Foreign Languages and Literatures Resources on the Web

• Indexes & Abstracts
• Electronic Journals
• Other Resources
• General / Multilanguage
• Chinese
• English as a Second Language
• French
• German
• Greek
• Italian
• Latin
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish

Indexes & Abstracts

• Bibliography of Asian Studies -- Multidisciplinary index to international research on Asia.
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index -- HAPI Online is an international periodical index providing access to authoritative information and social sciences and humanities research on Latin America, focusing on fields such as anthropology, Latin American Indians and indigenous issues from all time periods, politics and government, foreign relations, business and industry, African diaspora issues, gender studies, history, art, literature, film, environmental issues, and social movements. Some coverage of US Latino journals is also included. HAPI Online contains bibliographic citations to articles, reviews, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more that 400 social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. Most articles are in Spanish, English, or Portuguese; coverage is 1970-present. (ISU only)
• MLA International Bibliography -- Long the standard in its field, the MLA International Bibliography provides access to citations to scholarly articles in numerous languages on the topics of literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore gathered from 3,500 journals, series, books, and essay collections. MLA indexes articles, books, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies dated 1963 to the present. (ISU only) (For more detailed studies on linguistics and languages, consult Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), currently available in print version only: REF P1 .L263)

Electronic Journals

• Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR) -- "... publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology). This site is the authoritative archive of BMCR's publication, from 1990 (vol. 1) to the present."
• Internet TESL Journal -- Full-text articles and professional materials for those teaching English as a second language, from 1995-present.
• Journal of Modern Greek Studies -- "The only scholarly periodical to focus exclusively on modern Greece. The journal publishes critical analyses of Greek social, cultural, and political affairs, covering the period from the late Byzantine empire to the present." Full-text; volume 14-present. (ISU only)
• Laberinto -- "An electronic journal of early modern Hispanic literatures and culture (1450-1750), published semi-annually and peer-edited."
• Late Imperial China -- "... the principal scholarly journal for historians of China who specialize in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The journal presents methodologically innovative work not only in political and intellectual history, but in social, economic, cultural, and gender history and historical demography." In English, with Chinese glossaries. Full-text; volume 17-present. (ISU only)
• MLN -- "Critical studies in the modern languages (Italian, Spanish, German, French) and recent work in comparative literature are the basis for the articles and notes in MLN." Full-text; volume 108-present. Full-text older issues (under previous title, Modern Language Notes (vols. 1-76) and vols. 77-109 of MLN also available online. (All ISU only)
• South Asia Graduate Research Journal (SAGAR) -- A biannual publication featuring scholarly essays and reviews by faculty and graduate students in the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Topics include South Asian languages and literatures.

Other Resources

General / Multilanguage

• Ethnologue -- "The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families." Developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• Human Languages Page -- Provides access to online dictionaries, language lessons, various tools and resources for 33 languages. Also includes access to computer-generated translations in numerous languages, faulty though those translations may be.
• Travlang's Foreign Languages for Travelers: Fremdsprachen fur Reisende, Langues Etrangeres Pour Voyageurs -- An online tool that teaches the basics of more than sixty languages; includes dictionaries and pronunciation guides.
• VCU Trail Guide to International Sites & Language Resources -- Classified list of links to resources supporting foreign language and culture studies. These resources include other gateway sites and multimedia. Languages supported include Chines, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
• Web of Online Dictionaries -- An index to more than 500 on-line dictionaries of over 140 different languages. Site includes a search engine for Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
• Web of Online Grammars -- Provides access to online grammars of over 60 languages, ranging from commonly taught languages to various North and South American Indian languages, African languages, Greek & Latin, Basque & Catalán, artificial languages, and others.

Chinese

• Animated Chinese Characters -- Web guide tutorial shows how to write various Chinese characters. Also includes character etymologies (called "genealogies"), flashcards, online dictionaries for definitions and pronunciation, and other useful reference tools.
• Chinese Pronunciation Guide -- In development: Online tutorials from Dr. Wenze Hu at Harvard help with Chinese pronunciation. Requires RealAudio software and pinyin fonts, both of which are available onsite for downloading.
• Chinese Studies Online Resources -- List of online Chinese databases, electronic journals, and various Internet resources, compiled by Harvard's Yenching Library. In English, with links to many resources in Chinese.
• Index and Database on Chinese Writers -- This database was created by Renditions: A Chinese-English Translation Magazine. It provides a list of over 500 authors who have appeared in the pages of the journal, with hyperlinks that lead to biographical information. Translators of the material are cross-listed in the database, but without biographical information.

