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Reference Collections

Linguistics Encyclopedias and Dictionaries at Mac
Electronic and print resources for Linguistics available from the Macalester library.

Journal of the International Phonetic Association
"JIPA is especially concerned with the theory behind the International Phonetic Alphabet and publishes papers, known as Illustrations of the IPA, that use the alphabet for the analysis and description of the sound structures of a wide variety of languages. JIPA publishes online audio files to supplement the text of the Illustrations and encourages the submission of such supplementary materials for all contributions, including the submission of manuscripts with embedded audio files."

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Provides literature including journal articles and book chapters on linguistics and related language science fields. Covers all aspects of linguistics, from phonetics to semantics, and the various fields of linguistics (geographical, comparative, etc.).
Social Sciences Citation Index
Covers journal information across 50 social sciences disciplines. Offers cited reference searching.

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics by William J. Frawley (Editor)
Ebook Available. Encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.