Libraries home page unlv Contact Us site map Your Account catalog hours

LIBRARIES HOME


SERVICES FOR
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
Faculty & Instructors
Distance Education
Persons w/ Disabilities
Off-Campus Access

About the Libraries
Library Employment
Services and Policies
Collections
Help and Instruction
Ask a Librarian
im icons

Selcted Print Resources on Anthropology and Ethnic Studies


The titles listed here represent selected Reference resources in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies available at UNLV Libraries. There are many other print resources, both Reference and non-Reference. One way to locate these items is to browse the shelves in the area around the call numbers indicated below. You can also search the library catalog by subject or keyword to find other material on a topic.

Basic Research Guides top of page

Anthropological Resources: A Guide to Archival, Library and Museum Collections
Ref GN14 A77 1999
Fieldwork in the Library: A Guide to Anthropology and Related Study Areas
Ref Z5111 W47 1994
Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology
Ref Z5111 W44 1998

Bibliographies top of page

International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology
(Annual, 1955 to Date) Ref Z5111 I55
Ethnographic Bibliography of North America and Supplement
Ref Z1209.2 N67 M87 and M872
Bibliography of North African Prehistory
(CD ROM) Media Z5118.A6 W462- IA Multimedia
HRAF Source Bibliography: Cumulative (2 vols.)
Ref Z5111 H73

There are 100's of bibliographies in the collection dealing with all areas of Anthropology and Ethnic/African-American Studies. You can locate them by searching the library catalog.

Biographical Sources top of page

  • Anthropology

    Biographical Directory of Anthropologists Born Before 1920
    Ref Z5111 B56 1988
    International Dictionary of Anthropologists
    Ref GN20 I5 1991
    Women Anthropologists
    Ref GN20 W63 1988
    Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists
    Ref CC110 E54 1999
    Portraits of Linguists: A Biographical Sourcebook for the History of
    Western Linguistics 1746-1963

    Ref P83 S4

  • Ethnic Studies / African-American Studies / Native Americans

    Dictionary of Hispanic Biography
    Ref CT1343 D53 1996
    The Hispanic American Almanac
    Ref E184 S75 H556x 1993
    Notable Asian Americans
    Ref E184 O6 N67 1995
    Who's Who in Polish America
    Ref E184 P7 W48x 1996-97
    Contemporary Black Biography
    Ref E185.96 C66
    Black Women in America
    Ref E185.96 F2 1997
    Notable Native Americans
    Ref E89 N67 1995

    Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Atlases, etc. top of page

  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

    The Dictionary of Anthropology
    Ref GN307 D485 1997
    Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology
    Ref GN307 W56 1991
    Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
    Ref GN307 E52 1996
    Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Ref GN307 E525 1996
    The Ethnobotony Desk Reference
    Ref GN476.73 J66 1999
    Encyclopedia of World Cultures
    Ref GN307 E53 1991
    Ethnic Groups Worldwide
    Ref GN325 L46 1998
    The Peoples of Africa
    Ref GN645 O47 1996
    Handbook of South American Indians
    Ref F2229 S8411 1963

  • Folklore / Mythology

    Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore
    Ref GR35 J664 1995
    Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols
    Ref GR35 J6 1962
    Folklore
    Ref GR35 F63 1997
    Motif Index of Folk Literature (Sith Thompson)
    Ref GR72.56 T48 1989
    American Folklore: An Encyclopedia
    Ref GR101 A54 1996
    Man, Myth and Magic: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mythology, Religion
    and the Unknown

    Ref BF1407 M34 1995
    Mythology of All Races
    Ref BL311 M8 1964

  • Archaeology

    A Dictionary of Archaeology
    Ref CC70 D53 1999
    Dictionary of Concepts in Archaeology
    Ref CC70 M45 1993
    The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
    Ref CC70 O96 1996
    Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia
    Ref CC75 A654 2000
    The Atlas of Archaeology
    Ref CC165 A75 1998
    Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology
    Ref CC77 U5 E53 1998
    The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Industrial Archaeology
    Ref T37 B55 1992
    The Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology
    Ref DE5 E5 1996
    The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of the Near East
    Ref DS56 O9 1997
    The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land
    Ref DS111 A2 N488 1992
    The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
    Ref DT58 S55 1995
    Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia
    Ref E77.9 A72 1998

