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Department Homepage: Modern Languages

Contact Reference: reference@libserv.ucmo.edu or call 660-543-4154

Subject Bibliographer: Steve Walker walker@libserv.ucmo.edu

Online Databases


Among their many subjects, the following databases index articles about the French, Spanish, German, and other languages and their cultures. The library databases most specific to modern languages are the MLA Bibliography and ClasePeriodica.

Academic Search Complete :: Multidisciplinary database of scholarly and peer reviewed journals dating back to 1975

Article 1st :: Index of articles from nearly 13,000 journals, 1990-present

Arts and Humanities Search ::Citations for materials from social science and science resources

ClasePeriodica ::Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities; ONLY at JCKL Reference

Credo Reference :: Online access to over 160 full text reference books

Dissertation Abstracts ::Dissertation abstracts from 1861-present; masters theses from 1988-present; ONLY at JCKL Reference

Ebook Collection :: Hundreds of electronic books covering the humanities

Electronic Collections Online :: An OCLC collection of scholarly journals

Essay and General Literature :: Citations of essays and articles from collections of essays and miscellaneous works.

Ethnic News Watch :: Database of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press

Gender Watch :: Women's issues from an international perspective; interdisciplinary

JSTOR :: Historical journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, business, ecology, and general science

MLA Bibliography :: Indexes articles on modern languages, literature, linguistics, communication disorder, and folklore

Net Library :: Collection of over 5,000 full-text books in many subjects

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center :: Provides information on social issues and current events

Oxford Reference Online: The Premium Collection :: Contains text from over 100 dictionaries and an encyclopedia in a cross-searchable database; logout when finished

PapersFirst :: Index to papers presented at conferences, 1993-present

PerAbs :: from over 1,500 journals; radio and television transcripts; ONLY at JCKL Reference

Proceedings :: Index of conference publications, 1993-present

Reference Universe :: Database of back-of-the-book indexes and article titles to subject enyclopedias and reference works

WilsonSelectPlus :: Abstracts 800 journals in science, humanities, and business ONLY at JCKL Reference

 

Print Journals and Popular Reading

Paris-Match  

Note: This is not an exhaustive journal list. Some titles are also available online.

Electronic Journals

A list of electronic (and some print) journals related to modern languages is available here.

Canadian Modern Language Review Hispanic Review
French Review World Englishes
 

Note: The above is not an exhaustive journal list

Electronic Books


Among electronic books available are:

CliffsQuickReview French I

Harper Collins French Dictionary Plus Grammar

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish

Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar

Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture

Links

There are numerous online sites dealing with foreign languages or sites in the language itself. Among them are:

French Language Forum

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links

Spanish Links

Spanish Language and Culture

German Language Lessons

Super German Web Sites


 

 

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