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Find Journal Articles: |
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America: History and Life
-- Covers culture & customs, history, and society in America
and Canada throughout history, including Native American
history. |
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ATLA Religion Database
-- Indexes books, journal articles, dissertations, etc.
about religions all over the world. |
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Historical Abstracts
-- Covers culture & customs, history, and society from all
over the world, except America and Canada. |
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JSTOR --
Anthropology journals |
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Project Muse -- search Anthropology journals |
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Social Science Citation Index
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Provides access to more than 1,700 scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. |
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SocIndex --
full text of
journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core"
coverage journals dating back to 1895 |
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Academic Search Premier -- A cross-disciplinary database
that includes some anthropology resources. |
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more databases listed here ... |
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Outstanding Online Resources: |
American Folklife Center -- primary source material from the Library of Congress
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American Memory: Historical collections for the National Digital Library -- Primary source material
from the Library of Congress collections
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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.
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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."
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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. |
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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 |
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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! |
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Find Background Info: |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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Encyclopedias and Reference Databases -- lists all
reference databases and online books available |
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Global Road Warrior --
Cultural,
social, travel and business information
about countries around the world
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing
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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
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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.
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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) |
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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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