Research Guides: ANTH 1800: Cultural Anthropology: Welcome!

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.

Heads up! The library has a new search platform. We are in the process of updating all book links to the new system, but if any links are broken, please search the title in CU Discover to check the book's availability.

Online Resources

CIA World Factbook

World Book Advanced (Library Database)

CultureGrams (Library Database)

BBC News Country Profiles

National Geographic

Country Studies from Library of Congress

Reference Books (use in Library only)

Cultures and Daily Life (2017)

REF 305.8003 W928

The World Today Series

REF 940s - 980s

Cultures and Daily Life (2009)

e-Book

Countries and Their Cultures

REF 306.03 C855

The World's Nations and Cultures

REF 903 E57

Operation World

REF 266 M273O or online

Peoples, Nations, and Cultures

REF 305.8 P418

Ethnic Groups Worldwide

REF 305.8 L664E

Ethnic Groups of Europe

REF 305.80094 E84

World Folklore and Folklife

REF 398.03 G816

World Popular Culture

REF 306.03 G816

Databases for Research Articles

Use these resources to find scholarly journal articles about your country and its culture:

OneSearch
Search engine to find books, articles, and other resources through Cedarville's Library

JSTOR
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.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Provides peer-reviewed articles related to sociology, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, social work, and more.
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.

SocINDEX offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

SocINDEX includes over 10,000 author profiles. These profiles include biographical and bibliographical information for the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently search authors. Profiles are continually updated and added.
Sociological Collection
Contains research 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.

Books on Countries and Cultures

If you would like to use books for research on your country, try these resources:

CU Books
Search for books and other materials that are located here at the Centennial Library.
OhioLINK
Find and request books from other Ohio university libraries.

Journals in Anthropology

Here are some individual anthropology journals recommended by your professor:

American Anthropologist
"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."
Anthropological Linguistics
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."
Current Anthropology
"Articles devoted to the human sciences, research reports, reviews of significant books, interviews with leading anthropologists and anthropological news items."
Ethnology
"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."
Journal of Anthropological Research
"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."
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
"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.

Citation Help Guide