Research Guides: Linguistics: Databases

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Linguistics Collection (ProQuest)
Combines Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts with full-text coverage of titles relating to all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Includes the following collections: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Linguistics Database
Loeb Classical Library
Contains every volume of the Loeb Classical Library series in an electronic format.
Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Oxford Research Encyclopedias offer peer-reviewed research across a range of subjects and disciplines.
Access note: Limited to 3 simultaneous users.
Ethnologue
Ethnologue has statistics, maps and background information on more than 7,000 world languages.
Access note: PDF country reports and high resolution language maps are not included in the subscription.

AnthroSource
Contains articles from American Anthropological Association (AAA) publications including journals, newsletters and bulletins. It has the current issues for many of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, and a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003.
eHRAF World Cultures
In-depth information organized by cultures. Focuses mainly on pre-industrial cultures from around the world and on North American immigrant groups.
Abstracts in Anthropology
Coverage from 2001 to the present. Earlier volumes are available in print
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (EBSCO)
Index of works about American Indians from 1500 to the present.

ComAbstracts
Index of the primary professional literature of the communications field with links to full text.
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Comprehensive research resource for communication and related disciplines.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (ProQuest)
Includes descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical, and geographical linguistics.
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Provides access to journals covering the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

Association for Computational Linguistics - Anthology
This site is a clearinghouse for the major journals, conferences, and meetings related to computational linguistics.
Computation and Language Repository
Recent papers on Computation and Language submitted to arXiv.org.
Virtual Language Observatory
Search and browse search linguistic resources, datasets, services and tools available within CLARIN and related communities.
Linguistics Data Consortium
Browse datasets, tools, and papers related to language research.

Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
Collection containing articles covering special education, educational tests, adult education, multicultural education, teaching methods, and more.
ERIC (Proquest)
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors this comprehensive database of education literature.
Chicano Database (EBSCO)
Covers Latinx in the U.S., including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central Americans.
Juan Comas Digital Library
Open Access collection of eBooks published across a range of humanities disciplines. In Spanish and English.

Humanities Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
Full-text articles and indexing of academic journals covering a broad range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Includes the following collections.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Citation information for scholarly journals.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Essential international index to works about language and literature, produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Includes the following collection: MLA Directory of Periodicals.
Linguistics Database (ProQuest)
This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary index to thousands of peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Also includes video content from the Associated Press.
Google Scholar
Tool to search for scholarly documents across the web, with an added feature of CU Full Text links.
JSTOR
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Akademiai Kiado
Articles from peer-reviewed international journals, particularly strong in economics, sociology, linguistics, biology, ecology, mathematics, physics, Asian studies, and veterinary science.
Web of Science, Web of Science database
Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching. Includes some indexing and full-text linking for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Access note: To access the API, set up your account and select "Web of Science API Lite" at Step 3 “Subscribe to an API.” For research support using the API, please contact the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.

Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)
Scholarly articles in the fields of addition studies, anthropology, criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, social work, and urban studies. Includes the following collections: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Abstracts and citations to international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Useful for human computer interaction. Covers psychology and psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, anthropology, business, law, and similar disciplines.
IBSS International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest)
References and abstracts for social science research.