Tell us what you think of ELL

The library is evaluating the online version of the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (ELL) for purchase. Hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation, the ELL is the first encyclopedia to really exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics." The online edition offers:

• Ground-breaking and International in scope and approach
• Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing
• Include updates as subjects develop
• Supplementary audio, video and text files online
• List of languages of the world (including information on no. of speakers, language family, etc.)
• Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists
• Available online via ScienceDirect featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy.

Audience: students, researchers and professionals who are seeking an authoritative source of information about any particular aspect of linguistics or its applications.

The URL is: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/9780080448541

Let us know what you think about ELL! Send your comments to Peggy Cooper, or call her at 6-2311.