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Call Numbers for Browsing

Dewey Decimal
Library of Congress

Walker Library is moving from the Dewey Decimal System of classification to the Library of Congress (LC) system. During this transition, we are using both systems. You can find a specific book's location and call number in the Library Catalog.

Books with Dewey call numbers are located on the 3rd and 4th floors.

430 German language
440 French Language
450 Italian language
460 Spanish language
469 Portuguese language
470 Latin language
480 Greek language
490 Other languages
491 Russian language
492 Hebrew language
492.7 Arabic language
495.1 Chinese language
495.6 Japanese language
830 German literature
840 French literature
850 Italian literature
860-868 Spanish literature
869 Portuguese literature
870 Latin literature
880 Greek literature
890 Literature of other languages
891 Russian literature
892 Hebrew literature
892.7 Arabic literature
895.1 Chinese literature
895.6 Japanese literature

Books with LC call numbers are located on the 2nd floor.

P Language and Literature

P Linguistics
PA Greek & Latin
PB Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages & Literature
PC Romance languages
PD Old Germanic & Scandinavian languages
PE English language
PF Dutch, Flemish, German languages
PG Slavic languages & literature
PH Finnish
PJ Oriental, Semitic
PK Indo-Iranian
PL East Asian, African, & Oceanic languages & literatures
PM Indigenous American, Artificial Languages
PN Literature, literary history & collections
PQ Romance literatures
PR English literature
PS American literature
PT Germanic literatures

Grammar Guide/Language Instruction

Transparent Language Online This link opens in a new window
Foreign language learning for over 100 languages, including English as a Second Language. Users must create an individual account to begin. Mobile app is available.
Resource provided by TN Electronic Library (TEL).

Mobile App Instructions (PDF)

Video Tutorials

Pronounciation Guide

Forvo
All of the words of the world pronounced.

Library Search (JEWL)

General Databases with Articles in Many Different Subject Areas

Dissertations & Theses Global from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Index to dissertations and theses published in the United States and around the world, with many in full-text.
See ProQuest's LibGuide for more information and database help.
Dissertations & Theses at MTSU (from ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Published dissertations and theses at MTSU in full-text. Consult JEWLScholar@MTSU and Middle TN Historical Theses & Dissertations for additional MTSU papers in digital form.
This collection is NOT comprehensive. MTSU master's theses in this collection are mostly from 2013-2015, with a handful published between 1982 and 2012. Dissertations in this collection were published between 1972 and 2015.

Consult the MTSU library catalog for print copies of MTSU graduate papers published through 2011.

The MTSU library catalog also lists MTSU Honors College theses in print published through 2015.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Complete full text (page images) for back issues of various leading scholarly journals.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals for arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics, 1990s to present.
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing, abstracting and fulltext for the humanities, 1997 to present.

Search for Articles about Language and/or Literature

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
For authors now living or who died after 12/31/59, also consult Contemporary Literary Criticism.

MLA International Bibliography
Indexing of journal articles and other resources in language, linguistics and folklore. Over 3000 journals and series are indexed as well as relevant monographs, proceedings, etc.

Latino Literature This link opens in a new window
Poetry, prose, drama and fiction from Latino writers, 1872-present.
ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online) This link opens in a new window
A large digital collection of full-text searchable 18th century books.
Informe Academico (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full text for popular and scholarly Spanish- and Portuguese-language periodicals, 1980s to present.

Selected Journals in World Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Culture, Customs, Etiquette

Reference Materials

Specialized subject encyclopedias and dictionaries are great places to begin research. Use these in addition to Wikipedia.

Oxford Reference: Complete Collection
Search over 200 academic subject encyclopedias, maps, biographies, and much more.
World Book Advanced
A general encyclopedia.

Ethnologue
Info about the world's languages
Bab.La Online Dictionary
Free language portal which offers various language learning resources, such as dictionaries, vocabulary lessons, quizzes etc.

Database Articles about History and Culture

IterGateway
Specialized research tool for studies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
Historical Abstracts
Indexing for articles and books on world history 1450-present.

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