Languages and Cultures

-Chinese-English & English-Chinese
-French-English & English-French
-German-English & English-German
-Italian-English & English-Italian
-Russian-English & English-Russian
-Spanish-English & English-Spanish

Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
(ProQuest)

Find, read about, and research the world's 7,099 known living languages.
(SIL International)

Researching literature? This is the main database for literary analysis in many languages.
For more help, watch the library's MLA tutorials on: Author/work Searching Advanced Searches Using Limiters Getting Full Text. (EBSCOhost)

Poetry and fiction produced in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries, including rare and hard-to-find works written in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages.
(Alexander Street Press)

Searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America as well as essays by Latin American feminists and about the feminist movement.
(Alexander Street Press)

Poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States. The collection includes materials from the 19th century & the Chicano Renaissance to the present.
(Alexander Street Press)

Education Source contains the largest and most complete collection of full-text education journals providing scholarly research and information to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policy makers. It covers all levels of education — from early childhood to higher education — as well as all educational specialties.
(EBSCOhost)

Articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present.
History of the United States and Canada are covered in America: History and Life

For more help, watch the library's tutorials on using limiters
and using the advanced search with Boolean searching.
(EBSCOhost)

Another database that covers literature. This one has mostly non-scholarly sources, such as author biographies, short critical articles, and reviews.

Videos from BBC, PBS and other sources, documenting global history from earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.
(Alexander Street Press)

Comprehensive streaming video resource for the study of human culture, behavior and society around the world including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork. Browse by cultural group, geographic location, ethnographer, and subject.
(Alexander Street Press)

Streaming educational videos in a wide variety of subject areas.
Create a personal account to save to Playlists or Favorites. Help
(Films Media Group)

This is one of two services the WCU Libraries use to host foreign language films. All films here have been leased for specific classes.

This is the other of two services the WCU Libraries use to host foreign language films. All films here have been leased for specific classes.