Romance Linguistics

Research Sources & Tips

I. Course Reserves

Check out the Course Reserves.

II. Books on Languages

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

French Language
French Language Dictionaries
French Language -- Etymology.
French language -- History.

Italian Language
Italian Language Dictionaries
Italian Language -- Etymology.
Italian language -- History.

Portuguese language
Portuguese Language -- Dictionaries.
Portuguese language -- History.

Romanian Language

III. More Specific and Current Discussions

A. Use Subject Databases for Journal Articles:

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start.

4. MLA (Modern Language Association), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

5. When you use GoogleScholar, a limited scholarly universe, set your Scholar Preferences to access our full texts.

B. Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

C. Request Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

IV. Newspapers (in Romance Language)

(including French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and many more.)

LexisNexis Academic

Factiva

V. Language Dictionaries

English

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English

The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations, H.W. Wilson

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

Romance Languages Dictionaries:

1. Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish (Oxford Language Dictionaries Online)
This is a fully searchable, comprehensive bilingual dictionaries online resource. In addition to dictionaries, OLDO includes unique study materials on topics such as life & culture, grammar & vocabulary, and writing & word games.

2. Collins Portuguese Dictionary (online)

3. New Pocket Romanian Dictionary: Romanian-English, English-Romanian. Ref. PC779 .P355 1982.

Latin Dictionaries:

The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (English-Latin)
The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary (Latin-English)
Perseus/Philologic
Oxford Latin Dictionary. Ref. PA2365.E5 O9 1982
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Ref. PA2361 .T4

More French Dictionaries:

ATILF- Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
La Langue Française de TV5
WordReference.com—Le Dictionnaire Anglais Français

Dictionaries of Languages and Linguistics

Dictionary of Languages
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics

Dictionaries of Etymology

Word Histories and Mysteries
Word Origins
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

A New Dictionary of Eponyms
Chambers Dictionary of Eponyms