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Starting
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REFERENCE BOOKS -
Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be
checked out. |
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419 Ste |
American
Sign Language |
Over 700 signs and 1,200
illustrations. “[T]he largest and most complete dictionary of sign
language ever published,” according to the National Association of
the Deaf. |
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420.3 Dal |
Dictionary of Languages |
More than 400 languages,
living and dead. Includes maps, proverbs, anecdotes,
quotations, and charts of scripts. |
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R 423 O |
Oxford English Dictionary |
This 12-volume set is considered
the ultimate reference in English lexicology. |
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R 423.1 Lin |
Oxford American Writer’s
Thesaurus |
More than 300,000 synonyms and
100,00 antonyms and over 200 short essays. |
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427.09 Gre |
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang |
This dictionary features 70,000
words and phrases used in most English-speaking countries
dating from the early 16th century to the present. |
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R 427.973 D |
Dictionary of American Regional English |
Four
volumes, it
explores the regional and folk language and history of the
many thousands of terms, phrases, and
colloquialisms
used throughout the US. |
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427.973 Smi |
Black Talk
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A dictionary of African American
vernacular. |
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427.978 Ble |
Dictionary of the American
West |
Over 5,000 colorful terms. |
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R 463 A |
The American Heritage
Larousse Spanish Dictionary |
Over 70,000 entries, featuring
grammatical references, sample sentences,
technical and specialized vocabularies, and regular and
irregular verbs. |
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R 473 O |
The
Oxford Latin Dictionary |
A thorough dictionary of Latin. |
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R 491.7
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The
Oxford Russian-English Dictionary |
Primarily for students of
Russian whose native language is English.Primarily for students of
Russian whose native language is English. |
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R 495.6 K |
Kenkyusha's New
Japanese-English Dictionary |
An excellent tool for the
advanced and beginner users since the Japanese
entry is in transliteration and followed by the Japanese
writing. |
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FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
400-499 |
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books
and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way
to find good sources of information is to do a subject search
in our Library catalog. You can
access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by
going to our Web page (www.wppl.org),
then to Search Our Catalog.
Good
subject headings for this topic are language; Spanish language;
Polish language; etc. |
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eBOOKS
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library offers located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.
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FINDING ARTICLES
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
- Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at
www.wppl.org.
Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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WEBSITES
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Alta Vista Translations |
Instant
limited translations from and to English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese and other languages. See also
Google
Translations. |
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BBC Languages |
Tutorials for French Spanish, English,
German, Urdu, and others. Very user-friendly. |
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Dictionary.com |
Dictionary and thesaurus.
Scroll down for foreign language science, medical and
other dictionaries and language links. |
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The Ethnologue |
Resources
on languages of the world |
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Handspeak |
Asl
dictionary, asl lessons, fingerspelling, emoticon & bodicon
and much more. |
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I Love Languages |
Exploratorium magazine explores the generation, evolution
and transmission of languages in the user-friendly forum. |
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Language |
iLoveLanguages lists, categorizes, and promotes internet
resources related to language, education and use. |
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