Subject
Guide: Anthropology
Article Databases and Indexes | Reference Books | Web Sites | Periodicals
This page is intended to introduce a few select resources, both on the Web and in the Smith Library Center print collection, that are particularly useful for the study of Anthropology.
Primary Anthropology Databases
Academic Search Complete (via EBSCO)
A searchable database with citations and abstracts for journal articles covering all academic disciplines. Full text is available for more than half of the articles in this database. Subject areas: art and art history, general subjects, humanities, science and engineering, social. Great starting point for research.
Anthropological
Index Online (AIO)
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. This source does not offer full text.
Annual Review of Anthropology, 1972-2002 (via JSTOR)
Covers topics and problems of current interest and recent publications in anthropology. Review articles are written by specialists. Library subscribes to the JSTOR database that includes this journal. Click directly on the journal year and then the specific issue to retrieve all records indexed for that issue. Current issues are not available in JSTOR but are located at call number 301 An78, 2nd floor of the A. Frank Smith Library.
OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES DATABASES
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. Some full text included.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Project)
JSTOR is an online archive of academic journals in all fields. Articles generally become available here 3-5 years after publication. 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.
SocINDEX with Full Text ( via EBSCO)
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. SocINDEX with full text contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals.
ARTstor
ARTstor has collections of high quality digital art images that can be used for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. Images are international in scope and coverage includes a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. Detailed information on the numerous collections that comprise ARTstor is available. .[ More infomation about using ARTstor.]
For a full desription of the contents of each database, go to the Databases A-Z page.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
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 Voyager
catalog.
Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301.0922 B52
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 305.8 En19
History of Physical Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 599.903 H627
Dictionary of Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 306.03 D561 1998
Encyclopedia of Anthropology
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301.03 En18 2006
Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
REFERENCE, lst Floor, 306.364 C144
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 306.097 En19
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 394.12 Em19
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 300.3 En191 2008
Women Anthropologists: A Biographical Dictionary
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 301.092 W842
Worldwide History of Dress
MAIN, 2nd Floor, 391.009 An16w
WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
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
Annotated list of links from the American Anthropological Association, arranged by sub-discipline and type of resource.
Anthropology Tutorials
Lessons in both cultural and physical anthropology, including glossaries, related Web sites, and suggestions for further study, from the Behavioral Sciences Department of Palomar College.
ArchNet
The Archaeological Research Institute of Arizona State University provides this comprehensive, searchable list of links to archaeological resources on the Web, indexed by geographic region or subject area.
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.
Intute: Best of the Web (Anthropology)
This is a " free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists."
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.
National Anthropological Archives/Human Studies Film Archives
Guides to historical and contemporary anthropological materials in a variety of formats, collected by the Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline.
Yahoo: Anthropology and Archaeology
The gateway to hundreds of World Wide Web sites on anthropological and archaeological topics.
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology
Links to online academic resources in anthropology, including writings and projects, journals, teaching resources, and conferences, from the English Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Periodicals
To find holdings and location information for specific periodical titles (both print and online), see subject heading “Anthropology Periodicals” in the Voyager catalog.
To find citations or online full-text for articles in periodicals on your topic, try the resources listed above under Databases by Subject - Anthropology.
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (in Anthropology) - Covers free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects (including psychology) and includes many foreign language titles.
IngentaConnect--The online index covers over 29,000 periodicals. Search by author name, or search by keywords in the titles of the articles and abstracts. No articles available online because we are not current subscribers to the service. Nevertheless, its value is the wide range of periodicals it covers. To determine if the Library has access electronically to a particular journal, browse the list of online journal titles, or search the Voyager Catalog to determine if the Library owns a print copy of the journal. If the journal title is not available in either print or electronic format, you can request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.
STYLE GUIDES
AAA (American Anthropological Association) Style Guide
Chicago Manual of Style
REFERENCE, 1st Floor, 808.02 C432m 2003
How to Use the APA Style Guide
How to Use the MLA Style Guide |
