Dunn Library

World Languages

LIBRARY DATABASES

  • LIBRARY CATALOG - To search for books on a particular topic, use a Subject or a Keyword Search. To search for books at other libraries use the links on the BOOKS & BOOK REVIEWS web page.
  • EBSCOHOST - Search multiple databases (together or separately) to access full-text periodicals, newspapers and reference tools. Academic Search Premier and Business Search Premier index peer-reviewed scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas. Other databases focus on specific areas such as health and education.
  • LexisNexis ACADEMIC - Comprehensive research database providing full-text access to various databases, including current news, business information, Hoover’s company records, company directories, federal and state laws, legal cases, medical and references.
  • ClasePeriodica - Contains information from articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.
  • LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER - Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.
  • MLA--Modern Language Association - International in scope, it is the premiere tool for researchers in the humanities, particularly in literature, language, and linguistics, providing more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present.
  • OXFORD LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES ONLINE (OLDO) - More than just a dictionary, over 4 million words, phrases and translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese. Features native speaker audio pronunciation.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE - More than 72,000 encyclopedia articles on all subjects.

PRINT RESOURCES

  • Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary (R463.2 C713 2002) - Over 355,000 entries and translations. Includes thousands of contemporary technical, political, and business terms. Located in the first floor reference section.
  • American Heritage Spanish Dictionary:  Spanish/English, ingles/espanol (463.2 A512 2001) 
  • University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (463.21 U588 2002) 

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  • Collins-Robert French-English, English-French Dictionary (R443.2 c712) 

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  • Collins German-English Dictionary:  Unabridged (433 C712) - Three volume set featuring biographical and critical information to artists from modern era to present.
  • Langenscheidt's Condensed Muret-Sanders German Dictionary:  German-English (433.2 L174)

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  • Oxford Latin Dictionary (473 O98)
  • Latin Language and Latin Culture:  From Ancient to Modern Times (470 F24L) 
  • Wheelock's Latin Reader:  Selections from Latin Literature (478 W56L) 

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  • ETHNOLOGUE - Standard dictionary of the languages of the world.
  • EVERYTHING INTERNATIONAL - provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research internet sites.
  • GLOBAL GATEWAY - Portal to LOC's digital international collections and resources.
  • LANGUAGES iLOVE - A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources, offering more than 2000 links.
  • MLA LANGUAGE MAP - Based on the 2000 U.S. Census, language and linguistic data of the United States.
  • WordReference - Online translation dictionaries in a variety of common languages.

Last Updated: 11/11/09