Research Guide: Foreign Language and Culture

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Books

Selected reference books in Emmanuel d'Alzon Library (located on the first floor):

• Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical-Critical Encyclopedia (Ref) PN849.C3 C3
• A Dictionary of Linguistics & Phonetics (Ref) P29 .C65 2003
• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (Ref) DP233.5 .E63 1999
• The Firefly French/English Visual Dictionary (Ref) AG250 .C68 2004
• Foreign Affairs: the National Society of Film Critics' Video Guide to Foreign Films (Ref) PN1995.9.F67 F68 1991
• Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology (Ref) BL715 .G67 1973
• Latin America & the Caribbean: Lands and Peoples (Ref) 1408.C62 2004
• Oxford Companion to German Literature (Ref) PT41 .G3 1997

Search the catalog for more print and electronic books owned by the Library.  Try these sample subject headings. 

• Caribbean literature--History and criticism
• France--Civilization
• German literature
• Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism
• Latin drama (Comedy)
• Linguistics
• Motion Pictures-France--History
• Mysticism
• Spain
• Russian literature--20th century--History and criticism
• Spain--Civilization

To find additional related subject headings, look at a sample catalog record or consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, located near the OPAC computers on the first floor.

Books in Other Libraries

Other Libraries in the Worcester area -
http://www.assumption.edu/dept/library/resources/libraries_rev.htm

Other Libraries in North America -
http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat&autho=100308921

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Articles

Online Library Resources

• Academic Search Premier - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
• ClasePeriodica
• Contemporary Literary Criticism - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_c_assumpt?db=clc
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=http://find.galegroup .com/gvrl/aboutEbook.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=mlin_c_
  assumpt&actionString=DO_DISPLAY_ABOUT_PAGE&eisbn=0787677272
• International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/aboutEbook.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=
  mlin_c_assumpt&actionString=DO_DISPLAY_ABOUT_PAGE&eisbn=155862533X
• JSTOR - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/
• MLA International Bibliography - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=mzh
• Project MUSE - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/

Selected journals, magazines, and newspapers on the Web.

• CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture: A WWWeb Journal- http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/
• Foreign Language News and Newspapers (electronic journals, newspapers, and magazines), prepared by MIT Libraries - http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews/
• Reading in a Foreign Language (a refereed international online journal of issues in foreign language reading and literacy) - http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
• WorldNewspapers.com - http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Web Links

• Association of Departments of Foreign Languages - http://www.adfl.org/
• Foreign Language and Culture links, from Speakeasy.org -
  http://www.speakeasy.org/~dbrick/Hot/foreign.html
Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources, from California State University at Northbridge
- http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html

• Foreign Language Study links, from Academic Info -
  http://www.academicinfo.net/lang.html
• Yamada Language Guides, from University of Oregon -
  http://babel.uoregon.edu/Yamada/guides.html