Anthropological Literature		Communication Abstracts	E*Subscribe ERIC Microfiche online	Digital Dissertations	ERIC (Education)	Expanded Academic Index (interdisciplinary)
Hispanic American Periodical Index	Linguistic Abstracts Online	MLA Bibliography (literature)		PsycInfo		Sociological Abstracts	Web of Science (Citation Indexes)

Reference Books in the Library-on main floor of the library

• Adult literacy/illiteracy in the United States : a handbook for reference and research (Ref LC151 .C64 1988 )
• The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Ref  P29 .C64 1997 + ) 
• Concise encyclopedia of educational linguistics (Ref P40.8 .C66 1999)
• Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education (Ref LC3707 .E53 1997)
• The Encyclopedia of language and linguistics (Ref P29 .E48 1994 +) 10 volumes
• An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages (Ref P29 .C68 1992)
• Ethnologue index (Ref P371.E832)
• Keywords in Language and Literacy (Ref PE1065 .C52 1995) 
• International handbook of bilingualism and bilingual education (Ref P115 .I58 1988)
• Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA (Print version of Linguistic Abstracts Online) (Ref P1 .L5)
• Linguistic bibliography for the year ... and supplement for the years .. (Ref  Z7001.P451)
• Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA(Print version of Linguistic Abstracts Online) (Ref P1 .L5)
• Literacy : an international handbook (Ref LC149 .L4956 1999) 
• Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique (Ref. AZ361.U45)
• A student's dictionary of language and linguistics (Ref P29 .T69 1997 )

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Sample Book Searches through the Library Catalog

Language and Literacy Series 41 titles (books at the UMASS library) 

Sample Subject headings for Literacy Development/Education Click on any of the links below to run a search on that topic in the Library Catalog

• English Language Study And Teaching Foreign Speakers 
• Language Acquisition (limit by year or other term)
•  Language and Languages Study and Teaching 
• Language Arts Elementary 
• Language Arts Secondary
• Language Awareness in Children
• LinguisticMinorities Education 
• Literacy (press Limit to limit by year) or to add a country name
• Literacy Programs
• Literacy Social Aspects (many examples dealing with L2 acquisition)
•  Linguistics 
•  Psycholinguistics 
•  Second Language Acquisition 
•  Sociolinguistics 

Click on any of the links below to run a search on that topic in Expanded Academic Index
or do a different subject search on Literacy and then Narrow.

You may also do a keyword search to combine terms such as literacy and esl; literacy development; literacy and teaching etc. 

• English as a Second Language Study and Teaching
• Second Language Acquisition Analysis
• Second Language Acquisition Evaluation
• Second Language Acquistion Research
• Second Language Acquisition Study and Teaching 
• Second Language Acquisition Technique 

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Sample Internet Sites

ERIC Clearinghouse on Language and Linguistics #1 place to start for information related to your topic.

AskERIC (for ERIC digests, bibliographies, journal citations) Try the Ask an ERIC Expert Form for your query.
Bilingual/ESLBruce's TEFL Bookmarks (including online learning activities)
Center for Applied Linguistics an exhaustive set of links to language-related organizations in the United States and abroad. 
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesauri
ESL Lessons (searchable website for teaching methods, lessons, authors, books, etc.)Foreign Language Teaching Forum
Foreign Language Resources on the Web
Human Languages Language Policy Links
National Center for Bilingual Education (NCBE)
National Center for ESL Literacy Education (also search Adult ESL Literacy Resources in the ERIC System)
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education Excellent resource!! Check ERIC Digests
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
Online Dictionaires
TESL Journal for Teachers of English as a Second Language
The United Nations CyberSchoolBus Multilingual Database
Yamada Language Center
Web Page Links for Bilingual Education/ESL

• Anthropological Linguistics  (Per Per P1.A6 )
• Applied Language Learning  (Per PB35.A67 )
• Applied psycholinguistics (Per P37 .A76 )
• Bilingual Review/La Revista bilingüe (Per LC3701.B53 )
• Bilingualism : language and cognition (Per P115.B54278)
• Brain and Language (Per RC423.A1B68) 
• Online Version of Brain and Language 
• ELT journal (Per PE1128.A2E5 )
• English Language (Per LA632.E52)
• English language and linguistics (Per PE1.E528) 
•  Exchange ESL Journal -- Online Journal 
• First Language (Per P118.F57) 
• Foreign language annals (Per PB1.F57 )
• Forum : a journal for the teacher of English outside the United States (Gov. Docs.     IA 1.17: 6th floor) 
•  Online articles of Forum 
• Hispanic linguistics (Per PC4001.H74)
• International journal of language & communication disorders (Per RC423.A1B7)
• IRAL, International review of applied linguistics in language teaching. (Per P51.I63)
• Journal of child language ( P118.J68)
• Journal of English linguistics (Per PE1.J6)
• Journal of language and social psychology (Per P40.J68 ) 
•  Online version of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology 
• Journal of memory and language (Per BF455.A1J6) 
• Online version of Journal of Memory and Language 
• Journal of psycholinguistic research (Per P106.J68)
• Journal of second language writing (Per PE1128.J68)
• Language acquisition (Per P118.L249)
• Language & communication (Per P87.L36) 
• Language and cognitive processes (Per P1.L31)
• Language arts (Per LB1576.A1E6) Official journal of the Elementary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English Language in society (Per P41.L3)
• Language learning (Per P1.L33)
• Language Teaching  (Ref Z5814.L26 L3 Per Main Floor )
• Language variation and change (Per P120.V37L35)
• Linguistics (Per P1.A1L5)
• Linguistics and Education.  (Per P40.8.L56)
• Mind & language (Per P37.M55) 
•  Online version of Mind and Language 
• The Modern Language Journal ( Per  PB1.M47)
• Modern English teacher (Per PE1065.M642)
• NABE News (Per LC3731.N36 )
• Research in the teaching of English (Per PE1065.R4)
• Research on language and social interaction (Per P25.P35)
• Second language research (Per P118.S366)
• Southwest journal of linguistics (Per P1.J6 )
• Studies in language (Per P1.S87)
• Studies in second language acquisition (Per P118.S83) 
•  TESL Journal -- Internet 
•  TESL-EJ; Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (subscribe to this online journal via the e-mail address provided)
• Trends and issues in elementary language arts (LB1576.T74) 20th floor 
• TESOL journal (Per PE1128.A2T39)
• TESOL Quarterly  ( Per PE1128.A2T4 ) 
•  Vocabulary Builder (subscribe to this ESL online journal via the e-mail address provided)

 

Here are some web pages that list online journals.  Some are available for free and some require a subscription:

• Electronic Journal Access  (A list of electronic journals available by title and subject)
• New Jour ( a list of new journals available on the Internet) 

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