Purchase MICASE Transcripts
Order a copy of all the MICASE texts in XML format
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER MICASE TRANSCRIPTS OR SOUND FILES, PLEASE EMAIL micaseorders@umich.edu.
To obtain a local copy of MICASE texts (in XML format) for your use, you may order a copy from us. The nominal charge for this depends on whether you choose the individual/personal or institutional/group licence, and whether you choose the downloadable version (recommended) or the CD-ROM version (extra shipping and handling charge). Please contact micaseorders@umich.edu and we will send you an order form which you can then either fax to us or send by ordinary mail (details are on the order form). We do not recommend sending your credit card details by e-mail.
We strongly encourage people to order the “downloadable version” instead of the CD-ROM version of the corpus.
On the order form, there is also a Feedback section where you can tell us what you intend to use MICASE for. We would appreciate hearing about your research or how you are using our corpus.
In ordering the corpus, you are agreeing to the licensing and copyright terms included on the order form and below.
The MICASE project is owned by the Regents of the University of Michigan, who hold the copyright. The database has been developed by the English Language Institute, and the web interface by Digital Library Production Services. The original DAT audiotapes are held in the English Language Institute and may be consulted by bona fide researchers under special arrangements. The database is freely available at the MICASE website for study, teaching and research purposes, and copies of the transcripts may be distributed, as long as either this statement of availability or the citation given below appears in the text. However, if any portion of this material is to be used for commercial purposes, such as for textbooks or tests, permission must be obtained in advance and a license fee may be required. Furthermore, some restrictions apply on the citation of specific portions of some of the transcripts in educational presentations and publications; all such restrictions are noted in the headers of individual files of the corpus. For further information about copyright permissions, please contact us at corpus-permissions@umich.edu. The recommended citation for MICASE is: R. C. Simpson, S. L. Briggs, J. Ovens, and J. M. Swales. (2002) The Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English. Ann Arbor, MI: The Regents of the University of Michigan.
The Individual License grants one named person permission to use the MICASE corpus for non-commercial purposes. The corpus may not be redistributed to non-licensed users and may not be used in commercial applications, materials or publications, as stated in the MICASE copyright statement, without the express permission of the copyright holder.
The Site License grants up to 25 users at the licensed institution permission to use the MICASE corpus for non-commercial purposes. The corpus may not be redistributed to non-licensed users and may not be used in commercial applications, materials or publications, as stated in the MICASE copyright statement, without the express permission of the copyright holder. All users of the corpus at the licensed institution must be notified of the terms of this license.
Order a copy of all the MICASE texts in XML format
The sound files in this corpus are available for purchase in two different formats: arranged by speech event type or academic division
The handbook is especially helpful for corpus linguists and discourse analysts who use the data in their in research.