Anthropology
This is a selective list of sources available for locating resources
on anthropology. This guide is arranged in the following sections:
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Research Guide Author: Randy Hertzler
Location: Gelman Library
E-mail: hertzler@gwu.edu
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To locate books, use the WRLC Libraries
Catalog. Search books using "anthropology" as a Subject
term. Once the list of Subject Headings comes up, click on the 
button for suggested subject terms or strategies to narrow your search.
More specific subject terms which may also be helpful to search under are:
- Anthropological linguistics
- Applied anthropology
- Archaeology
- Demographic anthropology
- Ethnicity
- Ethnology
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- Evolution
- Feminist anthropology
- Forensic anthropology
- Genetics
- Human geography
- Language and languages
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- Linguistics
- Medical anthropology
- Physical anthropology
- Primates
- Social structure
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These materials provide excellent background information to overall concepts in anthropology, including sub-disciplines in the field. All are located in the Reference section on the 1st floor of Gelman Library:
- Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Edited by
Tim Ingold.
- Location: REF GN 25 .C65 1994
- Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History & discorveries. Edited by Tim Murray.
- Location: REF CC 100 .E54 2001
- Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Edited by Brian M. Fagan.
- Location: REF CC 70 .O96 1996
- Encyclopedia of Social & cultural Anthropology. Edited by Alan Barnard & Jonathan Spencer.
- Location: REF GN 307 .E527 1996
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Edited by David Levinson.
- Location: Gale Virtual Reference Library (ALADIN); also REF GN 307 .E53 1991
- Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Edited by David Levinson & Melvin Ember.
- Location: REF GN 307 .E52 1996
- Countries and their Cultures. Edited by Melvin ember & Carol R. Ember.
- Location: REF GN 307 .C68 2001
- History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Frank Spencer.
- Location: REF GN 50.3 .H57 1997
- Encyclopedia of Human Evolution & Prehistory. Edited by Eric Delson, Ian Tattersall, John A. Van Couvering, and Alison S. Brooks.
- Location: REF GN 281 .E53 2000
- International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Edited by William J. Frawley.
- Location: REF P 29 .I58 2003
To access databases with a location of "ALADIN", click on the
title of the database. To see a list of databases available through ALADIN,
go to the ALADIN Home Page; and under
Databases by Title on the right side of the screen, choose from the three
alphabetical groupings.
ALADIN databases are available for use only by current GW students, staff,
and faculty. If you are using this page from off-campus, you will be prompted
to enter the barcode number from the back of your GWorld ID card before
you can access the database.
- Annual Review of Anthropology
- Location: ALADIN
- Articles report key research of the year in subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. Full-text access extends back to 1972.
- Anthropology
Plus
- Location: ALADIN
- Brings together into one resource Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological
Index from the United Kingdom's Royal Anthropological Institute. Worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries,
and edited works in the fields of social, cultural, physical,
biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore,
material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage is from the late 19th century to present.
- AnthroSource
- Location: ALADIN
- Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to researchers, including
current issues for 15 of the AAA's core peer-reviewed publications in the fields of sociocultural, linguistic, and medical anthropology, as well as archaeology.
A complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003 is keyword searchable and available as full text. Includes seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications including American Anthropologist.
- Art
Abstracts
- Location: ALADIN
- Includes articles dealing with ethnographic and archaeological material culture, including costume, ceremonial objects, and the curation and preservation of materials.
- GEOBASE
- Location: ALADIN
- Worldwide literature on physical and human geography, ecology, and development studies.
- Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
- Location: ALADIN
- Covers all aspects of the study of language, including anthropological and geographical linguistics.
- The George Washington
University Anthropology Department
- Location: http://www.gwu.edu/~anth
- Maintained by: Jonathan
Higman
- Here you'll find out who we are, what we offer, what events we sponsor,
and how to contact us.
- Anthropology Dept Website Directory
- Location: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/ANTHDEPT.HTM
- Maintained by: Washington University in St. Louis
- Links to departmental web sites for most U.S. Anthropology departments. Also includes selected international departmental sites..
- Canadian
Anthropology Departments
- Location: http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/ANTHRO/rwpark/departments.html
- Maintained by: University of Waterloo's
Anthropology Department
- Links to Anthropology departments from Canadian Universities.
- UK Anthropology
Departments
- Location: http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/anthdept.html
- Maintained by: Institute of Social and Cultural
Anthropology, University of Oxford
- Links to Anthropology departments from Universities in the United
Kingdom.