  • Physical / Biological Anthropology

    Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology
    Ref GN50.3 S74 1991
    History of Physical Anthropology
    Ref GN50.3 H57 1997
    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
    Ref GN281 C345 1992
    The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
    Ref GN281 E53 2000
    Guide to Fossil Man
    Ref GN282 D39 1986
    Encyclopedia of Mummies
    Ref GN293 B75 1998
    Encyclopedia of Human Biology
    Ref QP11 E53 1991
    Anatomy of the Human Body
    Ref QM23.2 G73 1973
    Atlas of the Human Skull
    Ref QM105 S26 1991
    Heinemann Dental Dictionary
    Ref RK27 F35 1997

  • Linguistics

    Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
    Ref P29 B874 1996
    Glossary of Semiotics
    Ref P99 C569 1993
    The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
    Ref P29 E48 1994
    International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
    Ref P29 I58 1991
    Linguistic Cultures of the World: A Statistical Reference
    Ref P35 P29 1997
    Compendium of the World's Languages
    Ref P371 C36 1991
    Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia
    and the Americas

    Ref P130.5 A87 1996
    The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences
    Ref BF3111 M556 1999
    A Companion to Cognitive Science
    Ref BF311 C578 1998<

    Research and Information I also includes 100's of dictionaries for languages from all over the world, including Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific and Native America. These can be found in the call number range PC thru PM.

  • Museums

    Museums of the World
    Ref AM1 M76 2000

  • Native Americans

    Handbook of North American Indians
    Ref E77 H25
    Encyclopedia of North American Indians
    Ref76.2 E53 1996
    Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
    Ref E76.2 N36 1994
    Tiller's Guide to Indian Country
    Ref E98 E2 T575 1996
    Dictionary of Native American Mythology
    Ref E98 R3 G46 1992
    Encyclopedia of Native American Healing
    Ref E98 M4 L96 1996
    American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas
    Gov Pubs Ref C46.2:IN2/16
    Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties
    Gov Pubs Ref KF8203 1904a

  • Ethnic Studies / African-American Studies (see also subject pages for Art, Music, Literature)

    American Immigrant Culture
    Ref E184 A1 A63448 1997
    Atlas of American Diversity
    Ref E184 A1 S575 1995
    Arab-American Almanac
    Ref E184 A65 A45 1992
    The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America
    Ref E184 I6 E53 1999
    The Italian American Experience: an Encyclopedia
    Ref E184 I8 I673 2000
    The Asian American Encyclopedia
    Ref E184 O6 A827 1995
    Chronology of Hispanic American History
    Ref E184 S75 C49 1995
    International Library of Afro-American Life and History
    Ref E184.6 I5 1976
    The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
    Ref HT861 H57 1997
    African American Desk Reference
    Ref E185 N49 1999
    Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement
    Ref E185.61 l84 1997
    Black Americans: a Statistical Sourcebook
    Ref E185.5 B512 1999
    Black Heritage Sites
    Ref E159 C95 1996

    Directories top of page

    American Anthropological Association Guide (Current Year)
    Ref GN43 A2 G84
    The Official Museum Directory
    Ref AM10 A2 O4 2000

    Indexes and Abstracts top of page

    Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899
    Gov Pubs Ref KF8201 A1 J63
    Abstracts in Anthropology
    (1970 to Date) R & I first floor
    Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts/ Language and Language Behavior Abstracts
    (1967 to Date) R & I first floor
    Sage Race Relations Abstracts
    (1975 to Date) R & I first floor
    Social Sciences Citation Index
    (1973 to Date) R & I first floor
    Social Sciences Index/ Social Sciences and Humanities Index/
    International Index/International Index to Periodicals

    (Title has changed through time, but covers
    1920 - 1999) LASR (check library catalog)