University of Florida Libraries Anthropology Information Resources

AnthroSource*
New version of the American Anthropological Association's journals database released Dec. '08. Note location of search box on top right near blue bar.

*See this link for problem resolution timetable via AAA portal (Jan. '09).

Questions, consults, recommendations for library purchase? Contact: Dan Reboussin, anthropology selector, danrebo@ufl.edu
518 Library West. Tel: (352) 273-2642.

Available from SAGE Journals Online.

Sage eReference includes the Encyclopedia of Anthropology along with statistical and research methods titles.

Additional Key Resources for Anthropology are available on the LibGuides platform. Open Source information, dissertation searching, new book lists, and other topics are available there. Your feedback and comments are welcome.

JSTOR: Anthropology
JSTOR: Archaeology

Visit the UF Department of Anthropology pages for information on people, degree programs, research interests, current events and more.

The Social Sciences. See Chapter 7, by Joyce L. Ogburn, pp. 235-257, for suggested anthropology reference sources.
Full-text eBook in netLibrary.

Countries and their cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2001. Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library.

• Abstracts in Anthropology includes 3,000 abstracts per volume.
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) includes general topics of interest
• Anthropology Plus (via FirstSearch--see search guide) combines two of the best known indexes for anthropology journals
• AnthroSource full text AAA journals
• Annual Review of Anthropology organizes the literature with bibliographic essays
• Current Research @ UF sources for dissertations
• eHRAF Archaeology
• eHRAF World Cultures index & full text of many ethnographic books
• Encyclopedia of Anthropology full text reference source
• Field Methods full text of the journal
• ISI Web of Knowledge advanced, full feature journal index
• LLBA (Linguistics & Language abstracts)
• netLibrary (full text e-books). Check full catalog for all available e-books.
• Open Access journal list for anthropology
• Periodicals Index Online cites millions of articles published in the arts, humanities & social sciences over 300 years.
• ProQuest Dissertations search for dissertations
• Sociological Abstracts topics relating to social structure, inequality, social change, and social problems

See the Research Gateway for further recommendations.

Anthropology internet resources

• About the UF Anthropology Collections
• Anthropology in the News
• Anthropology Resources on the Internet
• Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
• American Anthropological Association
• AAA Style Guide
• ArchNet (Archaeology)
• Biological Anthropology Resources
• Cultural Resource Management
• Cultural Survival Quarterly
• Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
• Indigenous Studies (WWW Virtual Lib)
• Omertaa, online Journal for Applied Anthropology
• Primate Info Net
• SOSIG: Anthropology
• Survival International
• WorldCat database of major academic library catalogs--or use WorldCat.org if not affiliated with UF
• World Food Habits
• Yahoo!: Anthropology & Archaeology

Pathfinder resources, guides for classes and projects (also see suggested print & online sources for the four sub-fields and more).

• Anthropology of Modern Africa (ANT 4354, Chalfin)
• Environment and Cultural Behavior (ANT 4403)
• Ethnographic film & related resources in the UF Libraries
• Ethnography of urban Africa (ANT 4352, Chalfin)
• Human sexuality (ANT 2301), pathfinder for genital mutilation
• The Indian Ocean in Antiquity (IDH 3931, Walz)
• Political Anthropology (ANT 4274)
• Writing in Anthropology (ANT 4930) and UF manuscript finding aids

Featured Resources

The eHRAF World Cultures Collection contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. more....