English as a Second Language (ESL) Guide
This guide provides you with a good starting point for conducting research at the Southwestern Adventist University Library. As you explore the library’s resources you will find additional materials such as videos and DVD’s.
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Library Catalog
The library catalog is available online at: http://silc.swau.edu/aquabrowser/. We use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize most of the material in our library. Using this system, each book is given its own call number. The call number is used to locate the books on the shelf.
Material related to learning English can be found in the following call number ranges or areas.
L |
Education |
LC 3731 |
Bilingual Education |
P |
Language and Literature |
PA |
Greek Language & Literature, Latin Language & Literature |
PE 1128-1131 |
Teaching and Learning English |
PE 1498-1499 |
Writing in English |
PQ |
French Literature, Italian Literature, Spanish Literature,Portuguese Literature |
PS 1-699 |
American literature |
PT |
German Literature |
PZ 1-24 |
Children's literature |
001-998 |
Children's literature, Dewey Collection, First Floor |
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Research Related Material
Below are some titles in the SWAU library collection that describe the methodology used in conducting and organizing research in the field of English language and literature. Most of these titles are in the [MAIN] collection and are located on second floor. Those that begin with [R] are located on first floor in our reference collection.
A glossary of English grammar
[R] PE1112 .L44 2006
The everyday writer : a brief reference
[R] PE1408 .L86 1997
The extreme searcher's Internet handbook
[R] ZA4230 .H63 2007
The research project : how to write it
[MAIN] LB2369 .B38 2004
Using sources effectively : strengthening your writing and avoiding plagiarism
[MAIN] LB2369 .H37 2002
The nuts & bolts of college writing
[MAIN] PE1408 .H3927 2003
Online companion (http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/)
MLA handbook for writers of research papers
On reserve at the Circulation Desk
MLA Online (http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/mla.html)
MLA Tutorial (University of Southern Mississippi)
(http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/tutorials/mlatutorial/tutorialindex.php)
[MAIN] LB2369 .G53 2003
How to Site the Bible (Grove City College)
http://hbl.gcc.edu/citingBIBLE.htm
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs and atlases provide facts and statistics and are usually arranged so information can be easily located. They can be used to narrow or broaden a search topic or provide needed details for your research. Most of our reference material is located on first floor. However, the call numbers that begin with [MAIN] are located on second floor.
Seven language dictionary : French-English/English-French, German-English/English-German, Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew, Italian-English/English-Italian, Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese, Russian-English/English-Russian, Spanish-English/English-Spanish
[R] P361 .S55 1978
DII dizionario : inglese-italiano, italiano-inglese
[R] PC1640 .D54 2001
Le grand dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford : français-anglais, anglais-français
[R] PC2640 .G684 2001
NTC's new college French and English dictionary
[R] PC2640 .N3 1992
[MAIN] PC2640 .N3 1992
American Heritage Spanish dictionary : Spanish/English, inglés/español
[R] PC4640 .A47 2001
NTC's beginner's Spanish and English dictionary
[R] PC4640 .Q3 1997b
Berlitz Portuguese-English dictionary = dicionário Inglês Português
[R] PC5333 .B4 1994
Oxford dictionary of word histories
[R] PE1580 .O94 2002
The American heritage thesaurus for learners of English
[R] PE1591 .L36 2002
Oxford English dictionary
[R] PE1625 .O87 1989 v.1-20
American Heritage dictionary for learners of English
[R] PE1628 .A6229 2002
The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins
[R] PE1689 .H47 2004
Garner's modern American usage
[R] PE2827 .G37 2003
Oxford-Duden German dictionary : German-English, English-German
[R] PF3640 .O94 1999
Multicultural voices in contemporary literature
[R] PS153.M56 D38 1999
Collins Portuguese dictionary : English-Portuguese, Portuguese-English
[MAIN] PC5333 .W45 2001
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Print Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines and newspapers. All of our periodicals are shelved in alphabetical order by the title. We keep two issues of our current subscriptions on first floor. Back issues and titles not currently received are shelved on the east side of third floor. Please see other Subject Guides for lists of journals and magazines on specific subjects.
