BLLDB is the online version of the "Bibliography of Linguistic Literature - Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur" (BLL). It enables you to research conveniently within one of the major bibliographical sources of information for general as well as English, German and Romance linguistics. BLLDB especially addresses users
•who want to get a quick overview of publications on a specific linguistic subject,
•who work with bibliographical data, or
•who do research on literature.
The new BLLDB covers all steps necessary when searching for bibliographical data:
•Search quickly and conveniently with the Basic Search.
•Formulate complex queries by using the Advanced Search.
•Browse through your Search Results.
•View detailed information about each title and find out where a publication is available.
•Access all titles in BLLDB, ordered by linguistic domains and by levels of description, by means of the hierarchical Classification.
•Create and save personal lists of titles.
•Edit and export your personal lists for use outside BLLDB.
•Modify your queries in order to get more or different results.
English / German version of BLLDB
Depending on your location (German-speaking or non-German-speaking countries) BLLDB either starts with a German or English interface. Through the links English or Deutsch in the navigation bar you can change the interface language at any time.
Both versions access the same data base. They differ only in the language of the user interface and the subject headings of the Classification.
In some cases German keywords may appear in the English version of BLLDB, for example if no corresponding English term exists.
About this manual
This manual consists of two main chapters. The chapter How to use BLLDB explains how to use BLLDB most efficiently. The chapter Structure gives you detailed descriptions of the different functions of BLLDB.
For detailed reading a printable PDF version of this manual is also available.
In case you have any comment or suggestions on this manual or BLLDB, feel free to send an e-mail to blldb@semantics.de.