Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Most of the Library's print books on English Language and Linguistics can be found at the following locations ("Shelfmarks"):
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Applied psychology |
158 |
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Education research & related topics |
407 |
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Linguistics |
410 |
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Etymology |
412 |
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Dictionaries |
413 |
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Phonology & phonetics |
414 |
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Grammar |
415 |
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Dialectology & historical linguistics |
417 |
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Standard usage & applied linguistics (incl. Translating and Interpreting) |
418 |
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English Language |
420-429 |
Most essential texts and many more are available as eBooks and can be found via UR Library Search. The following eBooks and collections are especially useful for Linguistics:
- Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
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Ebooks and journals in a range of disciplines including science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, economics, history, law, politics and international relations.
- Oxford English Dictionary Online This link opens in a new window
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A fully searchable online version of the Second print edition of the OED.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford Handbooks series brings together the world’s leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
- Project Gutenberg (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 60,000 free eBooks; also discoverable through UR Library Search.
Library subscriptions: free with your Roehampton login.
Search these specialist databases to find journal articles, book chapters and other academic research papers in your subject.
Research databases:
Most provide the full text, but sometimes just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click on Search for Full Text@ Roehampton to see if you can access the article via our subscriptions; if not, you can (usually) order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
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Historical printed works that can be searched and analysed, with handy tools such as Term Frequency graphs. - Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
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Index of journal articles on theoretical and applied linguistics; coverage starts from 1973.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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Index of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
Historical material
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
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Digital facsimile images of virtually every work printed in English from 1473-1700, searchable by keyword.
- Early European Books This link opens in a new window
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Facsimile images of books printed in Europe before 1701, searchable by keyword.
Current Newspapers and Magazines
As well as the current content below, you can also access the past archives of several titles - find them via our A-Z Database list.
- Nexis UK This link opens in a new window
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Worldwide news and business database. This content is unavailable in UR Library Search and can only be found here on the Nexis platform.
- PressReader This link opens in a new window
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Access thousands of current, international newspapers and magazines. You can also download the PressReader App. Note: To log in, click sign in at the top of the screen, select Library or Group, then find University of Roehampton and Sign In via Open Athens. Spotlight on PressReader blog post.
We also have digital archives of several newspapers; see our A-Z Database list for details.
University subscriptions: free with your Roehampton login.
- BFI Player for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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The British Film Institute's curated streaming service for higher education, with a focus on British and European independent films. Note: after logging in with your Roehampton email address, you need to create a personal user account for access. You may watch content on personal devices or in class, but BFI Player is not licenced for public screenings.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
- ROB (Roehampton Online Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
Open Access: Free to all on the Web
Films: See the Film subject guide for a list of good sources of free online films.
Free to all on the web - but checked for academic integrity, so you can trust the content.
See also the A-Z Database List.
- Alpha DictionarySearch hundreds of dictionaries simultaneously.
- British Library SoundsAccess thousands of the British Library's global recordings, including music, drama and literature, oral history, languages and dialects, wildlife, and birdsong.
- Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies (JCADS)An open access journal from Cardiff University.
- The Language ArchiveArchival resources from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
- Language Science PressPeer-reviewed, open access books in Linguistics.
- Lexicon Valley podcastEntertaining podcasts on sociolinguistics, hosted by leading linguist John McWhorter.
- Linguistic Linked Open DataOpen access data for linguistics and natural language processing.
- MEITS: Multilingualism - Empowering Individuals, Transforming SocietiesAn interdisciplinary research project funded under the AHRC Open World Research Initiative.
- Surrey Morphology GroupFreely accessible typological databases and digital language resources from the University of Surrey.