Ground Rules

HomeBank

Ground Rules

Researchers who use HomeBank data and programs are asked to abide by these rules specific to HomeBank:

To use the password protected portion of HomeBank, you must be a registered user and agree to these terms.
All articles using HomeBank corpora should cite the references for those corpora as listed in the documentation manuals. For example, papers making use of the MTLN corpus would include this citation: Canault, M., LeNormand, M.-T., Foudil, S., Loundon, N., & Thai-Van, H. (2015). Reliability of the Language ENvironment Analysis system (LENA) in European French. Behavior Research Methods. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0634-8. This is crucial!
In addition, articles using Homebank corpora should cite this reference, downloadable through its open-access DOI so we can track usage through Google Scholar: VanDam M, Warlaumont AS, Bergelson E, Cristia A, Soderstrom M, De Palma P., MacWhinney B. HomeBank (2016) An online repository of daylong child-centered audio recordings. Seminars in Speech and Language, 37, 128-141. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1580745 (open access)
Please read the relevant sections of the documentation manual for the data you use. These sections describe important aspects of the data that may impact on conclusions based on them.
If you find problematic personal information in any of the public HomeBank files or if you would like to notify us about anything else you find in any of the data, public or private, please email 4homebank@gmail.com.
If you collect new daylong corpora, please contribute them to HomeBank and urge your colleagues to contribute their corpora. This is key to the growth of the database.

In addition, all users of TalkBank data must read and follow these general Ground Rules for Principles of data-sharing. and Ethics for sensitive data, and you may be interested in understanding Talkbank policies for data preservation and data workflow.

The use of HomeBank data is governed by the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

LIMITS OF WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY, and CONDITIONS OF USAGE

The TalkBank Project, the compilers, programmers, publishers, distributors, and authors associated with the various TalkBank databases and programs have used their best efforts in preparing the programs, records, and accompanying documentation. These efforts include the development, research, and testing of the programs to determine their effectiveness. We make make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, with regard to the programs, records, and accompanying documentation and its fitness for any particular application. The TalkBank System, compilers, programmers, publishers, distributors, associated authors, and Carnegie Mellon University shall not be liable in any event for incidental or consequential damages in connection with, or arising out of, the furnishing, performance, or use of this database, its programs, or its accompanying documentation.