ANTH 370: Family, Gender & Generation
- Name: Mary Nolan
- Email: Click to reveal this email
- Office Location: 238 Waldo Hall; phone 541-737-8889
- Instructor's Website
Most of these will be found in the main floor Reference collection
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (REF GN307 .E52 1996) :
A good place to start for a general overview of key concepts in cultural anthropology, including topics such as aging, marriage, and sexual division of labor.
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (GN307 .E525 1998eb) : an e-book with up-to-date entries on all aspects of cultural and social anthropology.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures (REF GN307 .E53 1991) :
Includes a section on Kinship, Marriage and Family for most of the cultural groups covered.
Marriage, Family, and Relationships: a Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (REF GN480 .B76 1994) :
Helpful for a general overview of the main anthropological concepts of kinship and family.
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (REF GN333 .W67 1998)
Includes a section on Interpersonal Relations for each of the groups covered.
Other ways to gather background information include: searching the library catalog with a subject plus a keyword such as encyclopedia or dictionary; looking in general encyclopedias like Encyclopedia Britannica; and even reading some Wikipedia entries (but realize these can be unreliable and should not be used as a final source, only as a lead to more reliable scholarly sources).
Online Sources:
A variety of authoritative websites are listed on the Anthropology page of Voice of the Shuttle, a highly respected Humanities research website. The anthropology page is found here.
Don't neglect the information found in books! Look first in our own catalog . Then, expand your search to Summit, a catalog that lets us request materials from academic libraries throughout the Pacific Northwest.
More information for finding books can be found on this library webpage
- Librarian: Valery King
- Office Location: 4th Floor, Valley Library
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 1-3 and by appointment
- Email: Click to reveal email
- Not all articles are full text online (although many are).
- Does OSU have a subscription to the journal, and is it electronic or print? Search the citation to see if it says it is available at OSU.
- If not, use the Get This Item button to search for it in our catalog and in our other databases (which might have it full text).
- If it isn't here, you can probably get it through Interlibrary Loan
General/Multidisciplinary
Comprehensive/Subject Specific
Anthropological Literature (and other anthropology databases)
Comparative Study
There is a Writing Guide for the Anthropology Department on their website.
Several databases have citation help built in, but if you need help with citing other resources you find there is a Citation Builder: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php. It assits you in formating citations in APA, MLA or in the CBE/CSE formats.
You can also buy software to help you track your research and create bibliographies.Check out:
Refworks (http://www.refworks.com/)
EndNote (http://www.endnote.com/)
(EndNote has a web version, too: http://www.endnoteweb.com/enwebhome.asp)
Both have free trials available for download so you can try it out.