English as a Second Language

• Instant Lessons -- Online free ESL lessons for students and ESL teachers, from English To Go and Reuters.
• Research Guide for English for Later Bilinguals -- Well designed library research guide for ESL university students, from librarian Lance Heidig at Cornell University. Call numbers refer to items at Cornell; search the Library Catalog for ISU availability.

French

• ARTFL Project -- The American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language Project from the Univ. of Chicago includes bibliographies, searchable databases, a reference collection and many more resources to aid in the study of French literature throughout the ages. Access to some databases restricted to ARTFL member institutions only.
• ARTFL Project French-English Dictionary -- Online bilingual dictionary allows single word look-ups from English to French and French to English.
• Baudelaire Database -- Powerful database from Vanderbilt University provides access to journal articles and book chapters & sections about Baudelaire's works.
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France -- Web page from the National Library of France includes encyclopedic entries and expositions virtuelles on numerous cultural and historical topics.
• Encyclopédie Hachette -- Online encyclopedia functions as a multimedia almanac, providing brief information on a variety of historic and current events organized by month and date. In French only.
• French Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Reference section includes phone directories, French search engines for the WWW, French language listservs, dictionaries, and other resources. Subject resources arranged by academic discipline.
• Hapax: French Resources on the Web -- Organized collection of links to websites covering all aspects of France and French civilization.
• L'Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques -- Current statistics on France, including demosgraphics, economic data, health, agriculture, and other areas. In French.
• Librairie Alapage.com -- Online searchable bookstore catalog functions as a French books in print. Also includes videos, cd-rom's and records available on the French market and for sale online.
• Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
• Selected Reference Materials -- Annotated electronic bibliography to authoritative print reference resources, prepared by Yale librarian Jeffry K. Larson. Call numbers refer to items at Yale; search the Library Catalog for ISU availability.

German

• AATG on the Web -- Information about AATG programs, publications, and membership, plus a selection of resources for German teachers.
• Buch+Medien Online -- The "Datenbanken" portion of this site functions as a German books in print source; there are also searchable databases for music and cd-rom's and videos in print. In German only.
• Deutsche Rechtschreibung: Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis -- A new German spelling system is scheduled to take effect August 1998. This site from Die Institut für deutsche Sprache lists the new rules and provides a searchable word index. In German only.
• German Studies Trails on the Web -- A gateway to some of the most useful German resources on the Web. It contains teaching tools, German chatrooms, language Web exercises, and software links relating to German language & civilization, arts & humanities, science & technology, education & research. Includes several specialized search engines.
• German Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Reference section includes phone directories, German search engines for the WWW, dictionaries, zip code directories, train schedules, and other resources. Subject resources arranged by academic discipline.
• Goethe Institut, New York -- Clearinghouse of information and resources for teaching and learning German; includes searchable databases of resources arranged by type and by US state. In English and German.
• LEO English/German Dictionary -- Basic online bilingual dictionary currently includes over 170,000 entries; somewhat uneven in coverage. Search interface in English only.
• The New English-German Dictionary -- Searchable bilingual dictionary. Includes lists of selected special word forms (such as plurals, and verbs with conjugations) and abbreviations.

Greek

• Classics Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Includes numerous guides/subject indices to classics Web resources in English, Latin, and Greek. Also includes links to numerous electronic journals, directories, and bibliographies.
• Internet Classics Archive -- From MIT, this site includes a searchable database of authors and their works. Many full texts (English translations) available online to read or download, or for purchase via Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Interactive discussions of works and authors also featured.
• Perseus Project -- Web version of the multimedia encyclopedia from Gregory Crane at Tufts University includes full text encyclopedic articles and image files on classic art and archaeology, an atlas, ancient Greek and Latin texts and their translations, lexica and text tools, essays, and many other resources. See also the Perseus Project cd-rom's in Media, CDRM 000 093, Parks Library.

