Linguistics

Welcome to the Linguistics Research Guide!

This guide will introduce you to resources available through the UMass Amherst Libraries and beyond. Whether you're just starting your research and looking for background information, diving into articles or corpora, or creating a bibliography, the library is here to help.

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Search to find (e)books, articles, films, and more. It contains most but not all of the resources available to you through the UMass Amherst Libraries and the other Five College libraries.
Free to use for anyone to find records. Some results, and detailed information such as PDFs and full text links, are available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Linguistics Databases
View and access library databases specific to linguistics. The full Database A-Z list contains many more.

Get Help

For immediate help Monday - Friday 9-5pm (Spring 2024) you can contact a librarian via chat or text at (413) 650-6269.

You can also submit a question and will typically receive a reply in less than 24 hours during weekdays.

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