Modern Foreign Languages

This is UCLan's Modern Foreign Languages library page.

For more help and guidance please contact your Faculty Librarians: Andrea Evans and Francesca Robinson

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Books

Use the Library Search to find print and e-book locations.

If the Library does not have the book you want, you can request a copy from the Document Supply Service.

Key numbers begin with 4- for language and 8- for literature; but you should use the Library Catalogue to find books relevant to modern language studies at other numbers ...

German -
Language 43- Dictionaries 433 Literature 83- History 943 Politics 320.43 Cinema 791.430943
French -
Language 44- Dictionaries 443 Literature 84- History 944 Politics 320.44 Cinema 791.430944
Italian -
Language 45- Dictionaries 453 Literature 85- History 945 Politics 320.45 Cinema 791.430945
Spanish -
Language 46- Dictionaries 463 Literature 86- History 946 Politics 320.46 Cinema 791.430946
Chinese -
Language 495.1 Dictionaries 495.1321 Literature 895.1 History 951
Japanese -
Language 495.6 Dictionaries 495.6321 Literature 895.6 History 952
Arabic -
Language 492.7 Dictionaries 492.7321
Russian -
Language 491.7 Dictionaries 491.7321
Greek -
Language 489.3 Dictionaries 489.3321
Turkish -
Language 495.35 Dictionaries 495.35321
Polish -
Language 491.85 Dictionaries 491.85321
Portuguese -
Language 469 Dictionaries 469.321
Urdu -
Language 491.439 Dictionaries 491.439321
Asia Pacific Studies -
Economics 330.95 Politics 320.95 History 950 Culture 306.095 Foreign Relation 327.5
Interpreting & Translating 418.02

A small number of reference books are located in the Reference Collection ring unit on the 1st Floor of the Library –

Dictionary of Languages 403
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics 403
Foreign language dictionaries 43- to 49- (many more on the 2nd Floor, and for loan on the 1st Floor)
Europa World Yearbook 909.82905
Encyclopaedias of Contemporary Culture – France, Germany, Italy, Spain 94-
Encyclopedia of China 951.003
Japan Encyclopedia 952.003
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American & Caribbean Cultures 972.9003

In addition to our print collection, we have a growing collection of full-text electronic books.

Journals and Articles

Use the Journal Finder to locate a reference for a particular journal article, for example journals such as ‘Asia Pacific Viewpoint’, ‘French Cultural Studies’ or ‘Interpreting’.

Useful print sources for tracing journal articles relating to German Studies are:

Germanistik 430.016 on the 2nd Floor of the Library
Kritische Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur 830.016 on the 2nd Floor of the Library

If the Library does not have the journal article you want, you can request a copy from the Document Supply Service.

eResources and Databases

Recommended Resources for Modern Foreign Languages

Academic Search Complete A wide range of subjects are covered in this database, and it contains full text links to many articles.
Education Database Access to over 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
With full text for more than 100 journals and nearly 100 books, and abstracts for 350 other publications
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
History and culture of the world (except the United States & Canada) from 1450-
Hospitality & Tourism Complete
JSTOR is a full text collection of journals. We subscribe to the Arts and Sciences I, II, III, and Complement, Language & Literature
MLA - Modern Languages Association
Indexes of over 6,000 literature and language journals, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies, from 1963 onwards.
Nexis
A major full-text online database for current affairs and business information. Sources include newspapers such as Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Corriere della Sera, El País or South China Morning Post, magazines and trade journals. Sources are global, with the option to choose a source group by language – French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese – or by global region, e.g. Asia-Pacific News.
Science Direct - is a popular database of over 1500 scientific, technical and medical full-text journals. Excellent as a general resource.
Social Science Abstracts Abstracts for a wide range of language-related articles from sources such as the ‘Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research’ or ‘Human Communication Research’
Taylor & Francis Library - journal subscriptions include 108 titles in the Language and Literature area.

Should you want to undertake a more thorough search for research materials/literature, try searching the following abstract and indexing databases.

Scopus
Web of Science (previously known as Web of Knowledge)

Our Electronic Resources section provides details of all our online resources and includes an E-Databases A-Z list.

Additional Resources

Alexander Street Video - Videos, films, documentaries and training materials in language and culture related areas

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