Use CONSORT, the shared catalog of Kenyon, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, and Wooster, to find relevant books.
Author searches will locate books and essays written by a particular author
Title searches will locate a specific work
Keyword searches:
Or consider using subject headings for more precise results. If a keyword search leads to a book that seems promising, click on the subject heading links at the bottom of the record to see similar items. You can also select "subject heading" in the "search by" box and try the following:
You can also search the OhioLINK catalog, which contains the holdings of almost every college and university library in Ohio. Or Worldcat which a collection of catalogs from around the world.
Citations for articles and reports covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related research.
Academic journal articles and books: primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Each journal has a “moving wall” for article access (time lag between the most current issue and the content at JSTOR)
Citations for articles covering the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Citation search for publications in the social sciences with citation analysis tools.
Reference works, such as encyclopedias and handbooks, are a good place to search for ideas for a research topic and to begin your research. Their articles provide background information and context and may also list additional books and articles on your topic.
One way to find reference works is to browse the library's reference collection under the appropriate Library of Congress classification. The area for linguistics is "P", but there may additional sources elsewhere. Ask the reference librarian for assistance.