Modern Languages: Library and Internet Resources
JCU Resources
James Cook University Discipline of Modern Languages
Contact the Faculty Librarian using the Meebo widget on this page.
Electronic Databases
Electronic Databases
Alphabetical list of all databases available through JCU
MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the database consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics and folklore, from 1963 onwards.
Current Contents Connect
The Current Contents database provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from issues of more than 7,500 international journals covering a range of fields including Arts & Humanities. It covers the period from 1997 onwards.
ERIC
Large bibliographic database of educational literature including journal articles and documents. Coverage includes the teaching of modern languages.
Available from both Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service (IDS) and the Educator's Reference Desk, a free public access site.
FirstSearch
Includes databases such as AHSearch (Arts &Humanities Search), Humanities Abstracts
Expanded Academic ASAP on InfoTrac includes a number of fulltext journals.
ProQuest 5000 provides a number of index and fulltext databases
Other Resources
Modern Language Association of America
Electronic Text Center from University of Virginia Library
Includes an Electronic Text Center providing humanities texts in twelve languages.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
LINGUIST List
The homepage of this moderated list includes links to other resources.
Oxford University Language Centre