Offensive Language and Free Speech
(Political Correctness)
This Web page gives recommendations of resources to use and the terms to search in them for topics related to offensive language, free speech, and political correctness. Language Research Topics has links to pages with suggestions for other language topics.
Search the online catalog SAGE using:
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Search Academic Search Premier using:
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Search Communication & Mass Media Complete using:
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Search Article First using:
- free speech
- freedom of speech
- hate speech
Be certain to combine terms in the databases below to find more precisely what you need. Also, you don't want to be searching through large sets of search results. See Advanced Searching Tips for suggestions.
Search Ethnic Newswatch, using:
- censorship
- freedom of speech
- hate speech
- political correctness
Search Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts using:
- free speech
- freedom of speech
- language usage
- obscenities
Search ERIC using:
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Search MLA Bibliography using:
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-->Be sure to evaluate the sources you find. Use How to Evaluate Books and How to Evaluate Articles for suggestions of things to examine.
Note: CSU no longer subscribes to the indexes listed below, but the term should work if your library has them:
Search ABI/Inform using:
- freedom of speech
Search Electric Library using:
- academic freedom
- censorship and language
- free speech
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- hate speech
- political correctness