Subject
Guide: Anthropology
INDEXES | REFERENCE
WORKS | WEB
LINKS | PERIODICALS
This is a selective guide to the Anthropology resources
in the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center and on
the Internet.
INDEXES
Abstracts in Anthropology
1984-present. Location: First floor of library.
Includes books, articles, and conference papers.
Divided by archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics,
and physical
anthropology.
Anthropological
Index Online
Produced by the Royal Anthropological Institute,
this citation database indexes the content in anthropology
journals held in the British Museum (Museum of Mankind).
The collection is worldwide, covers all branches
of anthropology and contains citations from 1957
to the present.
ARTstor
The ARTstor image database is a searchable collection of downloadable
high quality digital images for education and scholarship. The
database documents artistic and historical traditions across
many time periods and cultures. ARTstor is designed for researchers,
teachers and students. Users can download individual images
or use the ARTstor Offline Image Viewer to build a presentation
using ARTstor images, arrange and caption the images, and deliver
the presentation in the classroom.[ More
infomation about using ARTstor.]
HAPI
Online
Online version of the Hispanic American Periodicals
Index, the principal index for over 400 key journals
relating to Hispanics in the United States, Central
and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Among
the many subjects included are geography, archaeology,
anthropology, ethnography, folklore, religion, art,
literature, drama, and film. Indexes journals published
throughout the Western world from 1970-present. For community only.*
ICPSR
Direct
University faculty, students, and staff may download
social science research data sets from the ICPSR
(Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social
Research) website. Data includes General Social Survey
data, election data, census data, world and European
values surveys, criminal justice data, substance
abuse/mental health data, education data, aging data,
health/medical care data, and more.
IDEAL: International Digital Electronic
Access Library now ScienceDirect
JSTOR
JSTOR is an electronic archive of scholarly journals
from the humanities, social sciences and the natural
sciences. The list of titles is small (100+), but
each one is essential or primary titles for field.
The JSTOR database is unique because the complete
backfiles of core scholarly journals (excluding
the most recent five years) have been digitized,
starting with the first issues, many of which begin
back to the 1800s. Users can browse the complete
table of contents for every volume and issue, or
search for words or phrases in the full text of
the article, author and abstracts. JSTOR reproduces
the full journal articles on screen as they appear
in the printed paper version. Graphs, photographs,
and other images are included. For Southwestern community
only.*
Reviews in Anthropology
Annual Review of Anthropology, 1972-present; continues
Biennial Review of Anthropology, 1959-1971. Contains
topics of current interest and recent publications
in anthropology. Review articles are written by
specialists. Print volumes available in the A.
Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center: Volumes 1-22 (1972-1993).
Electronic counterpart available through JSTOR, an electronic archive
of scholarly journals from the humanities, social
sciences and natural sciences.
ScienceDirect formerly IDEAL:
International Digital Electronic
Access Library
An online journal service with access to 200 or more
peer-reviewed scientific and social sciences journals,
all published by Academic Press. Beginning with the
1996 issues, users can browse the complete table
of contents for every volume and issue, or search
these seven specific fields: subject, abstract, affiliation,
author, date, keywords and article title. ScienceDirect
reproduces the full journal articles on screen as
they appear in the printed paper version. Requires
Adobe Acrobat software.
Social
Sciences Abstracts (FirstSearch)
Citations with abstracts to articles on anthropology
and other social sciences. Includes selected full
text articles.
Social Sciences Index
1974-present. Location: First Floor, Reference Services.
Indexes over 400 periodicals. The body of the index
consists of author and subject entries in the fields
of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related
subjects. There is a separate listing of citations
to book
reviews following the main body of the index.
SocINDEX with Full Text
The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology
research database. The database features more than 1,660,000
records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological
thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 344 "core"
coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority"
coverage journals. This database also includes full text for
more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800
conference papers.
ology, social work,
and other social sciences.
REFERENCE
WORKS
To find printed reference material
relevant to your topic start with the
library's Voyager
catalog. Do a Reference Materials search using keywords
to describe your topic. You can also check the library's
Web pages for subject guides for specific topics such as
Sociology to find other
suggested sources.
Below are a few titles to get you
started. To find call number and location
information, search the online
catalog.
Atlas of Early Man
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 930 H313a
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology:
Humanity, Culture and Social
Life
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301 C738
Dictionary of Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 306.03 D561 1998
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 305.8 En19
Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity's
Search for Its Origins
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 599.938 M636
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
and Prehistory
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 599.938 En19 2000
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 306.097 En19
International Dictionary of Anthropologists
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301.092 In8
Women Anthropologists: A Biographical
Dictionary
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301.092 W842
World Atlas of Archaeology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 930.1 W893
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures
and Daily Life
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 305.8003 W893
WEB
LINKS
Anthropology
Biography Web
This list, arranged alphabetically, contains about
500 names of people who have had a major influence
on the study of anthropology.
Anthropology
in the News
This site is maintained by Professor David Carlson,
Anthropology
Department, Texas A&M University. The site consists of links
to full-text articles dealing with anthropology or anthropological-related
issues. The articles are from a number of different online
news sources.
Anthropology Resources
on the Internet
The most comprehensive listing of all anthropological
resources is the Anthropology Resources on the Internet
page, maintained by Bernard Clist. This includes
details of dozens of email discussion lists and newsgroups
related to anthropology, as well as Web resources.
Enthnologue:
Languages of the World
The site offers an online version of the thirteenth
edition of the text, Enthnologue: Languages of the
World. The contributors have endeavored to assemble
a comprehensive list of global languages.
HLAS:
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Online
"A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works
selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic
Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary
Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences
and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from
around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in
the Handbook. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook
offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available
resources."
INFOMINE:
Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
Developed and maintained by the University of California
at Riverside Libraries, INFOMINE is a comprehensive
virtual library and reference tool containing highly
useful Internet/Web Resources. The Social Sciences
section includes anthropology Web sites selected
for their quality.
LANIC:
Latin American Network Information
Center: Anthropology and
Archaeology
Developed and maintained from the University of Texas,
this source links to Web sites on Latin American
anthropology, both ancient and
contemporary.
WWW
Virtual Library: Anthropology
Features a collection of Internet resources on anthropology.
Includes resources on anthropology departments in
colleges, employment opportunities, archaeology,
bibliographies, cultural anthropology, discussion
forums, organizations, journals, etc. Highlights
resources on specialized fields of anthropology,
including paleoethnobotany, primatology, visual anthropology
and forensics anthropology.
Yahoo:
Anthropology and Archaeology
The gateway to hundreds of World Wide Web sites on
anthropological and
archaeological topics.
PERIODICALS
To find holdings and location information
for specific periodical titles (both
print and online), search the Voyager catalog.
To find citations or online full-text
for articles in periodicals on your
topic, try the resources listed above
under Indexes. |
