Reference Sources

• Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology: Humanity, Culture and Social Life Ref. GN 25 .C65 1994
• The Dictionary of Anthropology Ref. GN 307 .D485 1997
• Dictionary of Languages. Ref. P 29 .D35 1998.
  Short descriptions of more than 400 major languages.
• The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 10 volumes. 1994. Ref. P 29 .E48 1994.
  References to articles that relate specifically to linguistics from an anthropological view can be found in the index in volume 10 under "Anthropology and Language."
• An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages. Ref. P 29 .C68 1992.
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 4 volumes. Ref. P 29 .I58 1992.
• Ethnologue 12th ed. Ref. P371 .E83 and Ethnologue Index. 1992. Ref. P 371 .E832. Listing of all languages of the world. The basic volume is arranged by continent and then country. The index gives all identified variant names. Brief information on each language. Current edition on the Internet here.
• See also Reference Materials in Anthropology page

Books

For books at UMass, use the Library Catalog searches at http://umlibr.library.umass.edu/ . Best to be as specific as possible in your searching. Start with a subject search (use keyword if subject yields no results). You can use broad categories to browse for sub-topics or to later limit (by date, words in subject or words in title) for more focussed results.
Sample searches:

• Black English
• Deaf children -- Language
• English Language -- Political Aspects
• Language and Culture
  • Language and Culture -- Caribbean Area
  • Language and Culture -- Ireland
  • Language and Culture -- Japan
  • Language and Culture -- Puerto Rico
  • Language and Culture -- United States
• Language and Languages -- Political Aspects

When searching for information on a specific language, use a subject search with the name of the language, followed by the word language. For some languages, like Chinese, English and Spanish, there will be a large amount of information and subheadings will be essential. For other languages, the broad headings are fine, as the amount of information is not overwhelming. Examples:

• Chinese Language
  • Chinese Language Dialects
  • Chinese Language History
  • Chinese Language Reform
• English Language
  • English language -- Standardization
  • English Language -- United States -- Sex Differences
• Korean Language
• Spanish Language
• Urdu Language

If UMass doesn't have the book(s) you need, try the other Five Colleges, by clicking on the Search Four College link.

Use Net Library - for online books

Use WorldCat and Other Library Catalogs when UMass and Five College system are not sufficient.

Journals (For browsing hot topics. Each title is followed by its call number. Many, but not all, are available online.)

• American Anthropologist Per GN1.A5 and online [up to 1995]
• Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Most current issues are online only.
• Anthropological Linguistics Per P1.A6
• Anthropology and Education Quarterly Per LB45.A75 and online
• Discourse & Society Per P302.D5476 and online
• Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Per GN495.4.I34 and online
• International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Online only.
• Journal of Language, Identity and Education Online only.
• Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Per P35.J66
• Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Per P115.J68 and online
• Language & Communication Per P87.L36 and online
• Language in Society Per P41.L3 and online
• Linguistics and Education Per P40.8.L56 and online
• Research on Language and Social Interaction Per P25.P35 and online
• Transforming Anthropology Per GN1.T67

Databases (Journal indexing and online journals. Once you have a topic, this is where you search for articles on that topic.)

Featured Databases

• Academic Search Premier - A multidisciplinary database with many linguistics and anthropology journals. Citations can be saved to a folder and exported directly to RefWorks.
• Anthropological Index Online
• Anthropology Plus - Indexes articles, books, and more. If new to this database, see the Database Guide for info on getting started and search tips.
  • Hints:
    1. Use the Advanced Search option to combine terms, e.g. language and politics
    2. Use truncation to search variants of a word or idea, e.g. lingui? will search linguist and linguistic.
    3. Use the Previous Searches to combine ideas from different searches
• AnthroSource - The searchable full text of the 32 journals published by the American Anthropological Association, some dating back to the nineteenth century.
• ComAbstracts - Indexes and abstracts communications journals.
• Communication and Mass Media Complete - Abstracts and full text of articles from several hundred sources, including core journals in communication and many in language studies. Citations can be saved to a folder and exported directly to RefWorks.
• eHRAF Collection of Ethnography - full text collection and index to cross-cultural ethnographic research. Allows you to search by culture.
• Linguistics Abstracts Online - Abstracts of articles from around 300 major linguistics journals.
• MLA International Bibliography - Indexes many articles on language and linguistics (in addition to literature). Citations can be saved to a folder and exported directly to RefWorks.
• Oxford English Dictionary - word definitions, usage, and etymologies for English language.
• Web of Science - Allows multidisciplinary searches combining arts, humanities, social science and science. Good for seeing who cited whom. Good for academic book reviews.

Other Databases

• Ethnic NewsWatch - Full-text articles from the newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the United States. Most articles are in English, but many from Latino periodicals are in Spanish. Citations can be exported directly to RefWorks.
• Expanded Academic Index ASAP (includes full text)
• JSTOR (full text)
• Lexis-Nexis - News section contains hundreds of newspapers from all over the world. (Full text)
• PAIS International - Public affairs (some links to full text)
• Sociological Abstracts Citations and abstracts for articles from sociology and related (anthropology, education, medicine, social psychology) journals.Citations can be saved directly to RefWorks.

Internet Resources

• The Linguist List Over 2000 pages of resources and links, including resources on anthropological linguistics.
• Linguistic Anthropology Many linguistic anthropology listings. Categories include ancient languages, bilingual education, modern languages, organizations, publications, and research projects
  
• See also Anthropology Internet Links page.

Reserves

Click here for Reserve Books and Paper Copies of Articles and eReserve articles for Anthropology 105 (when available).

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Prepared for Anthropology 105 Language and Culture, Summer 2004. Instructor Carla Hammar
Library guide created by Isabel Espinal, Humanities & Anthropology Librarian
Last modified: 11/30/06