Subject Guide: Anthropology

The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.

Databases

Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

• Abstracts in Anthropology
  
• Aluka:Scholarly Resources from Africa
• Anthropology Plus
• AnthroSource
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Ethnographic Video
• GenderWatch
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1907-1974  AI3 .R49 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Social Sciences Abstracts
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Social Sciences Index, 1974-1996  AI3 .S61 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Social Theory
• Sociological Abstracts 1963-2005

Reference Books

Reference books provide background information on people, terms and concepts.

• Dictionary of Anthropology  GN307 .D485 1997
• Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
• Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and PreHistory GN281 .E53 2000
  
• Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
• Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society
• Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
• Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology GN307 .E527 1996
• Globalization: A Reference Handbook
• History of Physical Anthropology: an Encyclopedia  GN50.3 .H57 1997
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences  H41 .I58 2001
  
• Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia
• Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview

Web Resources

Here are some Web sites we think you might find useful:

• American Folklife Center
• Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
• Anthropology Resources on the Internet
• Anthropology in the News
• Center for the Study of the First Americans
• Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
• The Human Nature Review
  An on-line review journal for books in anthropology.
• Human Origins Program
• National Anthropological Archives
• Nationalism Project
• Race: Are We So Different?