Use these basic reference tools to learn more about the English language and usage. These materials are located in the reference area, with some older materials in the regular library stacks.
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Searching for books or journals in print:
Tripod library catalog.
For locating books, journals, videos, and electronic resources held at Tri-College libraries. Delivery within trico - one or two day turnaround. Use "Request" button. You can mark and then email or print records for multiple items.
WorldCat
Provider: OCLC
A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.
Interlibrary Loan and EZ-Borrow
The books and articles you need for your research may not be available within the Tri-Colleges. We have two systems available to help you retrieve the materials you need. See this page to place your requests.
English Language Tools:
Russian Language Tools:
Grammar books, dictionaries, etc. are located in Reference, in the regular stacks, and in the Manning Study. The call numbers range from PG 2000 to PG 2800.
- Russian and Russian-English dictionaries: PG 2640
- Russian usage and idioms: PG 2460
- Russian syntax, grammar, and sentences: PG 2361 - PG 2680
Searching the Scholarly Literature:
Use these resources to identify articles, books, conference papers, and dissertations in your areas of interest.
LLBA
Provider: CSA
Contains abstracts of the world's literature in linguistics and language-related research, including journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations and some conference proceedings. Includes historical, comparative, theoretical and social linguistics and related disciplines such as anthropology, education, and ethnology. Covers 1973-present.
PsycINFO
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journals, books, book chapters, technical reports and dissertations. Areas covered include psychology and related disciplines, sociology, linguistics, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, and anthropology. Covers 1887-present.
Sociological abstracts
Holdings:
1963-
Publisher: Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in the fields of sociology, social work and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Records added after 1972 contain in-depth abstracts of journal articles. Covers 1963-present.
ERIC
Provider: CSA
Provides abstracts to journal articles and ERIC Digest records on all aspects of education. Many digest records are in full-text. Covers 1966-present.
ABSEES
Provider: EBSCO
Offers a bibliography of American titles in Slavic and Eastern European Studies. Currently covers 1990-present.
Other useful sites:
Finding dissertations
Links to Dissertation Abstracts Online and a full-text source for Bryn Mawr dissertations from the last decade.
Managing your citations
Tips and links for EndNote Web, among other tools.
Getting human help:
If you need help: ASK A LIBRARIAN!!! Please come see us and we will walk you through your search.
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