General Interest Currently Received Journals and Magazines
(First and third floor)
Alaska
Atlantic Monthly
Better Homes & Gardens
CCM: Contemporary Christian Music
Christian Century
Consumer Reports
Dialogue
Ebony
Entertainment Weekly
Field & Stream
Fish Alaska
France Today
Good Housekeeping
Harper’s Magazine
House Beautiful
Journal Francais D’Amerique
Money
Nation
National Geographic
National Geographic Adventure
National Geographic en Espanol
National Review
New American
New Republic
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Magazine
Newsweek
Outside
Parade
Reader’s Digest
Saturday Evening Post
Selecciones
Step Inside Design
Sunset
Texas Highways
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Time
U.S. News & World Report
Vital Speeches of the Day
Western Horseman
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Print Indexes
Indexes are used to locate citations (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) of articles on a specific subject or subjects. When you have found the citation(s), you go to the shelves to locate the article(s). Articles not available in our library may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Some print indexes that cover many topics are listed below. These indexes are shelved on third floor, unless otherwise noted. Librarians and Student Assistants are available if you need help using these indexes.
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (Print on 3rd floor, CD-Rom on 1st floor)
Databases
Our library databases, found on our web page, offer many options for locating material in different subject areas. These databases are online indexes. Some of them have only the citation (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) and an abstract (a short description of the article). Other databases offer some or all full-text articles. In other words, the whole article is on the computer. These general databases are listed below.
EBSCOhost
Academic Search Premier – The greatest number of full text, peer-reviewed journals found in any database. Provides a broad spectrum of data in social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
EBSCO Animals – Provides in-depth information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals.
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia – Includes 25,000 entries on a wide variety of topics.
MasterFile Premier – Provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications. Also features 5,000 full text Magill book reviews and the American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition.
Military and Government Collection – Full text for more than 400 periodicals and journals. Abstracts for additional sources of news and scholarly information on all branches of the military.
Regional Business News – Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Vocational & Career Collection – Provides full-text coverage from more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals of interest to high schools, community colleges, trade institutions, and the general public.
EBSCOhost Español
Interfaz en español contraduccion de los articulos. Base de datos sobre muchos temas - incluye texto completo. Los articulos están traducidos por un programa de la computadora del inglés.
Spanish interface for EBSCOhost with articles translated into Spanish. Database covers a variety of material, including extensive full text articles. Articles are translated from English by a computer program.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Full-text access to the encyclopedia, atlas, and dictionary articles of Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as EB’s recommended Websites.
FirstSearch
AltPressIndex – Indexes journals from 456 sources. Covers cultural, economic, political & social change. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
ArticleFirst – Index to keywords and titles of articles in 15,000 sources, from 1990 to the present.
ConsumerIndex – Abstracts to general interest articles, tests, warnings, recalls, and reports, from 170 sources covering all aspects of consumerism and consumer protection, from1986 to present. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
Dissertation Abs – Indexes dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.
ECO – An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
FactSearch – Provides critical statistical evidence and date-linked data from over 1,000 sources that can be used to emphasis a point or reinforce an argument. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
MediaRevDigest – Reviews of educational and entertainment media from 200 review sources, 1989 to the present.
NewsAbs – Significant items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers.
PerAbs – Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals from over 2,000 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
Reader’sGuideAbs – Contains abstracts on articles covering consumer affairs, current events, education, fashion, fine arts, health & nutrition and sports. Also includes some book reviews. Articles from 379 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
SIRS Researcher – Abstracts on social, scientific, political, and economic issues worldwide with information from over 1,500 sources.
WilsonSelectPlus – Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business from 1,652 sources.
WorldCat – A consortial catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliography of Latin American resources, produced by the U.S. Library of Congress. Includes materials from 1935 to the present, with many open URL links to full-text resources.
Handbook of Texas Online
Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
LexisNexis
Full text news, business information, legal research, medical information and reference.
NetLibrary
Provides access to a collection of 28,274 e-books. NetLibrary eBooks are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction in all subjects.
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SDA Related Material
Index to the Complete Published Writings of Ellen G. White
Includes the books, periodical articles and pamphlets with the writings of Ellen G. White.
