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America: History and Life Description America: History and Life (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library 1 On & Off Campus Online
Audiobooks Description Audiobooks (Recorded Books for Pimsleur Language Program Funded by LiLI   Special Online
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Description BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library 1 On & Off Campus Online
eHRAF World Cultures Description eHRAF World Cultures Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Historical Abstracts Description Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective  Description Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective (WilsonWeb) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library 4 On & Off Campus Online
Humanities International Index Description Humanities International Index (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
MLA International Bibliography Description MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection Description Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection  See "Bilingual Dictionaries" Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus Online

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Reference Books

The following are selected resources for research in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Shoshoni. For more books on these topics, please use the Library Catalog.

To find books in other libraries, try using WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this library's catalog, but as another avenue of searching for books.

Arabic

Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English—Arabic, Arabic-English (Reference Collection: PJ6826 .D53 2003)

Oxford English-Arabic dictionary of current usage (Reference Collection: PJ6640 O93)

Chinese

Han Ying tz’u tien = The Pinyin Chinese-English dictionary (Reference Collection PL1455 H338 1979)

Oxford Chinese dictionary: English-Chinese, Chinese-English (Reference Collection: PL1455 O94 2003)

Japanese

Japanese Character Dictionary With Compound Lookup via any Kanji (Reference Collection: PL 677.5 J 36 1989): This dictionary provides Roman alphabet transliterations and English definitions of kanji characters. All kanji are arranged according to their radicals. This dictionary includes guides for use and how to look-up different characters.

The Kanji Dictionary (Reference Collection: PL 679. S 68 1996): This dictionary provides Roman alphabet transliterations and English definitions of kanji characters. All kanji are arranged according to their radicals. A chart on the inside of the cover shows how the radicals are organized.

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary (Reference Collection: PL 679. K 4 1974): This dictionary translates thousands of Japanese words into English and includes pronunciations and Kanji and/or spellings in Japanese. All words are alphabetized according to their Roman alphabet transliterations.

Latin

Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin (Reference Collection: PA 2365. E 5 C 3 1977): This dictionary defines thousands of Latin words and provides Latin equivalents for English words.

A Latin Dictionary (Reference Collection: PA 2365. E 5 A 7 1879a): In addition to defining a number of Latin abbreviations, this dictionary provides very complete definitions of Latin words. There is no English-Latin section.

Russian

Dictionary of Exceptions to Rules of Russian Grammar (Reference Collection: PG 2640. S 27): This grammar guide is designed to help all levels of Russian students learn conjugations and declensions of irregular verbs and nouns in Russian. There are no indexes or tables of contents. Words are arranged alphabetically in the Cyrillic alphabet. Definitions of words include an explanation of their grammatical form.

The Oxford Russian Dictionary (Reference Collection: PG 2640. W 5 1993): This dictionary provides Russian equivalents for English words and defines thousands of Russian words. Russian words are not transliterated and are alphabetized in Cyrillic.

Shoshoni

Vocabulary of the Shoshone language (Main Book Collection: PM 2321.H5): The author of this list has transliterated hundreds of words of basic Shoshone, phonetically, in the Roman alphabet. This vocabulary also includes some elementary phrases.

Western Shoshoni Grammar (Main Book Collection: PM2321. C 78 1993): This book contains a series of articles on Shoshoni grammar, from basic sentence structure to conjugating verbs to pronunciation.

Web Sites

Arabic

Multimedia Language Resource Center. The Multimedia Language Resource Center at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis has prepared this resource on Arabic language and culture.

Yamada Language Center: Arabic. The University of Oregon’s Yamada Language Center has created this collection of links to useful resources on Arabic language and culture.

Chinese

Best Chinese Websites. Don’t miss this colorful website created by the University of Northern Iowa containing links to resources on language and culture.

Yamada Language Center: Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). The University of Oregon’s Yamada Language Center has created this collection of links to useful resources on Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese language and culture.

Japanese

JGuide: Stanford University's US-Asia Technology Management Center has created this outstanding guide to information about Japan, Japanese language, history, culture, society, and more.

Yamada Language Center: Japanese: The University of Oregon's Yamada Language Center has put together this collection of links to useful pages on Japanese language and culture. Also included are links to sites that can help you adapt your computer to read and write Japanese characters.

Latin

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid: Created by Notre Dame University, this online dictionary and grammar aid can also be used to help with translations. Some knowledge of Latin is required as the dictionary searches by stems and endings.

Latin Grammar: Created by a Mathematics professor at Ohio State University, this Web site is designed to help new Latin students learn the intricacies of Latin grammar and includes charts, tips, and explanations. Also included are a list of selected online Latin language resources.

Russian

REESWeb: Created by the Center for Russian & East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, this site indexes thousands of Web sites on the literature, history, culture, society, and more of Russia and Eastern Slavic countries.

Russian Resources: Created by foreign languages faculty at the University at Albany (SUNY), this page is a portal to Web sites on Russian language, grammar, history, culture, news, and more.

Shoshoni

Sosoni' daigwapeha Wihindeboope (Shoshoni Language Home Page): Created an maintained by the Shoshoni Language Project, this page provides access to a Shoshoni dictionary and learning guides.

Librarians

Reference Librarians for Other LanguagesBibliographer for Other Languages
Ruiling Guo
Health Sciences Librarian
(208) 282-3104
guoruil@isu.edu
Annie Smith
Electronic Resources Librarian
(208) 282-3100
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Sandra Shropshire
AUL Collections & Technical Services
(208) 282-2671
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Sandra Shropshire
AUL Collections & Technical Services
(208) 282-2671
shrosand@isu.edu

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