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Anthropology Subject Guide
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General
Wilson Web OmniFile A multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and some full-text. Use SearchPlus to limit to a specific Subject Area or to filter results for peer-reviewed journals only.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Full text coverage of information in: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
Britannica OnlineFull-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica including photos, drawings, flags, biographies, and geographical articles. Also includes the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Subject
Anthropological Index Online Index to Current Periodicals in the The Anthropology Library at the British Museum(CSAC) Provides basic bibliographic references to over 700 periodicals in the British Museum's Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute Library). A browsable list of journal titles and abbreviations is also available.Check the record(s) to determine Location. |
E-Sources
Journals
Annual Reviews Author and Keyword searching in Annual Review of Anthropology to retrieve citations and abstracts.
AnthroSource AnthroSource is the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public.
JSTOR JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals, including 19 anthropology journals. Current issues are not available through JSTOR; its role is an archive, with new holdings added each year.
SpringerLink Journals provides electronic access to the complete contents of a vast and growing collection of SpringerLink journals in subjects including anthropology (formerly Kluwer Journals).
Reference Works
Credo Reference Center Credo Reference is a leading provider of reference services for libraries and information centers. By using unique proprietary technology that integrates information through a network of intelligent, multi-dimensional cross-references, Credo Reference delivers real added value to students, researchers, businesses and reference help desks worldwide.
eHRAF - World Cultures The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.
ICPSR is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. It provides social science data and resources for researchers.
LexisNexis Statistical: Allows users to search summaries, then link to the full-text of selected statistical publications on LexisNexis Statistical and government web sites.
Books
netLibrary collection of full-text electronic books (ebooks) includes a wide variety of subject content from both popular and scholarly texts. Users can search across the entire eBook collection for authors, titles, or keywords, and they can search within books for keywords and phrases. Users may read or browse through ebooks for an unlimited amount of time. A title may be unavailable temporarily when all NetLibrary copies are in use by other patrons.
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About the Catalog
Search for books, journal titles, and other resources in our online catalog.
Some subject headings used for this discipline are listed below. For additional headings, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located behind the Reference Desk.
- Culture
- Economic anthropology
- Ethnic relations
- Ethnology
Internet Sites
- American Anthropological Association
- Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library The Internet Guide to Aboriginal Studies.
- Anthro.net uses advanced search technology to find links and references within a database of over 40,000 pages from reviewed web sites with anthropological content.
- Anthropology Biography Web provides descriptions of anthropologists and other scientists who have made a direct influence on the discipline of anthropology.
- Anthropology Resources on the Internet provides links to discussion groups, museums, news stories, funding resources, and more. Provided by the American Anthropological Association.
- Anthropology Review Database is intended to improve the level of access of anthropologists to anthropological literature by making them more aware of what is being published and helping them to evaluate its relevance to their own interests.
- Center for World Indigenous Studies Indigenous peoples' documents and resources.
- Ethnographic Studies Resources is a collection of Resources in Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife gathered together and maintained as a Library of Congress Internet Resource page.
- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology resources gathered together and presented by this institute of the University of Oxford.
- Native American Sites compiled and maintained by Lisa Mitten, the Social Sciences Subject Editor for anthropology, history, and sociology for CHOICE Magazine, the premiere academic book review journal for libraries.
- The USGen Web Project provides links to genealogical websites and information and links to archival records, cemeteries, etc. It is categorized by state and county.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Anthropology
- Yahoo's Anthropology and Archaeology pages
About the Department
Citing Sources
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Various Style Manuals are used in the field of Anthropology; check with your professor to determine which you should use.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition (BF76.7 .P83 2001)
Refer to the following book on Reserve:
or click on Style Manuals to locate guidelines for using correct citation format for APA, Chicago, MLA, and others.
