding Articles
Most commonly used:
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Broad coverage of language and linguistic issues including language education. Indexes journals, books, dissertations, technical reports. Began in 1973.
MLA: Modern Language Association International Bibliography
Covers language and linguistics as well as literature. Indexes journals, books, book chapters, dissertations. Began in 1963. Contains links to some full text.
Also useful especially for linguistics:
Academic Search Complete
Formerly called EbscoHost, this is a multidisciplinary database that includes some full-text articles.
Anthropology Plus
Anthropology, archaeology, cultural studies including linguistics. Offers searching in Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute in the UK. Coverage goes back into the late nineteenth century.
AnthroSource
AnthroSource contains current issues of the Anthropological Association of America's most critical peer-reviewed publications, and it offers indexing and access to the backfiles in JSTOR. Contains many articles on linguistics.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Education index which includes linguistics and sociolinguistic topics. Goes back to 1966. Contains links to some full text.
Full text of research journals going back into the 19th century. Has the backfile of Language in it.
Selected current research journals. Includes the journal Language through the most current issue.
PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts to articles, dissertations, and book chapters. 1887 to date. Contains links to some full text.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary database through cited authors.
Sociological Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to articles, dissertations, and conference proceedings. 1973 to date. Contains links to some full text.
Dissertation Abstracts
The UA Library provides access to most dissertations full text back to 1998. Earlier years are indexed only.