Useful Resources

Linguistics Resources on the Web

Each of these sites contains a compendium of links to and descriptions of other useful sources of information on languages and linguistics.

Blackwell's Linguistics Resource Center
Georgetown University's Introduction to Linguistics resource pages (by Prof. Cathy Ball)
WWW Virtual Library: Applied Linguistics
The Human Languages Page
The LINGUIST list homepage
The Eclectic Company: Linguistics (by Prof. John Lawler, U. of Michigan)
 
Additional Resources discovered by LING 101 students
 
Languages and Linguistics (focus on Chinese and Japanese resources)

General Reference and University of Delaware Library

All kinds of information on all kinds of topics, and how to navigate your friendly neighborhood library.

University of Delaware library (click here for library hours)
WWWebster
Virtual Reference Desk (University of Delaware)
Library Networked Databases: General (University of Delaware)
Library Networked Databases: Linguistics (University of Delaware)
WebDELCAT

Internet Search Tools

Tools for finding what's out there on the World Wide Web. Tip: some of these search tools will give you enormous numbers of results for your searches. It is very useful to learn how each tool lets you make your search more specific. If you're not familiar with web searching, then an excellent place to start would be Terry Gray's detailed how-to.

How to Search the Web: A Guide to Search Tools by Terry Gray
 
Altavista
Excite
Infoseek
www.search.com (includes searching tips)