UTEP Library Research Guides: The Power of Names: Home

Selected Names Organizations

American Name Society
Most important scholarly society for onomastics in the United States
Board on Geographic Names
U.S. Government agency responsible for geographic names
Coltharp Onomastics Collection
The Lurline Coltharp Onomastics Collection at the UTEP Library is one of the foremost collections on this topic in the United States. For a complete list of cataloged items, enter a keyword search for "Coltharp Onomastics" in the library catalog.
Gazetteer of British Place Names
Perhaps the oldest and best established national place name survey in the world. The UTEP Library has the printed volumes.
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (see the Nomenclature section)
Information on scientific naming of plants
International Astronomical Union
How are stars and other astronomical objects officially named?
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Information on naming of new animal species
International Council of Onomastic Sciences
Largest international scholarly society for onomastics
Social Security Administration
U. S. government agency records and analyzes the popularity of personal names with data going back almost 100 years
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Names and phrases cannot be copyrighted, but some business names may be eligible for trademark protection.
United States Postal Service
Official source of post office names and locations past and present

Where to Start Your Research

See the tabs above for information about books, databases, and other materials in the UTEP Library.

In the various sources, use specific keywords or subject headings to search for information on your topic. Here are a few examples. Please contact me for help if you need it.

Animals - Nomenclature

Anonyms and pseudonyms

Charles (Name) [or other specific names]

Cities and towns - United States [or other place]

Feminine names

Masculine names

Names, African American [or other group]

Names - Asia [or other place]

Names - Dictionaries

Names, Geographic [+ place]

Names in literature

Names, Indian - North America

Names, Personal [+ language or place]

Names - Planets

Nicknames

Onomastics

Plants - Nomenclature

Trademarks

Librarian

Virginia Rassaei

Email Me

Contact:

Library Room 102-B

(915) 747-5687

Subjects: Language and Literature, Linguistics

The Power of Names: Home

Welcome to The Power of Names

Selected Names Organizations

Where to Start Your Research

Librarian