Selected Sources for
ANTH 387—Endangered Languages
January 18, 2007
Gail Egbers
535-8869   egbersgl@plu.edu



FINDING BOOKS:  Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.    Subject headings relevant to your topic include:

 
Linguistics
Japanese language
Language and languages
Language obsolescence
 Mayan languages -- Writing
Indians of North America -- Languages
 

 

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Indexes relevant to your topic include:
LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Journals at PLU gives you access to the full-text journals we have online and the call numbers of our print and microfilm periodicals.



REFERENCE MATERIALS

    •    Compendium of the world’s languages (ref. P371.C36 2000)
    •    Concise encyclopedia of philosophy of language (ref. P106.C5946 1997)
    •    Dictionary Of Historical And Comparative Linguistics (ref. P143.T73x 2000)
    •    Dictionary Of Linguistics & Phonetics (REF P29.C65 2003)
    •    Encyclopedia of world cultures (ref. GN307.E53 1991)
    •    Encyclopedic Dictionary Of Language And Languages (ref. P29.C68 1992)
    •    Facts about the world’s languages (ref. P371.F33 2000)
    •    International encyclopedia of linguistics (ref. P29.I58 1992)
    •    Linguistic cultures of the world : a statistical reference (ref. P35.P29 1997)
    •    Linguistics : a guide to the reference literature (ref. P121.D45x 2000)
    •    Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics (ref. P29.B8713x 1996)
    •    Social and cultural anthropology : the key concepts (ref. GN316.R37 2000)
    •    Welsh Academy English-Welsh dictionary (ref. PB2191.W45 1997)




INTERNET RESOURCES
    •    Endangered languages resources (http://www.hrelp.org/languages/resources/)
    •    Ethnologue, Languages of the World (http://www.ethnologue.com/)
    •    Foundation for Endangered Languages (http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm)
    •    UNESCO Red Book on Endangered Languages (http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Redbook/index.html)


OTHER USEFUL SOURCES

    •    History Resource Center: US (Online via Gale)
    •    History Resource Center: World (Online via Gale)
    •    WorldCat (via FirstSearch)


BEYOND PLU:  PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.   If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

 

We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes: 

    •    Northwest University
    •    St. Martin's University
    •    University of Puget Sound
    •    Seattle Pacific University
    •    Seattle University

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries
 
 
If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  My office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00


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