Library resources for Linguistics students
Specific Library facilities and resources available for students of linguistics at Oxford University.
Contact details for the Linguistics Librarian:
Jill Hughes
E-mail jill.hughesATbodleian.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 01865 278166
Taylor Institution Library.
The Linguistics Librarian is here for you. You can
Library Guide
The online Library Guide will help you to find collections, journals and specific e-resources.
How to find linguistics journals?
There are 100+ linguistics journals available in full text through Oxford E-journals or SOLO. SOLO (online catalogue + online resources) contains direct links to the catalogue and to full text e-journals.
How to search using SOLO
Search for keyword 'linguistics' AND select (Look for my query) 'journals' to find all linguistics journals.
If you want e-journals only, then also select (in) 'online resources'
Using linguistics as a keyword will yield a high number of journals, including journals that don’t have ‘linguistics’ in the title, but you may want to use a more specific keyword, e.g. 'morphology' or 'syntax'. Non-english language titles may not come up, search for these using keywords in the language concerned. The SOLO guide provides more information about search options and about how to store your titles electronically.
E-resources
OxLip+ contains subscription resources including
- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics,
- Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts (citations and abstracts)
- MLA Bibliography (citations)
- ZETOC (citations)
In OxLip+, choose subject, scroll down for ‘linguistics’ and click on the type of resource you want, e.g. bibligraphical, reference or corpora. Please consult the OxLip+ guide for cross searching and other search options.
Other Web resources
Intute is a gateway to free online web resources for linguistics. Browse by subject.
Linguistics Collections
Reading Room
The Linguistics Reading Room in the Taylor Institution Library contains the largest linguistics collection including journals in Oxford. Most books can be borrowed. The Old Classification Scheme exists alongside the New Classification Scheme. You may find books on your subject in two places. For books that are held in the repository (TAY Nuneham), please place a Stack Request through SOLO or through OLIS. Reading list items are available in the Modern Languages Faculty Library.
Other Libraries
The Bodleian Library has a large linguistics collection for reference only. The latest British publications are on open shelf in the Upper Reading Room, next to major reference works and some journals. The Bodleian Library incorporates the Oriental Institute Library and the Japanese Library
Special subjects including Psycholinguistics, Phonolgy, Phonetics and Applied Linguistics are available in other libraries in Oxford. Other libraries catering for Oxford linguists
Accessions
New titles can be viewed by month on the Accessions list. Archived lists are here.
Linguistics and Philology Common Room
The Quick Guide shows titles available in the Common Room, Linguistics Centre, Walton Street. (not part of the Oxford University Libraries)