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Information resources for computational linguistics at the University of Washington
Information Resources for CL
Literature in computational linguistics is heavily based on conference papers, with the open repository ACL Anthology being a standard resource in this discipline. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) is a database of scholarly literature, including journals and books in linguistics and related disciplines, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global includes theses and dissertations in all disciplines. Google Scholar is not a repository or a database, but a search engine best used for casting a wide net, but lacking the advanced search options of other tools. For best results, use a mix of these resources. See the other pages of this guide for more.
CL Books and Overviews
Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Speech Recognition (3rd ed. DRAFT) by Call Number: WEBSITEPublication Date: 2023The as-yet-unpublished 3rd draft of the most comprehensive CL textbook adds new content for an up-to-date view of the field.
Linguistic Fundamentals for Natural Language Processing: 100 Essentials from Morphology and Syntax by 
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Call Number: EBOOKPublication Date: 2013
- Computational Linguistics (Oxford Bibliographies)
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Annotated bibliography from Oxford University Press introducing key resources, events, and papers in CL
CL Conferences
- ACL AnthologyOpen digital repository of research papers in computational linguistics from the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). Provides free access to over 88,000 conference and workshop papers on computational linguistics and natural language processing.
CL Scholarly Articles
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Scholarly literature in linguistics and CL, including journal articles, dissertation abstracts, and book reviews - ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and conference publications in computer science from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
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CL Language Resources and Data
- CompLing Database (UW Linguistics ONLY)UW LINGUISTICS LOGIN REQUIRED Access to corpora and other data resources licensed for use by the UW Department of Linguistics and its affiliates.
Linguistics Librarian
Library Services for Graduate Research
- Interlibrary Loan & Scanning ServicesRequest books and articles not held by UW Libraries with an ILL account
- Library Links (Google Scholar)Access full text directly from Google Scholar by adding UW to your Library Links
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