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Anthropology and Archaeology Collections
There is no single best index/abstract to the literature of Anthropology and allied fields. Each resource listed below has strengths and limitations. Start with a basic search casting a wide net, or choose the advanced search option offered by all databases for a full menu of search options. The latter approach in some databases can be very helpful, particularly for boolean searches, and sometimes confusing because of poor interface design.
The bibliography and notes of recent scholarly articles and books are often the most efficient way to build a bibliography for any particular topic.  = Stanford licensed resource.
SEARCH
the complete 100-year electronic archive of all American Anthropology Assn.
journals: http://www.anthrosource.net/ .
Also, Anthropology Plus
* and Google Scholar, but don't neglect other, sometimes
more useful online resources. For social and cultural anthropology search the following indexes for their extensive abstracts and full text:
- Sociological Abstracts . Abstracts and full text of a number of journals in cultural anthropology, rural development and related fields.
- Academic OneFile , Gale. Covers a wide-range of journals including Current Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, American Anthropologist, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Current Anthropology, Anthropology and Education, Medical Anthropology, Man, American Ethnologist, and includes abstracts and some full text.
- FirstSearch & ECO scholarly journals, abstracts and some full text.
- Social Science Module , ProQuest, abstracts and some full text.
* AnthroPlus subject searching is limited to title and descriptors.
REVIEW the literature of the field in Annual Reviews of the Social Sciences (choose "Anthropology") and Yearbook
of Physical Anthropology
READ articles in specific anthropology
& other e-journals licensed by the library.
IDENTIFY US and some foreign dissertations (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses)
LOOK UP background information in MIT Encyclopedia
of Culture,
Cognition, and Evolution | Int.
Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Ethnologue, guide to languages and ethnic groups | Wikipedia | Britannica Online
CONSULT
reference books in the Information Center
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Global Health on CAB Direct | National Institute of Health AidsInfo | Medical databases
AREA STUDIES
EXPLORE the internet:
- Gateways
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Voice
of the Shuttle gateway to Anthropology, Archaeology,
Cultural Studies, inter alia | American
Anthropological Association choose the "Resources" tab.
- Archaeology:
Voice
of the Shuttle gateway to Anthropology, Archaeology,
Cultural Studies | Penn Museum | Archaeology Links, Stanford Archaeology Association.
- Human
rights & refugees
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University
of Minnesota Human Rights Library contains a collection
of over ninety of the most important international human
rights instruments -- treaties, declarations, and other
materials -- together with authoritative citations
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Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs: Information Resources,
Columbia University Libraries
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"Human
Rights Throughout the World", 1998 survey from Scientific
American
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Multilaterals Project is an ongoing project to make
available the texts of international multilateral conventions
and other instruments
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United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: information
on refugees, including current country reports, legal
and policy-related documents and literature references
- Indigenous
people
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The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous
studies
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Center
for World Indigenous Studies serves as a clearinghouse
of ideas between nations and between nations and states
governments, promoting direct interchange of information
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NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around
the World
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Aboriginal
Studies keeps track of Australian Aboriginal studies
- Sustainable
development
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Development
Information from Government Sources, SUL/AIR guide to sources
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Eldis: Gateway to Development
- Participatory
Avenues. Participatory Avenues aims at sharing significant
progress in visualizing people's spatial knowledge (cognitive
maps) and in providing communities added stake in tailoring
and owning conservation and development initiatives. Participatory
3-Dimensional Modeling is promoted as "best practice"
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The International
Development Research Centre provides links to the
Centre's Library databases
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IISDnet. International
Institute for Sustainable Development. Their page Linkages
is an electronic clearinghouse for information on past
and upcoming international meetings related to environment
and development
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The
Earth Council Server. The Earth Council is an international
non-governmental organization inaugurated in November
1993 as a direct result of the Earth Summit. It provides
information to the sustainable development community through
this Server
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Development
sites from the SUL/AIR Africa
- Rain forests
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WRI News, online news stories about threats to and development
in the world's large, intact natural forests. Updated
weekly
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Forest Protection Portal: 2,000 forest/biodiversity informational
pieces as well as many ways to get involved in forest
protection campaigns worldwide
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WWW
Virtual Library: Forestry (service closed down January 2008)
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Rain
Forest Action
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Amazonia
from Space UNEP Grid | Amazon drought measured from Space (http://rainforests.mongabay.com/)
- Stanford
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Department
of Anthropology | Stanford
Archaeology Association | The
New Guinea Sculpture Garden
- more
- Anthropology
in the news | Paleoanthropology
Fiction
Acting selector: Regina Roberts regina.roberts@stanford.edu
Last modified:
December 2, 2009
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