Use these sources at the beginning of your research to get an overview of a topic or to identify synonyms or related terms that will apply to your topic. Later, return to these sources to clarify concepts or define new vocabulary. These sources also include bibliographical references that may prove helpful. All of these sources are located in the Reference Collection.

A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
David Crystal (REF P29 .C65 1997)
The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
R. E. Asher (REF P29 .E48 1994)
Signed articles with bibliographies. Many are illustrated. Volume 10 contains a glossary and an index. The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
William Bright (REF P29 .I58 2003)
Signed articles, cross-referenced, with bibliographies and some illustrations.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Barbara Grimes (REF P371 .E83 1992)
Organized by continent and country and indexed by country. An online version of Ethnologue is also available. The World Atlas of Linguistics
Oxford University Press (REF P143 .W67 2005)
This unique work explains and then visualizes linguistic patterns and concepts, showing where each sound or construction exists in the world.

Use indexes and databases to locate periodical articles on your topic. Databases contain a combination of full text articles (ready to read online) and article citations. Not every issue of every journal is covered in the databases, so you may need to check our print indexes in the reference and periodical collections to find citations. Remember
Journals are made up of collections of Articles.

• To find article authors, titles, and other information, search one of our databases (such as the ones listed below).
• Then, to find the full text of an article, search our Journals List for the Journal name (not the title of the article) to see if we have a subscription to it. If you do not find your journal listed there, check Bridge for the Journal name to see if we have the journal, volume, and issue that you need before ordering the article via Interlibrary Loan. Some databases have a button next to each citation that says "Find It." This is an easy way to see if we have access to the article via one of our library subscriptions.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
This database is the premier linguistics database. It also links to a thesaurus (click on the Thesaurus Search button), which will tell you the best language to use to make your query. Social Sciences Citation Index
Citation indexes can be used to see what works have been cited in a particular article, or to see which articles have cited another article. Search by the author's name and the year the article was published toget full citation information and an abstract of the article. ProQuest Research Library
General database with full-text available for many of its offerings.

You can find books several ways. For example you can find books:

• By searching Bridge (our online catalog) or WorldCat (a gathering of many library catalogs from around the nation and the world). When you find a book that looks helpful, scroll down the page and look at the "subjects." You can start to collect these standardized subject headings and do searches for other books that are about the same topic. Remember to enter these into a subject search using exactly the same words as you found in your original record. (For more information on subjects, see Subject Headings below.)
• By finding citations to books in reference works or other books you've looked at, journal articles you've read, or even your text books from class. Bibliographies are your friends!
• By browsing the shelves next to books that have been helpful. Our call numbers put books near each other if they are about the same thing, so if you find one really good book look at the ones near it.

Relevant Library of Congress Call Numbers This is only a partial list of the call numbers pertaining to the Fine Arts. For a complete listing, go to the Library of Congress Classification Outline, provided by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress.

P1-1091: Philology, Linguistics
P101-410: Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
P118-118.7: Language acquisition
P121-149: Science of language (Linguistics)
P201-299: Comparative grammar
P375-381: Linguistic geography

Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings are the words and phrases that you will use to do a Subject search in Bridge (as opposed to a word search, where you may use any words you like). Because subject headings are created according to a specific formula, and because it is unlikely that you will be able to guess what phrases this formula will generate, it is often helpful to do a Keyword search on your topic, and, once you find an appropriate source, examine the subjects (usually found in the middle of the page as you scroll down). You may then conduct a subject search by clicking on the linked subject heading in Bridge. Keeping a list of the phrases you find in the subject headings can help you form more and more complex and effective searches as your research progresses.

Linguistic Resources on the Internet
Offers extensive and authoritative linguistic resources organized into topics: speech, phonetics, morphology, grammar, syntax, etc. MLA Language Map
This is a fully interactive site that presents data on language use from the 2000 United States Census. You can generate maps that display simple concentrations of spoken language, comparison maps, or maps overlayed with lakes, highways, and more. The LINGUIST List
This site has sections on all aspects of linguistics and the profession. Includes information on pedagogy as well as research.