LibGuides: Languages and Cultures: Home

Get started by using books

Great for summaries and background information books are a reliable, easy to understand source. Most of the books for Languages and Cultures can be found on the 3rd & 4th Floors of the Library.

Find your reading list

Use your module reading list to find books recommended by your lecturer. Find the link on the module site on Blackboard or via the link below.

Find books on a topic using the catalogue

Alternatively search for a specific book or books on a topic using the Enterprise catalogue (search box below).

Extend your search using journal articles

For the latest information on specific topics use journal articles.

Finding journal articles

Summon articles you can read straightaway

For quick access to articles available to students at Reading search Summon for your topic using the box below.

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JSTOR [full-text & images]
Multi-disciplinary digital library of academic journal archives, ebooks, and primary sources, including images.

Please note, you do not have to create a personal account to use JSTOR.

Please read the JSTOR terms and conditions of use before accessing JSTOR.
Full-text archive of more than 2,600 academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Covers from 1880s (or volume 1) up to a 'moving wall' end date, usually of between 2 and 5 years ago. Each journal title has its own 'moving wall' date.

We subscribe to all journal collections, as well as Global Plants and Primary Sources (covering 19th Century British Pamphlets ; Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa; World Heritage Sites: Africa.

Some ebooks are also available - individual titles are listed on Enterprise and a link to freely available JSTOR ebooks is below.

Help and guidance
JSTOR help page for searching
LLBA (Linguisitics and Language Behavior Abstracts)
Search across publications covering linguistics and language. Many are available in full-text
Includes journal articles, monographs, recent books, technical reports, occasional papers, dissertations, and book reviews.

Help and guidance
For help within the platform, click on the question mark icon in the bottom right-hand corner.
ProQuest LibGuide: LLBA
MLA (Modern Language Association International Bibliography)
References to publications covering literature, language, linguistics and folklore worldwide.
MLA (Modern Language Association International Bibliography) covers literature, language, linguistics and folklore worldwide.

Gives references to journal articles, monographs, working papers, conference proceedings, indexes and bibliographies, etc.

Covers 1884-. Hosted on the EBSCO platform.

Help and guidance
EBSCOhost user guide
Project MUSE [full-text]
Access to articles in over 500 journal titles in arts, humanities and social sciences.
View a list of titles available on Project Muse (you will need to be on-campus or logged in via the off-campus link above to view this list).

Complements JSTOR by providing recent issues of many titles in that archive.

Help and guidance
Project MUSE video tutorials and search guides

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Additional guides

Language learning guide
Library guide on finding books and resources to help you with your language learning