Anthropology
Reference
 Countries and Their Cultures
Location: Ref GN307 .C68 2001
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
Location: Ref GN307 .E52 1996
Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia
Location: Ref E77.9 .A72 1998
A Glossary of Sociolinguistics
Location: Ref P40 .T747 2003
Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
Location: Ref P29 .F47 1998
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Articles - Anthropology
Core Resources:
Anthropology Plus
Coverage: Late 19th-century to present.
An index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Based on the holdings of The Tozzer Library, Harvard University and the Library of the British Museum Department of Ethnography (Museum of Mankind), incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute Library.
Academic Search Premier
Includes many of the core journals in all four subfields of anthropology.
eHRAF World Cultures
A cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups of the world from books, articles, and dissertations that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification system, the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). Produced by Human Relations Area Files, Inc. For assistance using this database consult the following:
Annual Review of Anthropology
Collection of articles reviewing the scholarly literature on topics of interest in anthropology. The yearly publication is indexed in Academic Search Premier from 1972 to the present. Full text is available in the following forms:
Additional Resources:
For more, consult the library's anthropology databases page.
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Books
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the  button to request items through interlibrary loan.
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Anthropology Journals
Use the databases and indexes listed above to search for articles on a particular topic. For a list of our library's print and electronic journals related to the field of sociology, consult the following:
ALEX
Search type: subject
Search terms:
anthropology periodicals
archaeology periodicals
physical anthropology periodicals
human evolution periodicals
linguistics periodicals
E-Journals: Anthropology
List of electronic journals available through the library.
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Digital Artifacts and Images
British Museum Compass
California Academy of Sciences: Anthropology Collection Database
American Memory: Native American History Collections
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
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Citing Sources
Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The Writing Center also provides some information on departmental preferences and writing for specific disciplines. The most commonly used citation formats for anthropology are the American Anthropological Association's version of Chicago style and APA style.
The following resources can be especially helpful:
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
American Anthropological Association Style Guide
The Chicago Manual of Style
Also available in print: Ref Desk Z253 .U69 2003
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including APA, MLA, and Chicago.
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Get Help
For further assistance, contact:
Rebecca Troendle Hewitt
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4893
rthewitt@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: August 7, 2008)
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