ANTH 482: Anthropology of International Development

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Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:19:25 -0700

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Smart searching

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:47:34 -0700

When searching in catalogs and databases:

Be creative in the words you use; if one doesn't work, try something else
Begin with keywords, and use the subjects found in the articles that come up to find more information
Use quotation marks around phrases
Use catalog and database features to limit by date, language, type of article, etc.

Style and Citation Guides

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:23:03 -0700

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. Be careful, however, because these are not 100% accurate--always check your citation carefully before including it.

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.

Online Resources

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:44:27 -0700

Here is a small sample of the resources available online:

The WWW Virtual Library: International Development

U.S. State Department Background Notes - include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.

Center for Global Development is an independent, nonprofit policy research organization that is dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality and to making globalization work for the poor through a combination of research and strategic outreach.

United Nations - Human Development Reports

United Nations Development Programme (works best in IE)

Suggested Databases

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:21:38 -0700

Depending on your research subject, a variety of databases--anthropology, news, business, trade--may prove useful. Here are a few suggestions.

Annotated Bibliographies

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:32:03 -0700

Graduate students in this class will be required to write an annotated bibliography. For help with this, please see the online handout from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL), "Annotated Bibliographies." http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

Course Instructor

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:42:47 -0700

Dr. Bryan Tilt

Finding Books

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:43:28 -0700

Use online catalogs to find books (as well as journals, multimedia, maps, and other library materials) at OSU & elsewhere.

1. Start with OSU Libraries Catalog: searches for books located at Valley Library and OSU's other libraries.

2. Next try Summit Catalog: searches our partner libraries in Oregon & Washington (indicated as Held by: Summit). Also searches other library holdings throughout the world (indicated as Held by: WorldCat Libraries). If OSU does not have the item and it is located in a Summit library, you may request it be delivered to OSU (takes about 3 business days).

3. Finally, If Summit doesn't have it we'll find a library that does-just click the Request from Interlibrary Loan button.

Search tip: Summit lets you access some journal articles. But mostly you will need to find these in databases.

Other Options: Google Book Search searches within indexes and texts of books. How much of the book you see depends on the copyright status, and on how much of their copyrighted work that authors and publishers who participate in the program will allow. For many items you can click on "Find this book in a library" to see if OSU owns a copy.This is not a complete catalog, so please check OSU and Summit catalogs, too.