This guide has been created for the ANTH 1800 Cultural Anthropology course. Here you will find links to books, journals, and other resources that may help you in your research.
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. It is full-text searchable and includes images. There are embargos of between 3-5 years for most journal titles. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1.
Index, abstracts, and full text for publications in sociology.
SocINDEX is a comprehensive, high quality sociology research database. This index features citations with subject headings from a sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. SocINDEX contains informative abstracts for more than 815 'core' coverage journals dating back to 1895, of which 397 are full text, dating back to 1908. SocINDEX provides data mined from more than 630 'priority' coverage journals, with full text for 150 of them, as well as information from 2,840 'selective' coverage journals. Extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included. SocINDEX also includes full text for over 700 books and monographs and for almost 6,750 conference paper. Searchable cited references are also provided.
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Index, abstracts, and full text covering sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
The Sociological Collection is a comprehensive database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database provides complete full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles, and indexing and abstracts are provided for all 523 journals in the collection. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965.
Journals in Anthropology
Here are some individual anthropology journals recommended by your professor:
"American Anthropologist follows the mission statement and goals of the American Anthropological Association by advancing anthropology as a discipline that studies humankind in all its aspects, involving archaeological, biological, ethnological, and linguistic research. It furthers the professional interests of anthropologists by disseminating anthropological knowledge and illuminating its relevance to human problems."
Issues from years 1959-2013 - "Anthropological Linguistics, a quarterly journal founded in 1959, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the languages and cultures of the peoples of the world, especially the native peoples of the Americas."
"Articles devoted to the human sciences, research reports, reviews of significant books, interviews with leading anthropologists and anthropological news items."
"Founded in 1962 by George P. Murdock with the goal of offering the broadest range of general cultural and social anthropology of any anthropological periodical in the United States. In its 50-year existence, Ethnology achieved wide circulation throughout the world and a deserved reputation as one of the most comprehensive and extensively-cited anthropological journals. Publication was suspended after the appearance of Volume 51 in 2012."
"The Journal of Anthropological Research publishes diverse, high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on anthropological research of substance and broad significance, as well as about 100 timely book reviews annually."
"The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute is the principal journal of the oldest anthropological organization in the world. It has attracted and inspired some of the world's greatest thinkers. International in scope, it presents accessible papers aimed at a broad anthropological readership. It is also acclaimed for its extensive book review section, and it publishes a bibliography of books received."
Cite Your Sources
Most of your professors will require you to use a particular format (APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, etc.) to cite the sources that you use in your research. The resources below can help you understand each format and give examples of how to cite books, articles, websites, and much more. Remember: If you use someone's else's work, give them credit.