Italian

• CyberItalian -- Online Italian language lessons, with cultural information; some materials accessible to members only.
• Italian Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Reference section currently includes only a few dictionaries; elsewhere, subject resources are arranged by academic discipline.
• ItalNet Projects Page -- Provides access to a number of searchable databases on early Italian texts, Dante, and Italian drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana collections. Also includes resources and a bibliography on Antonio Gramsci. Some items still in development; some items may be restricted to ItalNet Project members.

Latin

• Classics Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Includes numerous guides/subject indices to classics Web resources in English, Latin, and Greek. Also includes links to numerous electronic journals, directories, and bibliographies.
• Internet Classics Archive -- From MIT, this site includes a searchable database of authors and their works. Many full texts (English translations) available online to read or download, or for purchase via Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Interactive discussions of works and authors also featured.
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid -- Language tools at this site by Kevin Cawley at the University of Notre Dame Archives include a searchable online bilingual dictionary that defines over 15,000 words. Latin searches allow stem and ending input; translating English words to Latin also available.
• Perseus Project -- Web version of the multimedia encyclopedia from Gregory Crane at Tufts University includes full text encyclopedic articles and image files on classic art and archaeology, an atlas, ancient Greek and Latin texts and their translations, lexica and text tools, essays, and many other resources.
• Vademecum in opus Saxonis et alia opera Danica compendium ex indice verborum
  Online Latin word list; in Latin only.

Portuguese

• Iberian Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Reference section currently includes only a few dictionaries; elsewhere, subject resources are arranged by academic discipline.
• Dicionário Universal Língua Portuguesa -- Online Portuguese dictionary from Texto Editora, with etymologies, phrases, and grammatical help. In Portuguese.

Russian

• Russia, the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: Select List of Reference Sources by Subject -- Annotated bibliography of print reference resources, compiled by University of Chicago librarian June Pachuta Farris. Call numbers refer to items at the University of Chicago; search the Library Catalog for ISU availability.
• Slavic Cataloguing Manual Transliteration Tables -- From Princeton University Library, transliteration tables for Russian, Belarusian, Serbian and Macedonian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic languages into the Latin alphabet.
• Slavic Studies Trails on the Internet -- List of links (many of which are annotated) organized by country. Coverage mainly of Russia and Poland.
• Toronto Slavic Quarterly -- Published by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at University of Toronto, with the editorial claim that it's "the first academic electronic journal in Slavic Studies." The editors further state that they "will publish prose, poetry, essays and criticism; articles on current issues in literary and academic life; and bibliographical surveys of new books and journal in the Slavic world." Based on the first issue, many of the articles will be presented in Russian.

Spanish

• ARL Latin Americanist Research Resources Pilot Project -- Searchable database provides a table of contents list from over 350 periodicals from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, useful for research, verifying citations, and interlibrary loan. Another database available at this site includes digitized images of Mexican and Argentine presidential speeches.
• Diccionario Anaya de la Lengua -- Sophisticated online Spanish language dictionary, from Grupo Anaya in Spain. In Spanish only.
• Diccionario de Escritores en México -- This is an online resource that gives brief biographical information on many Mexican authors, and also includes partial bibliographies of authors' works. There is an incomplete version of this resource in English; the full version is Spanish-language only.
• Handbook of Latin American Studies -- Searchable online version of this massive bibliography leads to citations and annotations to scholarly books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the social sciences and the humanities on Latin American topics. Produced by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress; covers 1936 - present.
• Iberian Studies Web -- Electronic reference and subject resources collected and organized by the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. Reference section currently includes only a few dictionaries; elsewhere, subject resources are arranged by academic discipline.
• Instituto Cervantes -- International clearinghouse of information and resources for teaching and learning Spanish; includes searchable databases of library resources available via mail or interlibrary loan. In Spanish; pages for IC sites in the US are also in English.
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística -- Detailed and current national and regional statistics for Spain, including demographics, education, culture and leisure, justice, elections, financial and consumer price data, agriculture, and other topics. Includes links to comparable online statistics for Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, and other Latin American countries, as well as worldwide. In Spanish; some information also in English.
• Internet Resources for Latin America -- Authoritative and annotated Web bibliography of Latin American resources on the WWW, compiled by librarian Molly Molloy at New Mexico State University.
• Oxford Spanish Dictionary
• Real Academia Española -- A virtual library, interactive consultations, and other authoritative information on grammar and spelling of the Spanish language, from the Royal Spanish Academy.

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