Resources in Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, and Physical & Biological Anthropology at Ball State University Libraries. You can access this guide directly by going to http://bsu.libguides.com/anthropology
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WorldCatThis link opens in a new windowSearch WorldCat for titles held by libraries all over the U.S. and across the world. Once you find a title, use Interlibrary Loan services to request that it be sent to you at Ball State University.
Description: WorldCat is the collected catalog of materials (such as books) owned more than 54,000 libraries worldwide. Great for exhaustive searches for books on a topic. Look for the "Request via interlibrary loan" link in WorldCat records to borrow items from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan. Use the "Check OneSearch" link in the record to see if we have book first. Time Period: Antiquity-present Sources: over 43,000 libraries Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology (Books, etc.) Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials:Books, videos, computer software, music, etc. Information Included: Citations only FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: OCLC Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Free searchable database provides information about languages spoken around the world. Includes indexes of language names, language families, and countries.
Best Databases
Databases have records in them for articles and other documents. Sometimes you will find the entire document in the database as well.
These databases index articles and documents from anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics journals as well as journals in related disciplines.
Abstracts. 1973-present. Citations to journal articles, books and other materials in the field of linguistics
Description:Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) covers all aspects of the study of language. All of the various fields of linguistics are included such as descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Contains some full text. Time Period: 1973 to present Sources: Indexes more than 1,500 serial publications and thousands of books, book chapters, and dissertations. Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Psychology, Social Sciences (Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics) Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Books/e-books, Conference Papers, Dissertation and Theses, Journal Articles, Reviews Information Included: Abstracts,Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Updates: Monthly Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Free database developed by the Celtic Studies Association of North America through the Celtic Studies program at UCLA Citations from periodicals, books, proceedings and other publications of Celtic languages and literature.
2002-present; Includes citations for and summaries of journal articles, books and conference papers in cultural and physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics. Print equivalent: Ref GN1 .A15
Description:Abstracts in Anthropology indexes several hundred periodicals and covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics such as human speech, physiology, artifacts, and history. Time Period: 2010 to 2015 Sources: Indexes several hundred periodicals. Subject Headings: Humanities, Science, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations Information Included: Abstracts, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: Abstracts in anthropology Publisher: Baywood Updates: Bi-annually Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
1970s to present; Subscription database of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals from the American Anthropological Association
Description: Full-text content from peer-reviewed journals and newsletters published by the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Results list will include articles from journal titles with restricted access. Journals with full text will have a green dot on the results list. Time Period: 1970's to present Sources: Search or browse nearly 60 different publications. Subject Headings: Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, Science, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Citations, Journal Articles, Reviews Information Included: Full Text, Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes Print Equivalent:Abstracts in Anthropology Publisher: American Anthropological Association Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
1957-present; Free database developed by the Royal Anthropological Institute. Citations to scholarly journal articles from all fields of anthropology
Description: Key database in the field of anthropology. Based on the collection of the Anthropology Library at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind). Provided at no cost to users worldwide by the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Please also try AnthroSource. Time Period: 1957 to present Sources: Contains nearly 800 journals. Subject Headings: Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, Science, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations Information Included: Abstracts,Citations FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent:Anthropological Index Publisher: Royal Anthropological Institute Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited