Anthropology Resources

The online and printed resources listed below follow a three tier scholarly communications model: knowledge, new research information, and reference tools.  Knowledge and New Information are partitioned into Content (reports, articles, books) and Finding Aids to content.  -- More on how to use this subject guide

Content

Finding Aids to Content

(1) Summarizing Knowledge
(Encyclopedic Articles, Textbooks, Handbooks, Research Reviews)
(2) Selective Bibliography
(Research & Subject Guides, Selective & Didactic Bibliography, Subject Directories) 
(3) New Information
(Scholarly Journals, Electronic Texts, Government Information, Books & Monographs, News & Newspapers,
Article Databases) 
(4) Comprehensive Bibliography
(Abstracts & Indexes, Comprehensive Bibliographies, Library & Book Catalogs, Archives, Search Engines, Metasearch Engines)

(5) Reference Tools, Data, Facts
(Almanacs, Biographical Sources, Dictionaries, Directories, Grants & Scholarships, Job Resources, Statistical Resources)


Title link                                       

On the World Wide Web

Title link                                       

OU Libraries online resource

Call number link (i.e., H 41.S63)  

OU Libraries physical collection

 Special note   

Special note

(1) Summarizing Knowledge
(Encyclopedic Articles, Textbooks & Histories, Handbooks, Research Reviews)

Encyclopedias
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology. GN 25 .C65 2002
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology.  GN 307 .E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology (also a netLibrary item). GN 307 .E648 1996


 

Textbooks & Histories
Anthropology: A Student's Guide to Theory and Method.  GN 25 .B39 1996
One Hundred Years of Anthropology.  GN 17 .O5
 

Handbooks
Handbook of Social and Cultural Anthropology.  GN 315 .H642
Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology. GN 345 .N37


Research Reviews
Anthropological Research: Process and Application.  GN 397.5 .A564 1992
Reviews in anthropology.  GN 1 .R39
 

(2) Selective Bibliography
(Research & Subject Guides, Selective & Didactic Bibliographies, Subject Directories)

Research & Subject Guides
Finding the Source in Sociology and Anthropology: a Thesaurus-index to the Reference Collection.  HM 51 .B87 1987
Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.  GN 42 .K52 1991
Fieldwork in the Library: a Guide to Research in Anthropology and Related Area Studies.  GN 42 .W47 1994
Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology.  GN 42 .W4 1991
University of Texas Libraries- Anthropology
Georgetown University Libraries- Anthropology

 

Selective & Didactic Bibliographies
 

Subject Directories
Anthropology Directory on the Net
Google Directory- Anthropology
Open Directory- Anthropology
University of California, Santa Barbara Anthropology Links Directory
Voices of the Shuttle- Anthropology
 

(3) New Information
(Most frequently cited journals, electronic texts, government information, books & monographs, news & newspapers, article databases)

Journals (most frequently cited)
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Journal of Human Evolution
Journal of Archaeological Science
Current Anthropology
American Anthropologist

American Antiquity
Annual Review of Anthropology
American Ethnologist
American Journal of Human Biology
Evolutionary Anthropologist


Electronic Texts
 

Government Information
GPO Access
FirstGov
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Smithsonian- Museum of Natural history


Monographs & Books
 

News & Newspapers
Social Science Gateway: Anthropology
Anthropology in the News
Anthropology on the World Wide Web
Ethnic Newswatch (LORA)


Article Databases
 

(4) Comprehensive Bibliography
(Abstracts & Indexes, Comprehensive Bibliographies, Library & Book, Catalogs, Archives, Search Engines, Metasearch Engines)

Abstracts & Indexes
Abstracts in Anthropology.  GN 1 .A1
Anthropological Index Online
Anthropological Literature (LORA)
International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology.  Z 7161 .I593

See Also
General Science Abstracts (LORA)
Historical Abstracts (LORA)
PsycINFO (LORA)
Sociological Abstracts (LORA)
Web of Science (LORA)

Other Comprehensive, Recurrent Bibliographies

Library & Book Catalogs, Archives
Catalog to manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives.  GN 24 .N34
National Anthropological Archives

Search Engines
Archnet Search
Anthro Tech Virtual Library
 

(5) Reference Resources, Facts & Data
(Almanacs, Biographical Sources, Dictionaries , Directories, Grants & Scholarships, Job Resources, Statistical Resources)

 

Almanacs
Internet Public Library

Biographical Sources
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (LORA)
Daughters of the Desert: Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest, 1880-1980: an Illustrated Catalogue.  E 78 .S7 B15 1988
Anthropology Biography Web- 561 bios

Data Collections
Human Relations Area Files

Dictionaries
Antromorphemics: Anthropology Glossary

Directories --  Associations, Organizations & Societies
International Directory of Anthropologists.  GN 20 .I5 1950
Guide to departments of anthropology.  GN 62 .G85 2002                           

Directories --  Companies, Vendors, etc.

Directories --  Discussion Groups
American Anthropology Association Discussion Groups

Directories --  Research Centers & Institutes

Grants & Scholarships
Funding for Anthropological Research.  GN 42 .C36 1986
Guide to Federal Funding for Social Scientists.  H 62.5 .U5 G85 1986

Job Resources
Becoming a Practicing Anthropologist: a Guide to Careers and Training Programs in Applied Anthropology.  GN 397.5 .V363 1987
Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology.  GN 62 .G85 2002

Statistical Resources
Bureau of the Census
 


This subject guide was last updated in Oct, 2003.  Contact Dr. Bob Swisher with comments and recommendations:  bswisher@ou.edu