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Language and Literature Resources at OSU Library
This guide covers finding print and online resources for the study of languages and literatures at the OSU Library, especially Spanish, French, German, Russian, Classics (Latin and Greek), Japanese, and other languages. It will focus both on language-learning resources such as dictionaries, grammars, and other guides (including online language-learning resources) and on resources for literary criticism and study of literature and culture/civilization in the different national languages. For information on the foreign language offerings at OSU, visit the Languages and Literatures departmental website.
There is a separate guide for American Sign Language (ASL).
Use links at the top of the guide for detailed discussion of research tools, or the quick links to major databases below.
Major Databases
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MLA International BibliographyCovers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore; Indexes over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide; Direct links to full-text articles available for hundreds of journals; Coverage 1926 - present; Updated 10 times per year
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JSTORFull text access for over 1450 scholarly journals. Journals cover many disciplines, including African American Studies, Anthropology, Art & Architecture, Asian Studies, Biology, Botany, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, History, Humanities, Irish Studies, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Coverage generally ranges from 1900 to 2000, most journals have a moving wall of 3-5 years.
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Project MUSEFull text access for about scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press (43 titles). Coverage generally ranges from 1993 - present. Fully searchable, browsable and retrievable