Language and Literature Resources

* L A N G U A G E Go to LITERATURE Main Page \| Selected Titles \| Search HAL \| Browse Shelves \| Find Articles \| Videos \| Web Sites \| Blue= Print RED = Electronic Databases and Books Green = Web Site Note about Print Resources (Ref. means book is in the Reference area on the 1st floor. All other books are on the shelves on the 2nd floor) Note about Off-Campus Access To access databases and NetLibrary electronic books, make a note of the titles you are looking for and then go to the 'Off-Campus Access" link on the library homepage under "Find Articles." Click on "Databases by Title." Click on the database you need or NetLibrary. You will then need to enter your name and barcode number from your student I.D. card to gain access. Greenwood Press ebooks are only available from on campus.

Selected Titles: Print and Electronic / Use these for an overview of your topic
	English Language Dictionaries: Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary Ref. P365 .G3 1976 V.1 American Heritage Dictionary Ref. PE1625 .A54 1985 Dictionary of Cliches Ref. PE1689 .P3 1987 Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics P29 .C65 1985 Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage Ref. PE1680 .M59 McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs Link to Book Merriam Webster Online Link to Web Site Oxford English Dictionary Link to Database Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary Ready Ref. PE1628 .W5638 1991 Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus Link to Web Site Dialect / Slang / Colloquialisms: American English: Dialects and Variations PE2841 .W63 1998 Dictionary of American Proverbs Ref. PN6426 .D53 1991 Dictionary of American Slang Ref. PE2846 .W4 1975 Dictionary of American Slang & Colloquial Expressions Link to NetLibrary Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms.... Ref. PE3721 .P3 1961 Dictionary of Smokey Mountain English Ref. PE2927 .G7 M66 2004 Mountain Range: a Dictionary of Expressions from Appalachia to the Ozarks Ref. PE2970 .A6 H46 1997 Whistlin' Dixie: a Dictionary of Southern Expressions Ref. PE2926 .H46 1993 Histories / Etymology: 500 Years of New Words Link to NetLibrary African-American English: a Linguistic Introduction Link to NetLibrary American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the U.S. PE2808 .M43 1977 V.1-2 Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology Ref. PE1580 .B35 1988 Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins Ref. PE1580 .M67 Vols. 1-3 English Language History Online Resources (Towson University) Link to Web Site History of the English Language PE1075 .B3 1993 Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Ref. PE1580 .O6 Thesauri: Roget's International Thesaurus Ref. PE1591 .R73 2001 c. 2 (Copy available for check-out) PE1591 .R73 2001 c. 1 Merriam Webster Online Link to Web Site Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus Link to Web Site French Language 501 French Verbs Fully Conjugated in All Tenses... Ref. PC2271 .K378 1996 ARTFL French-English Dictionary Link to Web Site ARTFL French Verb Conjugator Link to Web Site Dictionary.com Link to Web Site New Cassell's French Dictionary (French to English & English to French) Ref. PC2640 .C3 1968 Greek Language Basic Greek Vocabulary PA459 .C53 1963 Elementary Classical Greek Link to NetLibrary Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature... Ref. PA881 .B38 1979 Reader's Greek-English Lexicon of the NT: Beginner's Guide forTranslation NT Greek Ref. PA881 .K8 1975b Hebrew Language Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar PJ4567 .V36 1999 Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the OT... Ref. PJ4833 .H6 1988 Dictionary of Classical Hebrew Ref. PJ4883 .D53 V. 1 & 5 Hebrew Alphabet Link to Web Site Readings in Biblical Hebrew: an Intermediate Textbook PJ4567.3 .R35 1993 Student's Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic Ref. PJ4845 .M5 Spanish Language 501 Spanish Verbs PC4271 .K38 2003 Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (Spanish to English & English to Spanish) Ref. PC4640 .C35 1968 Dictionary.com Link to Web Site Multicultural Spanish Dictionary: How Everyday Spanish Differs from Country to Country Ref. PC4640 .M26 1999 New Velazquez Spanish and English Dictionary (2003) Link to NetLibrary University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary... Ref. PC4640 .U5 1977 Webster's New World Spanish Grammar Handbook Link to NetLibrary Back to Top
Selected Videos Adventure of English: 500 A.D. to 2000 A.D. / 8 videos / how English became a global language PE1075 2004 Story of English / 5 videos / PE1073 .S86 1986 Search Catalog (HAL) / find books that relate to your topic
	Do keyword search in online catalog (Limit results to Bluefield College or search all HAL libraries to find books to order through interlibrary loan) Do keyword search in World Catalog (find books to order through Interlibrary Loan) When search screen comes up, choose the option "WorldCat" at top of screen rather than "ArticleFirst" Back to Top
Browse the Shelves by Call Number Area / find books or sections within books on your topic
	P Philology. Linguistics PA Greek Language & Literature Latin Language & Literature PB Modern Languages. Celtic Languages PC Romanic Languages (includes Italian, French, Spanish, Portugese) PE English Language PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian Languages PH Uralic and Basque Languages PJ Oriental Languages & Literature (includes Hebrew) PK Indo-Iranian Languages & Literature PL Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages and Literature PM Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages Back to Top
Find Articles/Information / Use indexes/databases to find articles, abstracts or citations from journals. Browse journals online or in our print collection.
	Electronic Indexes/databases available through Easley Library: Arts & Humanities Search / from the search screen choose Arts and Humanities from the drop-down menu. Associations Unlimited / Look for associations/organizations/societies Expanded Academic Index ASAP / Do a keyword search for abstracts and full-text articles. You can also do a publication search to see what language and literature journals are indexed. JSTOR / Browse publications by topic or search for articles by keyword. These are not current articles, but are an archive of articles with varying coverage dates. Many language and literature journals. MLA International Bibliography / from the Modern Language Association / includes the subjects of languages and linguistics; search for articles from journals, books chapters, dissertations, books, etc. Electronic database freely available on the Internet: DOAJ / Directory of Open Access Journals / Search this free online database for scholarly articles in 91 language and literature journals and 60 linguistics journals. Print Journals: Language Arts Modern Language Journal (1978-1988) Modern Language Quarterly (1978 - June 1985) Philological Quarterly (various years available) Back to Top
Selected Web Sites / additional helpful information
	Bartleby.com / has a variety of language resources/reference material BBC French BBC Spanish English Grammar, Usage and Style (RefDesk.com) Lexicons of Early Modern English / Univ. of Toronto MLA Language Map / interactive map of languages in the U.S. OAIster -- "find the pearls" of digital resources from a variety of collections from a variety of institutions Omniglot / Writing systems and languages of the world Tennessee Bob's Famous French Sites Word Reference.com / online French, Italian, and Spanish Dictionary Yamada Language Center / Hebrew/ University of Oregon / Department of Judaic Studies Back to Top Main Page