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Getting Started with Research for SPAN341!

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Recommended Books

Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics

Spanish Language and Sociolinguistic Analysis

Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Codeswitching

Sociolingüística y Pragmática del Español

El Español de los Estados Unidos

The Routledge Handbook of Hispanic Applied Linguistics

Varieties of Spanish in the United States

Language in the USA

Dictionary of American Regional English

Searching Tips

Subject headings are often a more accurate and comprehensive way of searching for a topic than keyword searching. Subject headings can be found on the left-hand column of search results in the catalog, or at the end of a book's catalog entry.

Here are some sample subject searches:

Search the eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). It's provided by the Michigan Electronic Library.

Check out the series, Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics for current research and writing.

Recommended Research Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Coverage on a wide range of topics.

Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more. Academic Search Complete also offers access to video content from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Primary database for communication. Covers linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition as well.
Education Source (EBSCO)
Scholarly research covering all education levels and specialties.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Great database for researching Hispanic linguistics, and language.

In addition to its research coverage, the MLA database also includes two important scholarly search tools: the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms and personal names used in indexing the bibliography. Learn more about the MLA International Bibliography database, its features and tools, and advanced searching options in these video tutorials.
Sociology Database (ProQuest)
Sociology and social work literature; includes Sociological Abstracts content.

Recommended Websites

Spanish Linguistics Commons™
Part of the Digital Commons Network. This group brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.
Linguistic Society of America
The LSA's website hosts a wealth of resources for students of linguistics.
Cascadilla Proceedings Project
Contains a variety of papers from proceedings of Linguistic and Sociolinguistic conferences.