English Language

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Reading Lists

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Key Starters for Essays, Projects and Dissertations

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Dictionaries

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Freely available, high quality dictionaries in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with translations into other languages also provided. Audio files give the pronunciation for every word listed.

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A good site for helping with your reading and writing

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The most trusted source about words in English, containing definitions, plus very detailed word histories.

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Access a range of English and multilingual dictionaries, including synonyms, abbreviations and acronyms

 

Finding Articles

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Newspapers and Magazines

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Training Videos, Films and TV

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Other Recommended Sources

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Referencing

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Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

phone (023) 9284 3243

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

phone (023) 9284 3234