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Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The definitive record of the English language.

Online Etymology Dictionary
This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An easy-to-use database providing dictionary and encyclopedia entries on subjects in all academic disciplines; a scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. Provides access to over 1,000 reference books.

The Allusionist
A podcast about language with Helen Zaltzman
The History of English Podcast
Covers the long history of the English language and the people who speak it.
Words for Granted
A podcast about how words change over time!

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Access to streaming films and documentaries across a wide range of disciplines and subject areas.

ESL & Languages Videos
Kanopy collection of videos and documentaries on the English language

Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Selected full text for regional, national (U.S.) and international newspapers; full text television & radio news transcripts.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of major national newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and NY Times, and many others.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic (Now called Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new window
Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal (including cases and legislation), medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.