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.

Endnote and Refworks are the two citation managers we provide at UGA. They can be used to input citations into your Word documents and also to format your works cited page for your research papers all at the same time. The best part is they do this automatically for almost any citation style you could need!

Endnote is installed on one computer, and is downloaded directly to your computer.  All of your research citations and affiliated filmes would be saved to that computer.  If you like to keep all your research (including all pdfs, slideshows, etc) in one place (a laptop for example), then Endnote would be a good option.  Because it is a downloaded software, however, it does have a steeper learning curve for first time users.

RefWorks is a web-based service which allows you to access all of your research from any device with access to the internet (mobile devices, computers, etc.).  If you like the flexibility of the cloud and the ability to share your research with anyone, then RefWorks would be a good option.  As it is a cloud based solution, RefWorks is slightly easier to learn.  If you feel Endnote is too complex for you, RefWorks might be a better option.

• Create Endnote Account
• Create Refworks Account

If you want to learn more about either CMS, please take a look at our Citation Management Guide!

I am available to train you in either, so feel free to email or call me to set up a training session.  Both softwares are incredibly powerful, and are indispensible research tools.  I highly recommend integrating a citation management software into your research process.