This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
English Language.
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
CSA
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts(LLBA) LLBA abstracts and indexes the
international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the
language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of
language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including
descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical
linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and
citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and
also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.
Education Resources Information
Center (ERIC) ERIC is an online digital library of education
research and information. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education,
ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic
records of journal articles and other education-related materials. In
addition to the journal literature, ERIC indexes education-related
materials from scholarly organizations, professional associations,
research centers, policy organizations, university presses, the U.S.
Department of Education and other federal agencies, and state and local
agencies.
For a guide to searching ERIC, click on "Help and Tutorials" on the
right panel of the ERIC homepage.
MLA
International Bibliography
The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles
published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It
is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization
dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The
electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains
over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including
peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.
Humanities
Abstracts Produced by The H.W. Wilson Company, Humanities
Abstracts is a bibliographic database that cites articles from
English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the
best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important
specialized magazines. Subjects covered include Archaeology, Area
Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Dance, Film, Folklore,
Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literary & Social
Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religion and
Theology.
Arts
& Humanities Citation Index Accessed via Web of Science, this
Institute for Scientific Information database provides bibliographic citations to journal
articles, letters, editorials and book reviews. Subject coverage includes
archaeology; architecture; art; Asian studies; classics; dances; folklore;
history; languages; linguistics; literature; literary reviews; music;
philosophy; poetry; radio; television; film; religion and theatre. Updated
weekly.
Provides
back issues of core journals in the humanities and social sciences from
the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Users
may browse by journal title or discipline, or may search the full-text or
citations/abstracts. New issues of existing titles and new titles are
added on an ongoing basis.
From arts and humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets
research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals,
news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and
images.
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS English Language & Literature are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number PR13.
Guide to Index to Theses with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by
the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland available at Search
Help.
Proquest
Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT) (E-Resource) A
comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the
world. Where available, PQDT provides 24 page previews of dissertations
and theses. It allows natural language searching and the menu-driven
search facility helps users find information quickly and easily.
Guide to Proquest Dissertations & Theses Database available at PQDT
Demo.
This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
John Well’s
phonetic blog Blog by John Wells, Emeritus Professor of Phonetics
at University College London. Contains musings about pronunciations,
spellings & accents, often rooted in current social context.
Language
Guy Michael Geis—retired Professor Emeritus of Linguistics—writes
about how language is used and abused in real life.
Language
Log Blog by Mark Liberman, director of Linguistic Data Consortium
and Trustee Professor of Phonetics at University of Pennsylvania.
Polygot
Conspiracy Blog by a linguistics PhD student at the University of
Michigan. His interests include linguistic practices on the internet and
language ideologies.
The Web of
Language Language in the news by Dennis Baron, a professor of
English at the University of Illinois.
Wordmall Blog by Michael
Sheehan, a retired language teacher with weekly radio show about
language.
Other internet sources
A Dictionary of Singlish
and Singapore English Created by a law Ph.D. candidate and
postgraduate teaching assistant, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, with the help of
volunteers. This online dictionary adopts the Oxford English Dictionary
approach of defining words. Includes etymology, pronunciation, and
examples of where and how the words are used.
Factiva
(E-Resource) A resource for searching and obtaining full-text articles
from major newspapers around the world such as New York Times, Financial
Times and others as well as journals. Articles from the Straits Times and
Business Times are covered from January 1995.
LexisNexis
Academic (E-Resource) Another database for searching and
obtaining full-text newspaper articles from major world newspapers and
journals. The issues covered for the Straits Times and Business Times are
from May 1992.
Press
Clippings A useful source for topical and current
information not available in journal articles or books. Articles on
Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN compiled from the Straits Times and
Business Times are arranged by broad subject categories. They are located
in the Singapore/Malaysia Collection, Central Library.
