Language Databases

Major Databases
Access World News [formerly Newsbank]
Search current and archived news articles, newswires, video news, TV news transcripts and journals on issues, events, business, government, more. Includes The Commercial Appeal.
Clase and Periódica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities (no fulltext)
Credo Reference - Language
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Discovery Education
Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more
Ebsco eBook Collection [Formerly NetLibrary]
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
ESL Courses From Gorlet
Courses for improving English skills (English as a Second Language)
Films on Demand
Our premium academic video database!
Informe (Revistas en Espanol)
Current articles and information in Spanish
JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
Linkword Language Courses
Grammar and vocabulary courses for 28 languages
netLibrary [MOVED]
Now named Ebsco eBook Collection
Newsbank [MOVED]
Now listed under Access World News
Open Access Journals Database
A database of 400+ scholarly online journals maintained by Lund University Libraries
Oxford Reference Online - Bilingual Dictionaries
Nine fulltext language dictionaries - 2 Spanish, 2 French, Irish, Welsh, German, Italian, Latin
Oxford Reference Online - Dictionaries & Thesauruses
Six fulltext dictinaries & thesauruses
Oxford Reference Online - English Language
Eleven fulltext reference books in language, grammar and linguistics
PowerSearch
Search 25 scholarly databases at once! see more...
Research Channel Videos
Over 3,500 streaming videos on a wide variety of subjects
Rosetta Stone Language System
Learn Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, English and Spanish. Contact the library set up your account.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
A digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
Additional Databases
ArticleFirst
Large index of articles from OCLC (no fulltext)
Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Ebrary eBook Collection
Enormous collection of eBooks. Print whole chapters at a time.
Electronic Collections Online
Large index of articles from scholarly journals (no fulltext)
Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
Critical survey of figures, schools and movements in literary theory
Literature Resource Center
Fulltext access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses
OCLC eBooks
eBooks available through libraries worldwide
PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide (no fulltext)
Proceedings Database
Index of worldwide conference proceedings (no fulltext)
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (no fulltext)
WorldCat Dissertations
Index of dissertations and theses available in WorldCat (no fulltext)
E-Journals
Voices From The Middle
Archives available from 1995-present
Web Resources
Foreign Language News and Newspapers
Newspapers available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
Foreign Language News and Newspapers - French
Includes links to Le Figaro and Le Monde.
Foreign Language News and Newspapers - Spanish
 
Livemocha
Free online language courses in 35 languages
Opinion Pages
Search for editorials, columns, commentaries from international newpapers
Recorded Sound Reference Center
Archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress: motion pictures, broadcasting, records, etc
Toastmasters International
Valuable resource for public speakers of all types
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Multilingual, open content encyclopedia on the Internet