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Good all around coverage of linguistics issues, including sociolinguistics, language change, language policy. Best starting point unless your subject is education; in which case, prefer ERIC.
This education research database is best suited for topics related to teaching/instruction, pedagogy, classroom strategies, currriculum. Also good for investigating characteristics of second language learners.