LibraryGuides: Global Languages Week: Library Resources

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Dictionaries and Grammars

Oxford Reference
A searchable database of over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias, and companions for many subject areas, especially the humanities, but also social sciences, sciences, and business.

Real Academia Española
Click on "Obras Académicas" for many dictionaries and grammars.
Web of Online Dictionaries
Just click on the language! Links to more than 350 dictionaries in more than 100 languages.
http://www.yourdictionary.com
WordReference Online Language Dictionaries
Translate from French, Spanish, Italian, German or Russian into English and vice versa.
http://www.wordreference.com/

Databases - Film & Video

Browse or search in our film and video collections for movies, documentaries, or language-learning clips. Some tips:

In Academic Video Online, refine your search by using the "Disciplines" dropdown menu and selecting "Lilterature & Language." Then selecting "Disciplines" will allow you to browse by Fields of Interest, e.g. "South Asian Films."

In Films on Demand, select the "View All" underneath "Subjects" in the hamburger menu. The platform has many collections and subcollections to choose and browse, from language collections under "World Languages" to World Dance or World Music to international regions under "Area Studies."

In Kanopy, you can use the "Global Studies & Languages" filter in the "Browse" menu dropdown or use the search field to search for a specific language. When searching, the lefthand navigation menu will also enable you to filter by language or caption language.

Academic Video Online (AVON)
Streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press in a range of disciplines in the arts, social sciences, science, and business.
Films On Demand
A streaming platform for videos on a full range of academic subjects.
Kanopy
A video streaming platform with a broad selection of streaming video titles for educational purposes, including documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and feature films.

Databases - Multimedia

ARTstor
A digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
JSTOR
Archive of 2,400 leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business. Narrow results by discipline(s).
Project MUSE
Provides access to the full-text of several scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Much of the journal content focuses on the humanities, arts, and social sciences (mid-1990s to present), plus recent books on global studies and literature.
World History (Gale In Context)
This resource provides an overview of world history through centuries worth of rare primary sources, reliable reference, and multimedia content, which covers the most-studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people, and more.
LitFinder (Gale Literature)
This resource provides access to literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and writers throughout history. It includes more than 150,000 full-text literary works and over 800,000 poetry citations as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.

Search Collections by Subject

JaySearch Tips: Searching by Subject
If you're interested in browsing our collections, particularly for materials in or about a particular language, you can use Subjects to filter your search. In JaySearch, under Advanced Search, change the search filter from the "Title" default to "Subject." Use the "Resource Type" limiter on the lefthand side to limit to books, DVDs, or other types.

If you're looking for materials in or about another language, try searching by the language itself ("Japanese") or phrase like "German language" or "French literature" as in the examples below:

If you're looking for materials about the science and research of language-learning or the evolution and patterns of languages, try some of the subjects below: