SPAN 6350: Introducción a la lingüística hispánica (Gupton): Overview

This guide is designed to help you identify key databases for research about linguistics, and the Spanish language in particular.

At the end of the library session, students will be able to:

• Identify appropriate databases and other sources of reliable information to complete course assignments and conduct independent research.

There are various styles for creating bibliographies and citing authors in your research papers. Basic information about some of the more popular styles can be seen from the Libraries' homepage.

Scroll down to the Tools and Resources section. Then click on Cite your Sources, for access to both quick style sheets, and citation management (EndNote, RefWorks) intormation.

There is no published guide for the preferred style of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), but there is an "LSA style" that was approved in 2007. Many journals and book publishers in linguistics use APA, Chicago, or their own unique hybrid style sheet. Although MLA is rarely used in linguistics, Hispania, the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), is a notable exception.

Finally, the linguistics examples you include in your papers should conform to the Leipzig Glossing Rules.

If you're using the Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date) or Footnotes, you can access the entire manual online through GALILEO:  http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=mlal-uga1&inst=uga1

If you want a brief overview of Chicago, we have citation style pages which the Libraries' have made for quick questions about a style:

http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicagostyle.pdf

If you just want information on how a certain style is organized, the UGA Libraries keep Citation Style Guide web pages with examples of how to cite the most common types of resources using the most common styles (APA, Chicago, MLA, and more!)

The APA Style Blog is an amazing resource for students using APA

The MLA Style Center is available for examples of how to cite in MLA

If you are using Turabian (which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style), here is a quick guide.