SDA Periodical Index
Indexing to approximately 40 Seventh-day Adventist journals and magazines. Currently the index covers the years 1977 to the present.
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Useful Web Resources
The Web sites listed below were evaluated by a reference librarian. Sites found on the Web should always be critically evaluated for authority, accuracy, audience, coverage, currency, objectivity and purpose. There are additional sites related to ESL that may be reached through some of the university sites listed at the end of this section. Not all of these sites have been evaluated. Be sure to use your “critical thinking skills” if you choose to use these additional web resources or to find other sites on your own.
Southwestern Adventist University
English as a Second Language (ESL)
(Online at: http://www.swau.edu/academics/esl.asp)
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General Help Links
College and Graduate School Planning (Thomson Peterson’s)
Contains a resource and information area for educators, as well as information for students and prospective students on test preparation, financial aid planning and career advancement.
(Online at: http://www.petersons.com/)
College and University Rankings (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Identifies top colleges and universities in various areas. Contains links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.
(Online at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm)
GRE – Graduate Record Examinations (Educational Testing Service)
Free test prep materials available for the General Test and for the Subject Tests. Also contains information about changes to the GRE, which are to be implemented in the fall of 2007.
(Online at: http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.435c0b5cc7bd0ae7015d9510c3921509/?vgnextoid=b195e3b5f64f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Dr. Charles Darling and the Capital Community College Foundation)
Features a guide to grammar and writing, principles of composition, and interactive quizzes.
(Online at: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/)
Internet Detective (Intute Virtual Training Suite)
Free online tutorial designed to help college and university students develop their Internet research skills. Looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites. Follow the tutorial or explore the site on your own.
(Online: http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/tutors.html)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster Incorporated)
Online web site for Merriam-Webster. Includes a variety of resources on words and word meanings.
(Online at: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm)
OWL at Purdue (Purdue University)
Offers free online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help.
(Online at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/)
Direct link to ESL Resources.
(Online at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html#vocab)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistance (Chuck Guilford)
Published by an experienced English teacher, POWA is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. Intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced.
(Online at: http://www.powa.org/)
Plagiarism (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
(Online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)
Writer’s Workshop (Northern Illinois University)
Includes resources for students, tutors, teachers and visitors.
(Online at: http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/main.html)
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ESL Links
5 Minute English (Sheri Summers and Oakseed Enterprises)
Features free short self-study English lessons and quick tips for ESL students.
(Online at: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/index.htm)
alphaDictionary “Free Spanish Dictionary” (Lexiteria LLC)
Includes Spanish-English dictionaries, multi-language dictionaries and specialty Spanish language dictionaries as well as links to dictionaries in many other languages.
(Online at: http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/Romance/Spanish/)
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Web site for ACTFL the only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. Includes links to related sites.
(Online at: http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1)
Cambridge Dictionaries Online (Cambridge University Press)
Provides access to seven free language dictionaries intended for ESL students. Features language study resources such as the top 40 words viewed at the site, a word-of-the-day feature, and online activities/worksheets. A link to the Cambridge University Press's English Language Teaching site also appears.
(Online at: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
EDSITEment (National Endowment for the Humanities, Council of the Great City Schools, Marco Polo Foundation and the National Trust for the Humanities)
Material for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.
(Online at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/)
EnglishClub.com (English Club & Josef Essberger)
ESL web site for ESL students and teachers. Written mainly in British English, the site includes pages in American English also. Features grammar, pronunciation & vocabulary helps, games & quizzes, ESL learning aids, pages for testing your skills, lesson plans and more.
(Online at: http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm)
ESLgold (Dymon Publications)
Provides over a thousand pages of free information and resources for both teachers and students. All materials are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access. Includes information on speaking, listening, writing, grammar, vocabulary, business English, pronunciation, links to TOEFL & TOEIC web sites and more.
(Online at: http://www.eslgold.net/index.html)
Free English Games (ESL Pro Systems)
Free interactive English language games. Requires free member sign up.
