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Language and Literacy

This Web page gives recommendations of resources to use and the terms to search in them for topics related to language and literacy. Language Research Topics has links to pages with suggestions for other language topics.

Search SAGE using:

Language Arts
Literacy
Reading

Search Academic Search Premier using:

language and literacy
language arts
reading
literacy

Search Article First using:

language and literacy

Be certain to combine terms in the databases below to find more precisely what you need. Also, you don't want to be searching through large sets of search results. See Advanced Searching Tips for suggestions.

Search PsycINFO using:

Language arts education
Reading skills
Literacy
Writing skills

Reading education

Search Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts using:

Early Literacy
Literacy
Language acquisition
Reading Ability
Language learning

Search MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association) using:

development-of-language
literacy-development
language-
reading-
literacy-
relationship-to-literacy

Hyphens (-) in MLA Bibliography do make a difference to your search results.

Search Education Index (print) using:

English language teaching
reading-teaching
language arts
language arts - teaching

Search ERIC using:

Adult literacy
Family literacy
Literacy education
English instruction
Language arts
Parent influence
Emergent literacy
Literacy
Parent Role

Be sure to evaluate the sources you find. Use How to Evaluate Books and How to Evaluate Articles for suggestions of things to examine.

Note: CSU no longer subscribes to the indexes listed below, but the terms should work if your library has them:

Search ABI/Inform using:

literacy
language
communication

Search Periodical Abstracts using:

literacy
language
reading

Language Research Topics | How to do Research | English Language & Literature

Content: Naomi Lederer