The library has some wonderful reference books on Southern Culture, including the following:

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture REF F209 .E53 1989
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture REF F209 .N47 2006 (also at the Cherokee Campus)
The South REF F209 .S68 2004
Southern Culture: An Introduction REF F209 .B38 2007
Unless otherwise noted, these reference books are at the Central Campus Library.

Books-

The subject term for books about the south is "southern states." This subject terms works in both Netlibrary eBooks and in the library's catalog.

To narrow this topic, do a key word search and add terms. For example, "southern states and culture" or   "southern states" and language" there are some good books---- for example "Whistlin' Dixie: A Dictionary of Southern Expressions

There are also some books on the southern language in eBooks-- again, do a keyword search for "southern states and language" (be sure it is a keyword search and not full text). Some of these books are very scholarly--so you may need to take some time with them to find what you want in them

 

Articles-

The subject term in the Gale Databases is also  "southern states."  For example, you can find some good articles by doing a basic search for "southern states and language" and clicking on the "subject" box.  Be sure to look under all the tabs (magazines, journals, etc)

Good website: http://www.docsouth.unc.edu collection of primary resources about the culture, literature, and history of the American South. To access various topics, click on "Subjects." Uses the same subject terms as are in the library catalog for example: "Southern States--Social Life and Customs."