Anthropology

• Abstracts in Anthropology
  The only comprehensive abstracting journal in the field, Abstracts in Anthropology has established itself as an indispensable reference and research tool for the international community of anthropologists. Abstracts in Anthropology covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from a vast number of periodicals.
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: 2002
• Anthropological Literature
  Anthropological Literature is a bibliographic index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Updated quarterly, Anthropological Literature indexes articles two or more pages long in works published in English and other European languages from the 19th century to the present.
  Coverage Dates: Late 19th Century
• Anthrosource
  Full text access to 32 AAA journals.
  Coverage Dates: 1972
• Sociological Abstracts
  Index to articles from journals in sociology, social work and other social sciences.
  Abstracts and index: 1963-present
  Coverage Dates: 1963 - present
• Social Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
  The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world\'s leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world\'s leading science and technology journals. Coverage is from 1970-present.
  Coverage Dates: 1970
• Dissertation Abstracts
  Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all academic disciplines completed at U.S. institutions. Abstracts only since 1980.
  Abstracts and index: 1861-present
  Coverage Dates: 1861 - present

 

 

Journal indexes (Databases) To find individual articles in journals, use periodical indexes which are usually online electronic databases but can be in printed form (especially for older journal literature). Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract by keyword; author or title of the article; or subject.

Locating journals More journal articles are accessible online every year, but there is still a substantial body of work that is only available in print and you will need to locate the actual physical journal to read the article. You can search OSU Libraries Online Catalog for the Journal Title to determine if we own the journal, and if it is available electronically (online) you can link through from the record. Journals are arranged by call number. If not available, you can get copies of journal articles through Interlibrary Loan.

More options  OSU Libraries allows linking to our databases and e-journals through Google Scholar. This is not 100% accurate, and we strongly recommend searching our databases directly in addition, but this can be a good place to start your search.

Remote access: If you are searching from a computer on campus, you will automatically be recognized as an authorized user from OSU. If you want to search the library databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your name and OSU ID number to be recognized as an OSU affiliate. More information.

• Abstracts in Anthropology
  
  Coverage Dates: 2002
• Academic Search Premier
  
  Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• Anthropological Literature
  
  Coverage Dates: Late 19th Century
• Anthrosource
  
  Coverage Dates: 1972
• America: History and Life
  America: History & Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
  Coverage Dates: 1964
• Historical Abstracts
  Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. For Canadian and United States history, use the America: History and Life database.
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: 1955
• HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) World Cultures
  Provides archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions. Covers 78 selected cultures from around the world, including information on all aspects of cultural and social life. Topics range from family relationships to religious practices to ideas about gender. Valuable to the social sciences, but also to medicine, law, humanities, ethnic minority studies, religious studies, and other disciplines. .
  Full Text
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  
• Sociological Abstracts
  
  Coverage Dates: 1963 - present

• Abstracts in Anthropology
  
  Coverage Dates: 2002
• Anthropological Literature
  
  Coverage Dates: Late 19th Century
• Anthrosource
  
  Coverage Dates: 1972
• GeoBase
  Index to worldwide literature on geology, geography and ecology.
  Index only: 1980-present
  Coverage Dates: 1980 - present
• GeoRef
  Index to U.S. Geological Survey publications, U.S. and Canadian Masters'theses and Ph.D. dissertations, journal articles, books, maps and government reports.
  Index with some abstracts: 1785-present
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: 1785 - present

• Biosis Previews/Biological Abstracts (via ISI Web of Knowledge)
  Life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, patents, and books. * 5,000 journals, as well as non-journal literature * Over 500,000 records added annually Coverage: Index Only 1991-present
  Coverage Dates: 1991 - present
• Abstracts in Anthropology
  
