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Language Acquisition and Linguistics
18th Havana International Book Fair - February 14-21, 2009
In February, I was privileged to be part of a group of North American librarians who visited Cuba on the occasion of the 18th Havana International Book Fair, known in Spanish as the Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana. This trip was generously supported by Cowles Library and the Drake University Center for the Humanities.
The Book Fair attracts a huge number of visitors every year from all segments of Cuban society and all parts of the island.
Crowd at the 2009 Havana International Book Fair - Havana, Cuba from M Djenno on Vimeo.
Cubans seem to seek and acquire reading material at any and every opportunity!
Academic Search Complete - EBSCO
Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format
Best Information on the Net
Comprehensive list of "everything" about language and linguistics, compiled by the librarians at St. Ambrose University.
Britannica Online
Fully searchable version of the encyclopedia with thousands of articles and illustrations.
Cowles Library Online Catalog
iLink, the online catalog for Cowles and Drake Law Libraries.
Cowles Online Catalog - Language Acquisition and Linguistics
Cowles Library holds many books in this area. Below is a link to some of them, done by doing a "Subject" search on the words, "English language usage".
ebrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 electronic books in a wide variety of subject areas. You will need to download the "ebrary reader" plug-in to view the e-books. Updated monthly.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Available on-line through Oxford Reference Online this reference work includes areas such as "historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines."
JSTOR (JournalSTORage)
Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
MLA (Modern Language Assn.) Directory of Periodicals - EBSCO
Contains information for over 7,000 language & literature journals (many of which are indexed in the MLA Bibliography database).
netLibrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 academic e-books in many subject areas. These ebooks require check-out; create your own account if you are on campus, or call the Reference Desk (515-271-2113) if you're off campus.
Project Muse
Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses.
