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This resource is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words—past and present—from across the English-speaking world, tracing how they have changed over time. (picture)
 * Oxford English Dictionary (OED) **


 * Scholarly Journal Articles (databases) **
 * **MLA International Bibliography**: Index to books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. For best results, limit results to English language and journal articles (publication type).
 * ** Religion & Philosophy Collection **: Index and abstracts covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philsophy and the history of philosophy.
 * **Academic Search Complete** - Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.


 * Find books, ebooks, and evideos in our library's collection by searching the Library Catalog **
 * keep searches simple - one or two keywords or a short phrase
 * browse by **subject heading** to find additional sources
 * click the OhioLINK button for more sources (request usually filled in 2-3 business days)

** Selected resources by topic: **
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** William Caxton and the printing press **

 * ebook: **English: One tongue, many voices** by Jan Svartvik, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 - see chapter on "Electronic English"
 * print books at Ursuline:
 * A history of the English language, edited by Richard Hogg & David Denison, Cambridge, 2006
 * The history of English: An introduction, by Stephan Gramley, Routledge, 2012
 * The Oxford history of English, edited by Lynda Mugglestone, Oxford, 2006
 * The book: The story of printing and bookmaking, by Douglas McMurtrie, Oxford, 1943

** The language of the King James Bible **

 * evideo: **The battle for the language of the Bible**, Films Media Group, [2006], 2003
 * evideo: **History of the English language**, Films Media Group, [2008], 1990
 * ebook: ** In the beginning was the word: The Bible in American public life 1492-1783**, by Mark Noll, Oxford, 2016
 * print book at Ursuline: God's secretaries: The making of the King James Bible, by Adam Nicholson, HarperCollins, 2003

** Animal communication **

 * ebook: **Animal communication and noise**, edited by Henrik Brumm, Springer, [2013]
 * ebook: **Design of animal communication**, edited by Marc Hauser and Mark Konishi, MIT, 1999
 * evideo: **60 Minutes: The smartest dog in the world**, CBS, 2014
 * print books at Ursuline:
 * Beyond words: What animals think and feel, by Carl Safina, Henry Holt & Co., 2015
 * Wolves: Behavior, ecology, and conservation, edited by David Mech and Luigi Boitani, University of Chicago, 2003

** Texting and students' writing skills **

 * ebook: **English: One tongue, many voices**, by Jan Svartvik, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 - see chapter on "Electronic English"
 * print books at Ursuline:
 * txtng: the gr8 db8, by David Crystal, Oxford, 2008
 * The digital divide: Arguements for and against Facebook, Google, texting, and the age of social networking, edited by Mark Bauerlein, Penguin, 2011

** Sexist language & gender bias in the use of language **

 * ebook: **The handbook of language, gender, and sexuality**, edited by Susan Erlich, Miriam Meyerhoff, and Janet Holmes, Wiley Blackwell, 2014
 * ebook: **Language and the sexes**, by Francine Frank and Frank Anshen, State University of New York, 1983
 * evideo: **Sexism in language: Thief of honor, shaper of lies**, by Lynn T. Lovdal, Berkeley Media, 1995
 * print books at Ursuline:
 * Language and gender, by Mary Talbot, Polity, 2010
 * Language and sexism, by Sara Mills, Cambridge University, 2008
 * in Reference: The dictionary of bias-free usage: A guide to nondiscriminatory language, by Rosalie Maggio, Oryx, 1991

=** Finding images **=
 * **Artstor** - A digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. Create an account to download and save high-quality digital image files.
 * **Flickr** - search by keyword, then use drop-down menu (top left side) to change "any license" to "all creative commons" (what is Creative Commons?)
 * **Pixabay** - free online image database; create an account to download and save image files

=MLA Style & Citation=
 * ** OWL at Purdue: MLA Formatting & Style Guide **
 * ** MLA sample paper **
 * **Noodle Tools** - select MLA to generate individual citations
 * MLA Handbook - the official //MLA handbook// in print (not available as an ebook)

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