Linguistics, TESOL & Translation

Useful links

For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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New in Sept 2024: Watch this short video about using our new Discovery service effectively.

Reading Lists

Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations/Research Projects

Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Dictionaries

Research Methods

Finding Articles

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For most assignments in linguistics and translation, our Discovery Service will give you enough articles to work with. This short video shows you how to get the best from Discovery.

Sometimes, however, you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular sources as a good way of finding articles or perhaps you just want fewer articles to look at. This section lists key sources relevant to Linguistics and Translation.

• Why Use Journal Articles?

• Databases

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• BITRA [Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation]

Search details of over 73,000 entries about translation and interpreting in a database coordinated by Javier Franco at the University of Alicante. New entries are added quarterly.

• Communication and mass media complete [CMMC]

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A key source for tracking down articles on a broad range of journalism and media topics.

Good for any topics on language and communication issues, plus newspapers and TV, including subtitling

• JSTOR

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

JSTOR is best known as an academic journal archive containing thousands of articles on a wide range of subjects. To find the most recent years, you will need to search other databases like Discovery or go to the journal sites themselves. JSTOR also contains ebooks, research reports and 1000+ collections of images and primary sources from libraries, museums and archives around the world.

For some tips on searching JSTOR, watch this short video. If you use JSTOR a lot, it's worth setting up a free, personal account so that you can use JSTOR's Workspace to store articles and notes. A personal account will also give you access to JSTOR's own AI tool which searches across JSTOR content for you, summarising articles/chapters and recommending related sources (it does not look outside JSTOR).

JSTOR includes a good selection of articles about literature and language teaching

• Language and Literature Resources on JSTOR

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

JSTOR started as a journal archive but it now offers much more. Jump straight to the articles and chapters on JSTOR which are most useful for Language, Linguistics and Literature topics. You will also find tips about using JSTOR and carrying out research.

• MLA International Bibliography

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

The world's largest database covering literature, language, linguistics and translation but also good for TESOL.

Watch this video for a quick overview and this video provides tips on searching more effectively