LING/ANTH 432 & 532: Sociolinguistics I: Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a freely accessible search tool that indexes scholarly literature across disciplines, including journal articles, books, conference papers, theses, and more. While not a curated database like MLA International Bibliography or LLBA, Google Scholar offers a broader scope, making it especially helpful when other tools don’t yield enough results.

Google Scholar is useful for:

• Researching a linguist or sociolinguistics topic that may not be well represented in subject-specific databases.
• Exploring how a linguist’s work is being cited across interdisciplinary fields.
• Locating full citations when you only have a partial reference.
• Finding recent publications and preprints
• Discovering how a scholar’s work is being used and cited across fields

Track a Work's Influence with “Cited by”

The “Cited by” link under each result shows how many other works have cited it.

• Click the link to view citing works, helping you trace a conversation or theory’s impact.
• Great for identifying whether a particular publication is central or influential in the field.

Link to Full Text via UW Libraries

Configure Google Scholar to show UW Libraries full-text access:

• Go to Settings > Library Links
• Search for University of Washington Libraries
• Check the box to enable full-text access when available