Welcome to the Library Guide for International, Ethnic, and Area Studies!
Welcome to the guide for Modern Languages and Area Studies!
This Guide contains resources that include many languages, countries, and/or cultures. There are also separate Guides for specific languages and areas listed on the left. This guide is a collaborative work-in-progress, developed with the suggestions and feedback from students and faculty in the Modern Languages, English Language Institute, Office of International Students & Scholars, and related Area Studies.
Feel free to contact me by email or by telephone if you have a question about library services or you need some help finding resources. I am also available by appointment to assist students and faculty with research related to Modern Languages and Area Studies.
Faculty are welcome to contact me to schedule research workshops for classes or to suggest items for purchase.
Karen Liston
Liaison for Near Eastern, Asian, German & Slavic Studies,
English Language Learning, and Interlibrary Loan
AQ8554@wayne.edu
(313) 577-5596 Fax: (313) 577-3436
134 Purdy-Kresge Library
5265 Cass Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
New Resources
- Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching, Purdy-Kresge P 53.285 .L35 2007Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics Series, Palgrave-MacMillan
- Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Languages, Purdy-Kresge P 53.285 .P37 2001Also available electronically - see WSU Catalog
- New Technologies and Language Learning: Cases in the Less Commonly Taught LanguagesPublished by University of Hawai'i at Manoa
- Comparing Cities: the Middle East and South Asia; Edited by Kamran Asdar Ali and Martina Rieker
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Papers presented at the Workshop: Comparing Urban Landscapes, held at Lahore in April 2004. Request through MeL.
Liaison Librarian
(313) 577-5596
You can make an appointment (above), or when I'm available, you can drop in on my Zoom Meeting Room by pasting this URL into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3135775596 If I'm available, I'll admit you within a few minutes. Try it out - I'd love to see you!
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Reference Desks
Undergraduate (UGL): 313-577-8852
Purdy/Kresge: 313-577-6423
Arthur Neef Law: 313-577-6180
Shiffman Medical: 313-577-1094
Other Relevant Guides
The Guides below have information related to specific Languages and Area Studies.
- Near Eastern StudiesIncludes Arabic, Hebrew, Islam, Jewish Studies, etc.
- Asian StudiesIncludes Chinese and Japanese
- German StudiesIncludes Yiddish
- Slavic StudiesIncludes Armenian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian
Departmental Information
- Gen Ed Courses in CMLLCMany courses in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures fulfill the University's General Education Requirements!