Purpose: To support the work of students in the modern languages taught at Mount Allison (French, German, Spanish and Japanese), English Literature and Linguistics. General English and French dictionaries, grammars and style guides are also used by all students. More specialized dictionaries are especially useful for studies in English, French, German, and Spanish Literature, and Linguistics.
Existing Collection Strength:
PB - Modern Languages (General) & Celtic Languages:
Basic (1)
PC - Romance Languages: Selective (3)
PD - Germanic Languages: Basic (1)
PE - English Language: Selective (3)
PF - West Germanic Languages: Selective (3)
PG - Slavic, Baltic, Albanian Languages and Literatures:
Representative (2)
PH - Finno-Urgic, Basque Languages and Literatures: Basic (1)
PJ - Oriental Languages and Literatures (General) & Semitic
Languages: Basic (1)
PK- Indo-Iranian Languages and Literatures: Basic (1)
PL - Languages and Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania:
Basic (1)
PM - Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages: Basic (1)
Current Collecting Intensity: As above.
Geographic Focus: Worldwide, with the focus on Europe and the Americas.
Chronological Focus: All periods. Emphasis is on recent publications.
Languages Collected: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish. A basic dictionary is also collected for most common languages that use the roman alphabet.
Formats Collected: Mostly print. The Internet also has resources relevant for language studies. Selected web sites and online dictionaries are available through the Subject Guides for French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Linguistics and under Reference and Quick Facts.
Access to Journal Articles: For language study the major index available in the library is the MLA Bibliography. ProQuest, Science Direct, and Project Muse provide indexing and full-text access to several language study and linguistics journals not available in print.
Date: May 2001, Revised May 2003.
Selector Responsible: Anita Cannon