(Online at: http://www.free-english-games.com/)
Get TOEFL (Get TOEFL CBT Organisation)
Includes free Get TOEFL practice exercises. TOEFL is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service, which has no affiliation with this web site.
(Online at: http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm)
iLoveLanguages (Tyler Chambers)
Links to a wide variety of language web sites. Includes sites for dialects, common errors in usage, teaching and translation, dictionary webs site and much more. Some links are broken, but the majority are still working links.
(Online at: http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php)
Interesting Things for ESL Students (Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly)
Includes quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, vocabulary study, pronunciation practice, listening practice and many other things.
(Online at: http://www.manythings.org/)
Internet Picture Dictionary
Completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages.
(Online at: http://www.pdictionary.com/)
Language Links (Lauren Rosen)
Provides links to sites featuring free educational resources for teaching and learning other languages. Cultural, linguistic, media and historic information can be found by language in these pages.
(Online at: http://langlink.net/langlink/index.htm)
LANIC (University of Texas at Austin)
Latin American Network Information Center. Facilitates access to primarily research related, Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Information may be accessed in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
(Online at: http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio and Video
Web site for Learn Out Loud, an audio learning source. Includes a wide variety of free audio and video learning resources such as free audio books, lectures, speeches and much more.
(Online at: http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video)
MLA Language Map (Modern Language Association)
Color-coded map of 33 language groups in the U.S.
(Online at: http://www.mla.org/census_main)
Omniglot (Simon Ager)
Writing systems and languages of the world. Contains details of most alphabets and other writing systems currently in use, as well as quite a few ancient and invented ones. Also includes information about some of the languages written with those writing systems, multilingual texts, tips on learning languages, a book store, some useful phrases in many different languages, and links to language-related resources.
(Online at: http://www.omniglot.com/)
Online Books Page (John Mark Ockerbloom and the University of Pennsylvania)
Facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. Includes a variety of links to foreign languages.
(Online at: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html#foreign)
TESOL/ESL/TESL Resources (Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus at University of Northern Iowa)
Features a wide variety of ESL links for students and teachers.
(Online at: http://www.uni.edu/becker/TESOL_ESL2.html)
TESL Links (Internet TESL Journal)
Links of interest to students & teachers of English as a Second Language. Subjects for student links include Bilingual, Dictionaries, Games, Grammar & English Usage, Downloadable MP3 listening files, Pronunciation, Quizzes and more.
(Online at: http://iteslj.org/links/)
Yamada Language Guides (University of Oregon)
Definitive guide to language resources on the World Wide Web. Includes information for over 140 languages. Also available is a virtual language lab for some of the languages and a self study language program.
(Online at: http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides.html)
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Seventh-day Adventist Sites
Adventist Distance Education Consortium
Group of 13 Seventh-day Adventist Affiliated colleges and universities in North America. Enables its member institutions to develop, promote, and deliver high-quality Christian distance education programs for the benefit of motivated independent learners.
(Online at: http://www.sdaedu.org/)
Adventist Professionals Network
Global registry of Seventh-day Adventist professionals who hold the minimum of a master's degree or its equivalent (5 years of postsecondary studies) in any field. Housed at the world headquarters of the Church, APN will help locate candidates for positions, consultants with expertise, and volunteers for short mission assignments. It will also foster international networking among Adventists in various professions.
(Online at: https://apn.adventist.org/)
PlusLine
Provides ministry support to Seventh-day Adventist church members, pastors and church leaders throughout the North American Division.
(Online at: http://www.plusline.org/article.php?id=270)
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Online Periodicals and Newsletters
Directory of Open Access Journals – Languages and Literature (Lund University Libraries)
DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.
(Online at: http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=8)
Internet TESL Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language
Monthly web journal containing articles, research papers, lessons plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas & links to other sites. Online issues from 1995 to the present.
(Online at: http://iteslj.org/)
TOPICS: An Online Magazine for Learners of English (Sandy and Thomas Peters)
The articles in this magazine are written by ESL students. You may access it by the individual issues or by topic. Some of the topics are World of Writing, Travel, Movies & Books and Language Corner.
(Online at: http://www.topics-mag.com/index.html)
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