Foreign Language Materials

From Library Reference

Contents 1 Bilingual/Foreign Language Dictionaries (for print dictionaries, check Library Catalog) 2 Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals by Language 3 Online Newspapers 4 Journal Indexes 5 Books 6 World Languages Web Sites 7 Don't See What You're Looking For?

Bilingual/Foreign Language Dictionaries (for print dictionaries, check Library Catalog)

Collins French Dictionary

Collins German Dictionary

Collins Italian Dictionary

Collins Latin Dictionary

Collins Portuguese Dictionary

Collins Spanish Dictionary

Dictionary of Foreign Phrases & Abbreviations

English<>Spanish Dictionary at Granada University, Spain

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Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals by Language

Periodicals in paper format are on the 2nd floor and those in microfilm are on the 1st floor.

French

--- Le Monde

--- L'Express

German

--- Der Spiegel

--- Kyklos: Internationale Zeitschrift fur Sozialwissejschaften (in paper and in microfilm)

--- Monatshefte

Spanish

--- EL PAIS

--- Hispania (Also available in microfilm)

--- Revista Chicano-Riquena

--- Revista Iberoamericana

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Online Newspapers

LexisNexis Academic has major European language (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) newspapers. To search, on LexisNexis Academic home page, select Major World Publications (non-English).

Factiva To access foreign language publications in Factiva click on 'Source, then click on the grey downward arrow next to the box that says "My Source Lists" and select, "Publications by Language". Click on the plus sign (+) in the white box to the left of the language of interest to see a list of publications in that language. Click on the language to limit your search to materials in that language, or click on the publication name to limit your search to materials from a specific publication.

European National Newspapers.

NewsLink.

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Journal Indexes

for Finding Articles on Language and Language Education: Click here to see the list of journal indexes/databases.

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Books

To search foreign language books, go to the Library Catalog, click on "More Limits" button to set limit to materials of a certain language and search. Also, books in the Library are organized according to the Library of Congress Classification Schedules. Different foreign language materials are assigned different call numbers, which consist of letters and numbers. For example, PA is used for Classical languages & Literature, and PC for Romance languages. Listed below are selected foreign languages and their corresponding call numbers.

Africana Languages = PL8000 - 8844

Arabic = PJ6001 - 8517

Chinese = PL1001 - 3207

French = PC2001 - 3761

German = PF3001 - 5999

Greek = PA227 - 1179

Hebrew = PJ4501 - 5192

Italian = PC1001 - 1977

Japanese = PL501 - 889

Korean = PC901 - 998

Latin = PA2001 - 2915

Portuguese = PC5001 - 5498

Spanish = PC4001 - 4977

Russian = PG2001 - 3987

Reference materials are located on the first floor, and all circulating books are in the basement.

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World Languages Web Sites

Ethnologue, Languages of the World

Global Language Monitor

iLoveLanguages

Don't See What You're Looking For?

If you didn't find the help you were looking for on this page, please call, e-mail, or append a comment to let us know what kind of research assistance you were seeking. We are here to help, and we want to know if our services could be made more useful. Thank you for helping us build a better Reference Service. For a list of who to contact, go to: http://library.bradley.edu/staff/liaison.shtml

You can access many of the Library's research resources from the Library's home page, at: http://library.bradley.edu/

--updated by Bryan Clark, baclark@bradley.edu, 3:32, 19 August 2009 (CDT)