  Coverage Dates: 2002
• Anthropological Literature
  
  Coverage Dates: Late 19th Century
• Medline (EBSCOhost)
  MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals.
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: 1950 - present
• Zoological Record (via CSA)
  Index to journal articles, books, reports, conference proceedings and dissertations. Covers all areas of zoology including: behavior; biochemistry; development; ecology; evolution; feeding and nutrition; genetics; morphology; parasitology; reproduction; systematic; physiology; and zoogeography.
  Index only: 1993-present
  Coverage Dates: 1993 - present
• Anthrosource
  
  Coverage Dates: 1972

• Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. LLBA is published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. 1973-present
  Coverage Dates: 1973 - present
• Abstracts in Anthropology
  
  Coverage Dates: 2002
• Anthropological Literature
  
  Coverage Dates: Late 19th Century
• Anthrosource
  
  Coverage Dates: 1972
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  Index to over 1.4 million records from more than 1,300 of the world\'s leading arts and humanities journals. Searches can be done by subject, author or authors who are cited by another author.
  Index only: 1980-present
  Coverage Dates: 1980 - present
• MLA International Bibliography
  MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. Coverage is from 1926-present.
  Coverage Dates: 1926 - present

 

 

A lot of information on various aspects of Anthropology can be found on the Internet. Here are some reliable sites with useful and interesting content.

General

• American Anthropological Association includes member information, news, publications, professional development, and resources pages

Physical Anthropology:

• Talk Origins Archive - Human origins

Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology

• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library - Primary source material on the web from the Library of Congress collections
• American Folklife Center - Another site of primary source material from the Library of Congress
• The Voice of the Shuttle - Humanities research
• Archaeology Data Service - Part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service residing at the University of York (UK). The Archaeology Data Service collects, describes, catalogues, preserves, and provides user support for digital resources that are created as a product of archaeological research.
• Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports - the complete set of BAE Annual Reports (1879-1931) digitized by the National Library of France (so expect the navigation instruction in French).

Linguistics and Folklore

• Ethnologue - An excellent resource for researching world languages. Includes lists of living and dead languages for most nations, information on populations of language speakers, language maps, and bibliographies on specific languages and nations.
• The Linguist List
• Urban Legends Reference Pages - aka Snopes.com. This fascinating site has sections on movies, love, sex, Disney, holidays, quotes, e-mail and many more. Mostly authoritative, but sometimes not exhaustive-beware!

Other Sites of interest:

• OSU Department of Anthropology

Abstracts

• Abstracts in Anthropology (GN1 .A3) 
• Also available online from print issue 46.1 (2003) on. (Link)

Bibliographies

• Bentley, G. Carter. Ethnicity and nationality: a bibliographic guide. 1981. (GN495.6 .B41)
• Bibliographic guide to anthropology and archaeology. Library has: 1997 (GN25 .B51 1997)
• Heizer, Robert F., Thomas R. Hester, and Carol Graves. Archaeology, a bibliographical guide to the basic literature. 1980 (CC165 .H41)
• Johnson, Leroy and David L. Coles. A bibliographic guide to the archaeology of Oregon and adjacent regions. 1969. (University of Oregon. Museum of Natural History. Special Publication) (Z1327 .J6)
• Kibbee, Josephine Z. Cultural anthropology: a guide to reference and information sources(GN42 .K51 1991)
• Shannon, George W.B. Folk literature and children: an annotated bibliography of secondary materials 1981. (GR43 .C4 S5)
• Westerman, R.C. Fieldwork in the library: a guide to research in anthropology and related area studies (GN42 .W471 1994)

