Linguistics

Sources for Background Information

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of cognitive science
• The concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics
• International encyclopedia of linguistics
• Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
• Encyclopedia of the Human Brain
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
• Encyclopedia of language & linguistics P29 E48 2006
• Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education
• The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences BF311 M556 1999

Core and Additional Databases

• LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) 1973-
• Linguistic Bibliography Online
• ERIC 1966-
• MLA Bibliography 1963-
• ProQuest Research Library
• Humanities Fulltext Wilson

• Thesis and Dissertations

  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • eScholarship - An open access digital repository of publications and theses of McGill University faculty and students 
  • McGill Library Subject Guide for finding McGill theses and theses from other institutions

  Selected Internet Sites

  • McGill University Department of Linguistics
  • McGill English and French Language Centre
  • Yahoo! Directory: Linguistics and Human Languages
  • Center for Applied Linguistics
  • Linguistics Working Papers Directory
  • MIT Linguistics Dissertations (abstracts)
  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World
  • Linguistic Rights Links and Resources (MOST, UNESCO)
  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World
  • iLoveLanguages (Human Languages Page)
  • Linguist List
  • Yamada Language Center: Yamada Language Guides
    University of Oregon.
  • Phonological Atlas of North America (Created by the Telsur Project at the Linguistics Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania)
  • UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages

  Other Resources