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Collins German DictionaryCall Number: 433.2COLISBN: 9780007221479Publication Date: 2005German-English Dictionary
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary by Call Number: 443.2OXFISBN: 9780199560912Publication Date: 2009-06-04Completely updated to include all the latest vocabulary, this fourth edition of the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary contains coverage of over 175,000 words and phrases, and 270,000 translations. It includes a comphrensive correspondence guide with sample letters, emails, and CVs,plus fun and informative cultural notes on life and living in the French-speaking world. This new edition also features information on the French spelling reform, plus new sections on regional French, false friends and Franglais, as well as an entirely new internet section helping with everyday online activities from booking tickets to banking online. The Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary is easy to use, with a clear layout featuring a two-colour text design and printed thumb tabs for quick reference.
Le Petit Robert de la Langue Francaise by Call Number: 443ROBISBN: 9782849020661Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Reference for Languages, Literatures & Linguistics
Reference items are helpful for finding background information; definitions and spelling; facts and figures; translations; statistics and topical overviews of subjects. Reference books can be found both in print and online. See here for further information.
Useful online reference material for Languages, Literatures & Linguistics include:
- The ARTFL ProjectFrench English/English French Dictionary
- Books Made in ItalyBibliographic database of Italian titles currently in print.
- Bibliothèque Nationale de FranceIncludes books and serials published, printed and distributed in France.
- Deutsche NationalbibliografieBibliographic details of material published, printed and distributed in Germany. Covers German-languages titles published abroad and foreign-language publications about Germany.
- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowThe Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics aspires to be the most authoritative, comprehensive and international reference source in its field. It contains over 3000 articles on all aspects of language and linguistics and includes 200 language maps, with information on number of speakers and language family. There are approximately 700 biographical entries, including those of contemporary linguists.
- Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des metiersProvides full-text searchable access to Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. Containing 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors.
- FrantextNearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts.
Where in the Library?
Most print material related to languages are held on level 2 of the James Joyce Library
Dictionaries and reference guides can be found in the reference section next to the information desk or in the Short Loan Collection.
Language and literature texts can be found in the 840's
Linguistics material can be found in the 300's and 400's
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