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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Index and abstracts to the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.

Linguists focused on more specific areas of study may find the following databases useful:

MLA International Bibliography
The leading international index of journals, books, dissertations, and more on literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.

The following encyclopedias and reference sources are available online for convenient access.

Ethnologue
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging over 7000 of the world’s known living languages. NOTE: When downloading a guide for a language, you will be asked to agree to the license terms. If you agree and click through, Ethnologue will place your “order” before your download will start. Ethnologue manages their downloads for Institutional licenses in this manner and you won’t be charged due to the university's institutional subscription. NOTE: No login is required.

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. (Oxford University Press, 2003)
Lexicon of Linguistics
An online dictionary of terms and concepts used by linguists.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language, this descriptive dictionary traces the historical development of the language.