Research Guide: Anthropology

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Research Guide --- Anthropology

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Online Book Portals & Gateways -- Links for locating books that are in the public domain.

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Find Journal Articles:
America: History and Life -- Covers culture & customs, history, and society in America and Canada throughout history, including Native American history.
ATLA Religion Database -- Indexes books, journal articles, dissertations, etc. about religions all over the world.
Historical Abstracts -- Covers culture & customs, history, and society from all over the world, except America and Canada.
JSTOR -- Anthropology journals
Project Muse -- search Anthropology journals
Social Science Citation Index -- Provides access to more than 1,700 scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines.
SocIndex -- full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895
Academic Search Premier -- A cross-disciplinary database that includes some anthropology resources.
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Outstanding Online Resources:
American Folklife Center -- primary source material from the Library of Congress

American Memory: Historical collections for the National Digital Library -- Primary source material from the Library of Congress collections

Anthropology and other disciplines (IU Bloomington) -- provides a useful synopsis for many of the major subfields that have shaped the development of theory in anthropology over the last 30 years.

Peopling North America: Population Movements & Migration -- "An historical overview of migratory movements, this tutorial focuses on diasporas to and within Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean from Europe, Asia, and Africa."

Native American Heritage Month -- "The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans" by providing links to material on Native Americans. Features links to collections and exhibitions, historic places, images, audio and video sources, and related material.

Find Books:

When looking for books, search both the Subject Headings AND Notes fields to locate books on your topic. Examples: medical anthropology ; shamanism ; magic ; healers

When you find a book that looks promising, open up the record and see what other LC subject headings it has. Follow those links to more books in the collection!

Find Background Info:

Oxford Reference Online Database - access to over 140 online reference books

Encyclopedias and Reference Databases -- lists all reference databases and online books available

Global Road Warrior -- Cultural, social, travel and business information about countries around the world

Encyclopedia of Native American Healing --- The various aspects of Native American healing found cross-culturally in North America, including Canadian & Inuit cultures are explored

Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America --- Focuses on "medicine" or sacred ceremonies conducted through shamans in North America

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences -- includes a section of articles devoted to anthropology.

Try these excellent reference books located in Buhl:

American Indian Religious Traditions: an Encyclopedia
(Ref E 98 .R3 C755 2005 v.1-3)

Countries and their Cultures (Ref GN 307 .C68 2001)

Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures
(Ref G 63 .K874 2007)

Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Ref GN 307 .E53 1991)

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
(Ref E184 .A1 G14 2000 v.1-3)

Handbook of North American Indians (Ref E 77 .H25 v. 4-15, 17)

Shamanism: an Encyclopedia of World Belief, Practices, and Culture (Ref GN 475.8 .S445 2004 v.1-2)

Find Videos:

To locate films documenting the culture of other peoples (including Shamanism), search for films with the subject heading "Ethnographic."

For films documenting the culture of American ethnic groups, such as Latinos and Native Americans, search for films with the subject heading "Ethnic (Nonfiction)."

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