Digging for Anthro Research:
Library Resources
Reference
Reference Atlases
The World Atlas of Archaeology
Ref Atl 912 W893w
Atlas of Mesopotamia
Ref Atl 912.35 B392a
Atlas of the Greek & Roman World in Antiquity
Ref Atl 912.38 At65h
Atlas of Ancient America
R 970 C65a
Archaeology and Ancient World: 900s
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
R 930.103 Ox2f
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
R 932 Ox2r
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece & Rome
R 938.003 Ox2g
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
R 939.4 C499s
Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa
R 960.2 En19v
Handbook of North American Indians
R 970.00497 H191s
Ancient Mexico in Color
R 970.42 B456a
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
R 972.01 Ox2c
Annual Review of Anthropology (301.205 An78a)
- Critical articles reviewing significant developments in anthropology.
- Available for check-out, or accessible online via the website or JSTOR.
- Search and view table of contents, abstracts, and full text from 1996 on the web.
Online Catalogs
(Bailey Library Catalog and UCA Library Catalog)
Some tips:
- Keyword: most flexible, most results.
- Subject: more restrictive, categories, works like an index, idea farm. Start with anthropology and go from there!
- Title: more restrictive, have precise titles, works like an index.
- Modify/Limit: limit by language or location. Ex.: reference
Databases
AnthroSource
AnthroSource, developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), is a searchable online database of 32 AAA journals. Except for Anthropology News, AnthroSource indexes current issues for the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
- Use the Advanced Search option.
- Take note of the search box options for phrase and “and” searching.
- No truncation, so use “At least one of the words” search box.
- Access References/Citation Tracking from “HTML Version and More Information.”
SocINDEX with Full Text (1895-present)
SocINDEX indexes over 4,500 journals and covers sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Some full text is provided.
- Use the advanced search for more searching options.
- Use * on the end of your term for variant endings, and ? to account for variant spellings. Ex.: Chin* retrieves China, Chinese, etc. wom?n retrieves woman and women
- Boolean/Phrase search mode requires “AND” to break your search terms.
- Use the indexes to search for journal titles, subject terms, and author information.
JSTOR
A full-text, social sciences database that covers complete runs of scholarly periodicals. NOT CURRENT!
- Select whichever disciplines that are relevant to your research.
- Use the Advanced Search, noting that you decide whether or not JSTOR includes citations and links to other content.
- Use the drop-down menu to connect search terms: AND, OR, and NEAR.
- Use “?” on the end of your term to account for plurals, and “*” to account for variant word endings.
- Use quotes to search phrases. Ex.: “chaco canyon” AND mason*
Social Sciences Full Text (1983 - present)
- Use the advanced search for more searching options.
- Use * on the end of your term for variant endings, and ? to account for variant spellings. Ex.: Chin* retrieves China, Chinese, etc. wom?n retrieves woman and women
- Boolean/Phrase search mode requires “AND” to break your search terms.
- Use the indexes to search for journal titles, subject terms, and author information.
Interlibrary Loan
Remember that you can use interlibrary loan to get books and articles that we and UCA don’t have. Check our catalog and journals list as well as UCA’s catalog, BearCat, and UCA's Journals List first. Use our interlibrary loan forms to order your materials. See a librarian for more information.
Last Modified on 3/06/2013