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Asher, R.E. The Encyclopedia of language and linguistics. 1994 (Ref P29 .E48 1994)
• Barnard, Alan Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology. 1998 (This is an eBook, accessible online.)
• Botkin, B.A. A Treasury of American Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People. 1944 (GR105 .B6)
• Charles-Picard, Gilbert, ed. Larouse encyclopedia of archaeology. 1983 (CC165 .A7131 1983)
• Leach, Maria, Jerome Fried. Funk & Wagnalls standard dictionary of folklore, mythology and legend. 1984 (GR35 .F82 1984)
• Levinson, David. Encyclopedia of world cultures (1991-96) (GN307 .E53 1991) (10 v.)
• Mesthrie, Rajend.The Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics 2001 (P40 .C564 2001)
• Mignon, Molly Raymond. Dictionary of concepts in archaeology. 1993 (CC70 .M45 1993)
• Mollet, John W. An illustrated dictionary of art and archaeology, including terms used in architecture, jewelry, heraldry, costume, music, ornament, weaving, furniture, pottery, ecclesiastical ritual. 1966 (N33 .M6)
• Winthrop, Robert H. Dictionary of concepts in cultural anthropology (GN307 .W56 1991)
• Whitehouse, Ruth D., ed. Facts on File dictionary of archaeology (CC70 .F32 1983)

Directories, Handbooks, and Manuals

• Fried, Morton. The study of anthropology. 1972 (GN41.8 .F7 1972)
• Mandelbaum, David G. The teaching of anthropology. 1963 (GN33 .M26)
• Weeks, John M. Introduction to library research in anthropology. 1991. (GN42 .W41 1991)
• The Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists

Maps and Atlases

• Murdock, George Peter. Atlas of world cultures (GN345.3 .M86 1981)
• Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of Archaeology. 1988 (Valley Maps Ref G1046 .E15 P3 1988)
• Price, David H. Atlas of world cultures: a geographical guide to ethnographic literature (G1046 .E1 P7 1989)
• Spencer, Robert F. and Elden Johnson. Atlas for anthropology. 1967 (G1046 .E1 S7 1969)
• Whitehouse, David. Archaeological atlas of the world. (G1046 .E15 W5 1975)
• Wonders of the ancient world: National Geographic atlas of archaeology. 1994 (CB311 .W63 1994)
• The World Atlas of Archaeology (English ed. of Le Grand Atlas de l'archeologie). 1985 (Valley Maps Ref G1046 .E15 W6 1985)

 

Anthropology is frequently subdivided into three main sub-disciplines: cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, and archaeology. The Valley Library has materials to support all three, along with the related areas of folklore, customs and manners, linguistic anthropology and human ecology.

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Anthropology program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Anthropology to arrange an appointment.

 

Books are a prime source of information in Anthropology. Search for these in online catalogs such as:

OSU Libraries Catalog

Summit (Orbis) Catalog (borrow from other academic libraries in Oregon and Washington)

 

Online catalogs can be searched by author, title, subject, etc. The most effective subject searching utilizes the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The complete list of subject headings is located in the library's reference area; ask if you need help. Notice that each record in the online catalog will indicate the subject headings assigned to that item, and these are usually hot links to other materials on similar topics.

 

Some examples of subject headings for Anthropology are:

Anthropological linguistics	Human geography
Anthropology	Kinship
Anthropology, Prehistoric	Language and languages
Archaeology	Manners and customs
Costume	Physical anthropology
Cultural relativism	Primitive societies
Ethnology	Race
Folklore	Social structure
Human evolution	Sociolinguistics

A useful subject term for finding archaeological site reports is Excavations (Archaeology), subdivided by geographic location.

CALL NUMBERS FOR ANTHROPOLOGY

Occasionally, browsing through the stacks can yield useful material. Here are the primary call numbers for anthropological materials:

BJ 1801-2195	Etiquette	GN 502-517	Psychological anthropology
CC	ARCHAEOLOGY (Classical Archaeology)	GN 700	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
GF	HUMAN ECOLOGY. ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY.	GR	FOLKLORE
GN	ANTHROPOLOGY	GT	MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
GN 49	Physical anthropology	GT 500	Costume. Dress. Fashion (historical)
GN 281	Human evolution	GT 2400	Customs
GN 300	ETHNOLOGY. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY	P	PHILOLOGY. LINGUISTICS