The database assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. It also allows researchers to perform comprehensive reviews with content dating back as far as 1973. Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) includes a specialized linguistics thesaurus that facilitates precision searching for accurate, focused results.
One of Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)'s greatest assets is its broad geographic scope. It includes titles from over 100 countries. Only 21% of the titles currently being indexed are published in North America. The majority, 56%, come from Western Europe, with 10% coming from Eastern Europe, 6% coming from Asia, the Middle East and Africa, 6% from South America and Latin America, and 1% from Australia and New Zealand.
