Research Guides: Linguistics: Find Articles

Recommended Databases

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, syntax and semantics, and fields such as discourse analysis, nonverbal communication, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.
Linguistics Abstracts Online
Indexes journals encompassing the broad spectrum of linguistics and language study.
MLA International Bibliography
Articles and essays on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, worldwide.
Communication Abstracts
Indexes journals focusing on communication, mass media and related fields.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
ERIC indexes Education research, and is a good source for material on teaching languages and the language arts.
ERIC accession numbers beginning with EJ are journal articles, some of which may be found in the SJU Library collection. Look up the journal title in the Library Catalog for location and format.
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Items beginning with ED are ERIC documents. Those from 1993 to the present usually link directly to the full text. Older documents may be found on microfiche in the SJU Library.
PsycInfo
Includes a lot of material on language development and use and related fields such as cognitive science, neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics.

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