Guides: Linguistics Research Guide: Encyclopedias & Reference

Encyclopedias and Reference Tools

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
An interdisciplinary encyclopedia covering historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
More than 4,000 articles and 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes. 2nd edition (2015).

SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable collection of more than 100 encyclopedias and handbooks from SAGE.
Extent: Multidisciplinary

Routledge Encyclopedia of Linguistics
An A-Z reference of people, places, themes, and terms important to linguistics.
Credo Reference: Language
An online, cross-searchable collection containing dictionaries covering sociolinguistics, phonetics, slang, idioms, and word histories.