Class Research Guides

ANTHROPOLOGY RESOURCES

Got a paper due? Library staff are available to assist you from the start to the finish, from selecting your topic to polishing the footnotes. We recommend you use this page to launch your research.

Choose your topic:

Browse LTCC print magazines such as:

• Archeology
• National Geographic

What other magazines does LTCC Library subscribe to? Check out our A-Z List of 10,000 different periodical titles, such as these, which are available online:

• Annual Review of Anthropology
• Anthropological Quarterly
• Anthropology Today
• Australian Journal of Anthropology
• BlacFax
• Canadian Review of Anthropology & Sociology
• Current Anthropology
• Ethnology
• Expedition
• Journal of Social & Evolutionary Systems
• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
• Mankind Quarterly
• South African Journal of Ethnology

Search for books:

Use keyword or subject search options in the LTCC Library Catalog to learn what Library of Congress call numbers are assigned to your topic.

Browse the shelves.

Scan academic periodicals and web sites:

Access, via the Internet link below, these journals:

• Anthropoetics
• Anthropological Science
• Journal of Physiological Anthropology
• Kacike: Journal of Caribbean AmerIndian History & Anthropology

Also consider these web sites recommended by LTCC Anthropology instructors:

• African Languages at GU - Projects/Research - Info about the African language projects at Goteborg University

• AncientScripts - A comprehensive introduction to linguistic anthropology

• American Anthropological Association - A huge round-up of quality web links on anthropology

• American Association of Physical Anthropologists

• American Journal of Physical Anthropology

• Journal of the American Assoc. of Physical Anthropologists

• American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project - Homepage for the ASLLRP

• BARFAA Homepage - Lots of good web links, from the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association

• British Assoc. for Biological Anthropology & Osteoarchaeology

• Cheyenne Language & Cheyenne Indian Tribe - An Algonquin language still spoken in Montana & Oklahoma

• Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project - Dictionary of the various dialects of Akkadian, the earliest Semitic language

• Chimpanzee Communication - Insight into the origins of language

• Chinese Script - Essay combining linguistic, cultural & historic anthropology about the evolution of written Chinese 

• Emily's Introduction to Historical Linguistics - History of languages, how languages change, how they relate to each other

• Ergativic Stage of Early Proto-IndoEuropean - Online paper dealing with origins of language in Europe

• Focus Anthropology - Publication of undergrad research and photography relating to cultural and linguistic anthropology

• ForensicAnthro - Forensic anthropology and human osteology resources

• The Great Vowel Shift - How and why pronunciation changes over time

• Growth Points in Thinking-for-Speaking - Paper on the shifting thinking process of bilingual speakers; for the more advanced

• How to Talk to an Extraterrestrial - Book excerpt, by Jonathan Vos Post, about how to communicate with aliens

• Linguistic Comprehension in Chimps - Article about experiments with chimps and the human language

• Linguistics: Quick Guide to Semitic Languages & People

• Distribution of Languages in Hidalgo, Mexico  - Distribution of Nahua, Nahnu, Totnac, Tepehua and Spanish languages

• Linguistic Society of America Home Page - The scientific study of language; articles, publications, membership info

• National Conferences for Undergraduate Research - Promotes undergrad research & creative activity through teacher/student partnership

• Native Languages of the Americas - Wealth of information about Native American languages and tribes

• Science Magazine: No Last Word on Language Origins - A look at the evolution of human speech

• Phonological Atlas of North America - Great website on the evolution of English in North America, from U. of Penn.

• Roots of Mambila - Paper on the Mambila language, spoken near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, from Oxford

• SIL Home Page - General website covering many aspects of linguistic anthropology

• Small Lexicon of Tsalagi Words - Selection of words & pronunciation guide for the language of the Cherokee Indian

• Sumerian Language Page - About the history and anthropology of ancient Sumerian language; how it evolved

• Think Baby Names - Etymology and history of names from around the world

Other Links:

• Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
• Anthropology at the Smithsonian
• Anthropology Tutorials
• Anthropology: WWW Virtual Library
• Cultural Survival
• Human Rights Watch
• Internet Anthropologist
• LSU's Anthropology Webliography
• National Geographic
• Physical-Biological Anthropology on the Internet
• Public Anthropology
• Save Tibet
• The Society for American Archaeology
• The World Food Programme Interactive Hunger Map
  displays information about hunger around the world.

Review, refine & critique:

Do you have a focussed thesis? Is the data gathered so far too broad? Then narrow the search.

Is it biased unfairly towards one point of view? Then broaden your search.

Is the topic covered fully?

Prepare your Bibliography:

Use consistent citation formatting such as APA or MLA styles. For more information, see Style Guides for specific examples.