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  Reference Sources

Credo Reference  - Language
Search language dictionaries and thesaurus

Credo Reference - Bilingual Dictionaries
Search bilingual French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Welsh dictionaries.

Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe
REF P380 .E53 1998

Foreign language dictionaries

French:

Collins Robert French Dictionary
REF PC 2640 .C69 2002

German:

Oxford Duden German Dictionary
REF PF 3640 .O94 2005

Greek:

Greek-English Lexicon
REF PA 445 .E5 L6 1996

Italian:

D II Dizionario Inglese Italiano-Italiano Inglese
REF PC 1640 .D28 2001

Japanese:

Basic Japanese-English Dictionary
REF PL 679 .B37 1993

Latin:

Cassell's Latin Dictionary
REF PA 2365 .E5 1977

Russian:

Elsevier's Russian-English Dictionary
REF PG 2640 .M182 1999

Spanish:

Webster's New World International Spanish dictionary 2d ed.
REF PC 4640 .S48 2004

  Study Guides

Professor Anne McConnell's Home Page
http://academics.smcvt.edu/amcconnell/
"Here you'll find syllabi and special assignments for my current courses, links to grammar exercises, reference works and Web sites having to do with courses or with Francophone culture in general.  For colleagues, especially language teachers, there are also links to sites of interest to them -- on pedagogical concerns from learning disabilities to audio and video on the Internet."

    Internet Sources

• General

A Web of Online Dictionaries
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
An exceptional site sponsored by Bucknell University.  Links to dictionaries of many diverse languages.

Language-Learning.net
http://www.language-learning.net/
A web site which provides a wide variety of information to people interested in learning or teaching foreign languages.

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Extensive access to electronic texts in several languages.

• 
  American Sign Language

American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project
http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/index.html
Funded by the National Science Foundation, this Boston University site includes information about a number of different aspects of the project: an investigation of the syntactic structure of ASL, a computerized multimedia database of ASL to analyze phrase structure, etc.

Sign Writing Site
http://www.signwriting.org/
A page offering information about using written sign language, created with symbols rather than written text, to read and write.

• French

Volterre-Fr
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/
English and French Language Resources are offered at this site, maintained by Linda Thalman. The list of resources is very extensive for both English and French teachers alike, including links to sites about pen pals, software, study abroad sites, conferences and conversation groups.

Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
This site is so huge -- it is truly amazing. Categories of links include: French history, Francophone Tourism and French press, television and radio.

• German

German for Travellers
http://www.travellers.com
This site with German includes basic tips for the traveller who want to be in the know.

• Italian

American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)
http://www.aati-online.org/
This web site is hosted by the University of Toronto.

Italian Language Resource Center Web Links
http://college.hmco.com/languages/italian/resources/students/links/index.html
This is supported by the college division of the publishing company Houghton Mifflin and offers a wide variety of links to resources.

• Japanese

The US-Japan Technology Management Center at Stanford
http://fuji.stanford.edu/
This site contains links to many valuable resources including the official websites of the Japanese National Diet and information about virtually every aspect of Japanese life.

• Russian

Russian StudiesProgram--Resources from Bucknell University
http://www.bucknell.edu/x983.xml
This page provides links to information about Russian culture, history, language, business, and media.

• Spanish

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes--La Biblioteca de las Culturas Hispanicas
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/proyectoES/BIMICESA.shtml
Ambitious digital project which offers access to bibliographic information as well as criticism from Spain and Latin America.

LANIC
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
The LANIC site is maintained by the University of Texas at Austin. These Latin American resources are categorized by country and subject, offering a large selection of possible links. One may, for example, select Venezuela and find links to Venezuelan business information, newspapers, magazines, politics and general information. These sites are useful in projects that call for students to create their own websites about Latin American culture.