I. Resources available from UNC Libraries

• UNC library web page: "E-research tools" -- Article databases linked from this page will help you find journal articles and book chapters, both electronic and paper
  
  Some databases to try (go there through the link given above if the following direct links don't work):
  • Linguistics Abstracts Online
  • Linguistic Bibliography Online
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • PsycInfo (abstracts only; large number of entries)
  • PsycARTICLES (full text of post-1980s articles from certain publishers)

• UNC library web page: "Linguistics Collections"
  An overview of the kinds of linguistics resources available from the UNC Libraries, with links

• UNC Library catalog
  Search the catalog for books or journals (try a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search)

• When you're in the stacks, don't forget to look on the shelves for other relevant books near the ones you've found by searching the catalog

II. Internet resources

• Resources from the LINGUIST List
  • Publications information -- access and search LINGUIST's information about books, journals, and articles
  • Search the whole LINGUIST site, including the archive of mailing-list messages and discussions from 1990

• Linguistics resources from Ethnologue, at SIL International
  • Language information database
  • Bibliography of academic publications by SIL members and publishers

• Scirus, a science-oriented search engine (from Elsevier)

• Google or other general-purpose search engines
  Some things to look for:
  • Syllabi or web sites from courses on your topic of interest at other universities
  • Web sites of linguists who work on your topic

• Amazon.com
  • Full publication information about books
  • Their website is full-text searchable

III. Offline resources

• Look through the bibliographies of linguistics textbooks, or relevant books/articles you've already found

• Ask someone you know who has done research in your area for suggestions about authors, journals, or books to search for