- Anthropology
Review Database
- Location: http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/ARD
- Maintained by: University at Buffalo Department
of Anthropology
- A searchable database of reviews of anthropological books, films
and videos, audio recordings, software and multimedia and on-line resources.
- Ethnologue Database
- Location: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue
- Maintained by: Summer Institute of Linguistics,
Inc.
- The Ethnologue Database is taken from a print publication Ethnologue:
Languages of the world. Contains information on some 6,700 languages
spoken in the world, including alternate names, number of speakers,
location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic
and demographic data. The data can be accessed by country or territory
name, language or dialect name and through a language family tree.
- National
Archaeological Database
- Location: http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/TOOLS/nadb.htm
- Maintained by: Archeology and Ethnography
Program, National Park Service and the Center for Advanced Spatial
Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas
- A computerized communications network for the archeological and historic
preservation community--is an internationally recognized source of information
on public archeology. NADB ("Nad-Bee") was established to meet a congressional
directive to improve access to information on archeological activities
nationwide.
- Anthropology
in the News
- Location: http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html
- Maintained by: Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M
University
- Links to news stories on anthropology published on the web by ABC,
CNN, USA Today, Washington Post, Nando, Archaeology, university press
releases and other sources.
- National Anthropological
Archives (NAA)
- Location: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/index.htm
- Maintained by: Smithsonian Institution
- "The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical
and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's
cultures and the history of the discipline." The NAA site is an excellent
means to accomplish the first stage of anthropological archival research
from a remote location. Their online Guide to the Collections of the
National Anthropological Archives includes for each entry "a title,
biographical data or administrative history, an indication of the type
of documents available, and a description of contents (often including
lengthy lists of authors, photographers, and correspondents)"as well
as assessments of the state of the material and its possible research
uses.
The site's online exhibits feature substantive reviews of selected
collections in the Archives, including photographs and facsimiles.
In addition, NAA links to the Smithsonian Institution Research Information
System(SIRIS)and offers a useful discussion of search strategies.
The site provides information and costs for ordering photographs and
manuscripts from both the NAA and the SIRIS collections.
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries
- Location: http://www.sil.si.edu/
- "The Smithsonian's library collections contain over 1.2 million
volumes, including 15,000 journal titles, rare books and manuscripts.
SIL collections are particularly strong in natural history, tropical
biology, and Chesapeake Bay area ecology; Anthropology; American and
African American history and culture; postal, horticulture and garden
history; the history of science and technology; aerospace history, astronomy,
and planetary sciences; African, American Asian, contemporary, and design
and decorative art; conservation science, and museum studies."
All libraries are open to the public. Appointments are recommended.
Please contact the library or libraries you are interested in for more
information.
- American Anthropological
Association
- Location: http://www.aaanet.org/
- Maintained by: American Anthropological
Association
- The AAA, founded in 1902, is the world's largest organization of men
and women interested in anthropology. This Web site provides information
on membership, conferences, and publications. Plus, lists of links in
areas such as careers, Internet resources, and ethics.
- American Association of Physical
Anthropologists
- Location: http://physanth.org/
- Maintained by: American Association of Physical
Anthropologists
- The AAPA is the world's leading professional organization for physical
anthropologists. Formed by 83 charter members in 1930, the AAPA now
has an international membership of over 1,500. This Web site provides
information on membership, publications, meetings, graduate programs,
and careers in physical anthropology.
- Resources
of Scholarly Societies - Anthropology
- Location: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/anthrop_soc.html
- Maintained by: University of
Waterloo Library
- This site provides links to websites of scholarly societies in Anthropology.
It is one of a set of subject pages created to facilitate access to
websites maintained by or for scholarly societies around the world.
- Resources
of Scholarly Societies - Archeology
- Location: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/archaeol_soc.html
- Maintained by: University of
Waterloo Library
- This site provides links to websites of scholarly societies in Archeology.
It is one of a set of subject pages created to facilitate access to
websites maintained by or for scholarly societies around the world.
- Society for American Archaeology
- Location: http://www.saa.org/
- The major organization representing professional, student,
and avocational archaeologists interested primarily in the archaeology of the Americas.
- Society for Applied Anthropology
- Location: http://www.sfaa.net/
- The major organization representing those involved in the integration
of anthropological perspectives and method in solving human problems throughout the world.
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