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Anthropology
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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WorldCatSearch 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 MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: OCLC Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
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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.
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 MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: Abstracts in anthropology Publisher: Baywood Updates: Bi-annually Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
1965-present; Citations and some full-text journal articles covering a wide range of academic disciplines, including all branches of anthropology
Description: Good database for most research topics and contains lots of full text, peer reviewed articles. More than 16,000 of the journal titles indexed are peer reviewed and almost all of the full text is. Provides searchable cited references for more than 1,000 journal titles so you can easily see what sources a given article cites. Time Period: 1911 to present Sources: Indexes nearly 18,000 journals and magazine and provides full text for more than 8,700. Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, News, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Case Studies, Citations, Conference Papers, Images, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, News, Other, Reviews Information Included: Abstracts,Full Text,Citations MultiLink: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily 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 MultiLink: 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 MultiLink: No Print Equivalent:Anthropological Index Publisher: Royal Anthropological Institute Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Dates vary; All full-text. Contains complete back-files of scholarly journals in a variety of subjects, including anthropology
Description:JSTOR allows you to search across approximately 2,000 journal titles from more than 50 disciplines. It contains complete backfiles of scholarly journals starting with the first issues, many of which date back from the 1800s. Although the majority of titles do not have the most recent 3 to 5 years available in full text, there are some which have the current issues available. Time Period: 19th century to present Sources: Provides the full text for approximately 2,000 journals. Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Citations, Journal Articles, Reviews Information Included: Full Text, Citations MultiLink: Print Equivalent: None Publisher: JSTOR Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited