Guides: Anthropology and Archaeology: Find Articles

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Building a Search Strategy

Core Anthropology Databases

Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)
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Searches Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index, now combined on EBSCO. Anthropology Plus (EBSCO). Extensive indexing of bibliographic materials covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research.
AnthroSource
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Full text of over 30 journals published through the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
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A major multidisciplinary database for the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, as well as the Sciences. Includes backward and forward citation linking as well as citation counts.

Annual Review of Anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology
This is an excellent resource for learning about popular anthropology and archaeology topics. Review articles do not describe original research conducted by the author(s). Instead, they give an overview of a specific subject by examining previously published studies on the topic.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
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A major multidisciplinary database for the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, as well as the Sciences. Includes backward and forward citation linking as well as citation counts.
Scopus (Elsevier)
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A major multidisciplinary database that includes backward and forward citation linking as well as citation counts.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
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A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others.
CBCA (Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database) (ProQuest)
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Multidisciplinary Canadian content. Great for Canada-specific information.
Google Scholar
A simple and powerful way to search scholarly literature across disciplines and sources; includes citation counts.

Primary Sources and Additional Databases

Anthropology Online (Alexander Street)
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Brings together a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior.
Anthropological Fieldwork Online (Alexander Street)
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A fully indexed, primary source database charting the historical development of anthropology from a global perspective, bringing together the work of early scholars who shaped anthropological theories and methods. Includes the papers of Margaret Mead, Victor Turner, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Ruth Benedict, as well as field notes, letters, and government documents.
eHRAF Archaeology (Human Relations Area Files)
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In-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world.
eHRAF World Cultures
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Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life.
Early Encounters in North America (Alexander Street)
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Contains published and unpublished items by 1,482 authors including letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters with North American indigenous peoples.
Bibliography of Indigenous peoples in North America (EBSCO)
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Bibliographic database covering all aspects of Indigenous North American culture, history, and life. Topics include archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Oxford Bibliographies Online
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Can provide brief introductions, and extensive lists of important sources in many subject areas within Anthropology, Archaeology, and more.
MEDLINE (OVID) ALL, 1946-
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Key life sciences database, good for searching medical anthropology journals
SocINDEX with full text (EBSCO)
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Search here if your topic is sociological in nature.

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