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Useful Books

The Atlas of North American English by William Labov; Sharon Ash; Charles Boberg
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9783110206838
Publication Date: 2005-01-01

Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics (Brill)
Overview of the languages of China and important research in Chinese linguistics.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Bilingual dictionaries with native speaker pronunciations. Dictionaries include: French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, and English.
Access note: Limited to 6 simultaneous users.