Language Studies at TU Dublin offer modules in Chinese, English for International Students and English Literature & Criticism, French, German, Irish, Italian, Korean and Spanish.
Use the tabs on this Guide to go directly to resources and support for your chosen language.
The Language Studies lecturers at TU Dublin are involved in research and applied practice across a broad range of specialist areas - which are highlighted on the Staff Publications tab.
Here you will find a diverse selection of scholarly work from Language Studies lecturers doing active research within the areas of Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, Curriculum Development, Linguistics, Translation, Literary Studies, Film Studies, and English for Academic Purposes.
On each language page you will find:
Language Studies resources are held in all five TU Dublin Library locations. Remember, with your TU Dublin student card you are entitled to use and borrow from any of our libraries, not only your home library!
The Online Library is available 24/7 with your University email login details, where you can search and access resources from over 20,000 academic and industry journals and hundreds of eBooks over our 100+ subscription databases.
Library staff are here to support your learning at TU Dublin - reach out for all assistance with finding resources and information for your language learning, research or teaching activities. Among other things, Librarians are available to help with:
Students and staff please contact your home library at any time to get in touch with the Library Teaching & Learning team and arrange a one-to-one or group session to support your particular teaching or learning activities.
Search Catalogue will help you find material that is on the library's shelves such as print books and print journals. It will also show online journals and eBooks (look for this symbol 
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This is where you have access to your library account to place books on hold and renew books on loan.
Check out the Library Essentials Guide on how to search for a book or eBook
Search All allows you to find online journal articles. Remember to click the box for 'Full Text Online' under 'Refine your Search' to only see content which the library has full access to.
Watch this video tutorial on how to search for a specific journal article.
Watch this video tutorial on how to find journal articles on a particular topic.
You can Search Databases to see a list of all the databases the library subscribes to.
Use the tabs on this Guide to see relevant databases for your language area.
Language Studies at TU Dublin is part of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. This Faculty uses primarily the Harvard or Chicago referencing styles.
However remember that in your others modules you may be required to use different referencing styles (eg. APA style for modules within the School of Business, OSCOLA for the School of Law)
Please consult the Library's video guide on avoiding Plagiarism and introduction to referencing.
Specific referencing styles Guides:
Harvard Referencing ; Video guide Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
If you need any help with referencing and citation related issues, please contact your Library.
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