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Master: English as Second Language

Discovery search, books, eBooks, journal articles, databases, and streaming video.

eBook availability

ProQuest eBook Central Collection

About Chapter PDFs

Downloading chapter PDFs or page ranges of an ebook is the best way to optimize its use. By not checking out (downloading) the full ebook, you are allowing the ebook to continue to be available for everyone. 

Download instructions are available here:

EBSCO eBook Collection

About Chapter PDFs

Depending on publisher-specified limits, up to 100 pages of an EBSCO eBook can be printed, saved, or emailed as a PDF file (per user) from within the eBook viewer to be printed later.

Notes:

  • Some titles may not allow for printing due to individual publisher-specified limits.
  • The number of pages may vary depending on individual publisher-specified limits.
  • The option to print or save ebook pages will be temporarily unavailable if you have reached your printing limit.

Open the link below to learn how to save, print, or email EBSCO eBook Chapters.

To see how the download process works in the EBSCO eBook Collection, watch the video below. (4min. 42sec).

Books and eBooks can be located through Discovery Search

  • Over 90,000 print and 200,000 eBooks are part of the library collection
  • Discovery search allows you to filter search results by print or eBook collections
  • Discovery search results can be filtered to limit to Trevecca holdings or include other libraries
  • Filters are on the left side of the search results page, they are important tools
  • Print books are checked out for 28 days

Sample eBook titles in our collection include:

Looking for Journal Articles?
Waggoner Library has thousands of journals on all subjects, most are accessible through our databases, others we have in print, and a few are bound.
Typically when searching for journal information you would follow one of the paths below:
  • View the short tutorial below to understand journal searching in Discovery, just one way to find journal articles!

Finding Articles

Waggoner Library has thousands of journals on all subjects. Most are accessible through our databases, others we have in print, and a few are bound.
Typically when searching for journal information, you would follow one of the paths below:

Searching a TOPIC

  • Begin with the A-Z Databases Link
  • You can select a general database or peruse a list of subscriber databases and Internet sites by field of study.
  • A list of databases can be viewed by title or by subject area. 

Searching for JOURNAL TITLES by SUBJECT

  • Mouse over Find Information on the top menu bar on the library homepage
  • Click E-journals by subject and begin browsing

If you know the JOURNAL TITLE or the ARTICLE TITLE

  • Mouse over Find Information on the top menu bar on the library homepage
  • Click the link to E-Journals by Title
  • Click Search and then enter your journal-title into the search box
  • Choose the Journals tab to search by journal-title.
  • Choose the Article tab to search by article title
  • Complete the required information and search

What if an article does not have full text?

1. Click on the Find it! Link on the results list within the database.

  • Links to full text within another database if available.
  • If full text is not available, it provides easy access to requesting an article reprint through Interlibrary Loan

2. Use the A-Z Journal Title search

  • Identifies if the library has the journal and provides a database and link to access the full text.

3. Journal Article requests can be made through the Interlibrary Loan link on the library homepage

  • Use if you cannot find the full text from the library
  • Complete the form, and submit it. There is no cost for this service! 
  • The article reprint will come as a PDF by email within five working days.
WHAT ABOUT PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES?  WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO I FIND ONE? 
Follow these links to description and more information before you begin your search!
 
 
JOURNAL TITLE SEARCHING:
Sometimes you'll need to find the actual article from the bibliography, could be an article you need to read for class or perhaps you found it in a related book.  It's simple to pull up the actual article if you know the journal name but it's done differently than searching by subject.
  • Click the 'Advanced Search' link above the search box on the library homepage.
  • Type the name of the journal in the first search box. Change the tag to be 'Journal Source'
  • Type the article title in the second search box. Change the tag to be 'Title', click the search button
  • On the result list click the 'Access Online' button to see the full text

Databases useful for English Learners (ESL) 

 The databases listed below are specific to the topic of ESL or English Learners.

Films on Demand is a collection of streaming videos from several publishers, including Films for the Humanities, PBS, BBC, & other documentary producers.

Jump here to search Films on Demand.

How do you translate a full article from a database?

If your article is unable to be translated within a Library database, you may use Google Translate to translate your article. Three ways you can use Google Translate: 

  • Copy and paste the text (up to 5000 characters) into the box. Choose your language, then click to translate. Translated text can be copied into whatever file format you choose. 
  • Upload a .docx, .pdf, .pptx, or .xlsx. Choose the language to be translated into and click to translate. The translated file can be downloaded and saved. 
  • Enter a URL into the search box. Choose your language then click to translate. 

Note: Due to copyright, royalty, and licensing restrictions, certain publishers do not allow the translation of an article to another language.

Database
Languages Translated

Where is the link? 
Special notes

Gale or TEL databases

Such as Academic OneFIle, Diversity Studies, and Global Issues in Context.

Forty language options, including Urdu, Chinese, Arabic, Pashto, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

* Gale translates text AND provides a Listen option to hear in the language chosen.

1. Before searching, you can change the language. Change the Gale search interface language by hovering over "English" in the very top upper right menu bar.

2. Viewing the article record:

 Click the translate icon, , then choose the language, and the article will be translated.

EBSCO Databases

Such as Academic Search Ultimate, Teacher Reference Center, and ERIC. 

Translation tool options vary by database.

Between 28 - and 32 languages are available.

Look at the top right in the purple menu

for the term 'Languages' to display 

a drop-down list of languages available. 

  There is no translation option for PDF documents, but there is for HTML formatted text.  

ProQuest

Dissertations & Theses Global, and  

Historical Newspapers

Change the language of the interface with the translation tool. 

Translate either a document's abstract or its full text independently of one another.

Click on the head image found in the

top right of the green menu bar.

A list of languages will be

displayed for selection. 

The article must be in HTML to be translated, not as a PDF.

 

EBook Central

  Eleven languages can be applied to change the search interface here.  To set your preferred language for the patron interface, select from the top-right of the screen, then select "Language."  Click the radio button to select the desired language.  Then click "Save Changes."