Anthropology & Archaeology

Indexes & Abstracts

Anthropology & Archaeology and related social sciences
Comparative Statistics
Human Rights
Development | Demographics | Intermediate technology
Beginning Library Research on Environmental Issues
Biological & Medical anthropology
Folklore | Material culture | Language
Area Studies
Networked databases alpha | Government info | Soc science databases

For social and cultural anthropology especially, in addition Anthropology Plus Stanford only and AnthroSource , search try the following indexes for their extensive abstracts and fulltext:

Sociological Abstracts . Abstracts a number of journals in cultural anthropology, rural development and related fields.
Expanded Academic , Gale. Covers a wide-range of journals including Current Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, American Anthropologist, Man, American Ethnologist. Includes Abstracts and some fulltext
FirstSearch & ECO scholarly journals, fulltext and abstracts
Social Science Module, ProQuest , fulltext and abstracts

dissertations/theses:

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
UK Anthropology Theses Index (not maintained after 1999)

Human Rights Reference Sources

Development | Population studies | Technology

Development Information from Government Sources
Beginning Library Research on Environmental Issues | World Commission of Dams
Women's Studies Electronic Databases

Eldis is a gateway to fulltext online information on development or the environment, focusing on countries of the South. Eldis makes a qualitative selection of materials and structures it for easy access. See the Eldis subject guides.
Agricola . National Agricultural Library; includes conservation, forestry, food & nutrition along with agriculture. Agricola includes entries from Agris. (UN. FAO)
CAB direct , including Rural Development Abstracts (Z5074.E3.R8) and World Agricultural Economic & Rural Sociology Abstracts (HD1401.W6)
Sociological Abstracts . Abstracts a number of journals in cultural anthropology, rural development and related fields.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (1970+)
Population Studies from JSTOR . Other demographic information and weblinks are available from the Population Research Institute (PRI)

Biological & Medical anthropology

Medline
BIOSIS
GeoRef, a current and retrospective index it includes around 3,000 entries under the Thesaurus terms "Fossil Man"
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology . A supplement to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the yearbook is available online from 1996+. Print copy in Green Library Stacks GN60.Y4; latest three years in Green Lib IC

Race, Genes, and Anthropology

Folklore | Material Culture | Language

LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts .
ERIC , education and development, applied language studies

MLA International Bibliography . Language, linguistics, folklore & material culture
Ethnologue . Guide to languages and ethnic groups
Thompson, Stith. Motif-index of folk literature: a classification of narrative elements in folk tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends . Select from menu. Classification of narrative elements in folk tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla,fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends

Area Studies

Africa Collections
East Asia Collections
Latin America Collections
Middle East and Islam databases
North America Collections
- Native American Studies: Beginning Research
- Chicano/Latino Studies: Beginning Research
- African American Studies: Beginning Research
- Race and Ethnicity: Beginning Research
- America History and Life
South Asia Collections

Misc

Research Quick Start Guides: Guide for PWR Students
Green stack shelving locations
Book selectors & subject specialists
E-journals licensed to Stanford or check individual titles in Socrates

Last modified: March 31, 2009