Research Guides: Linguistics Resources: Books & Media

Linguistics Videos

AVON: Academic Video Onlin
Over 70,000 streamed documentaries and feature films.
Kanopy
Over 30,000 streamed feature films and documentaries. If the film you want to watch is not available, hit 'request access'.
Docuseek
Smaller collection of streamed documentaries and independent films.
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From Bullfrog, Face to Face, Fanlight, Icarus and other distributors.
Askwith Media Library
Askwith has over 47,000 DVDs and Blu-rays to borrow, both documentaries and feature films. Find them in the library catalog or stop in and request a title.
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Located on the second floor of Shapiro Library

Borrowing and Access During COVID
How to borrow print books while the library is closed and how to access books electronically through Hathi Trust
Borrowing and Circulation
Information about borrowing privileges, placing holds, loan periods, fines, etc.
Document Delivery (Interlibrary Loan)
Is the book you need not at the U-M Library? Request a copy through our document delivery services.

Library Catalog Search
This U-M Library's catalog. Search the catalog for books, journals, videos and everything else owned or licensed by the library.
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Use Library Catalog Search to find books, book series, journal holdings, films, audio recordings, maps, microfilm sets and archival materials in the University Library.
World Cat
Over 62 million records describing books, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, musical scores, archival materials, maps, electronic resources, and much more, in over 400 languages. Access limited to authorized UM users.
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Shows what materials are held by over 57,000 libraries worldwide (including most libraries in North America, and the national libraries of Australia and many Western European countries). Incorporates all records from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Union Catalog (RLIN).

HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Massive digital library bringing together materials digitized by Google, the Internet Archive and libraries at 90 partner institutions. HathiTrust is open to all for searching and reading books. Only those from member institutions can download books, where available. Includes searchable access to over 11 million volumes, including over 5 million books and about 300,000 serial titles, with full text access to about 35% of these materials (about 4 million volumes).

Did you know the University Library has thousands of e-books? This is a complete guide to e-books and audio-books at U-M

CogNet This link opens in a new window
A searchable collection of e-books, journals, reference works, and conference materials on the cognitive sciences. Materials are from the MIT Press and other organizations.
Full access restricted to UM community. Some portions available free: http://cognet.mit.edu/

OverDrive
Platform for e-books and audio books. Primarily popular literature, but also includes some course texts, literature and non-fiction
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Requires personal registration. Can be used in smart phones and tablets with the free Libby app.