Library Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups to study or prepare for presentations
Specialized books such as the following titles can provide background information on your topic or help you with definitions of words you hear in class but do not understand. Bibliographies at the end of encyclopedia articles may refer you to other useful sources.
H. James Birx, ed., 2006, 5 vol.
also in print. Location: ref. GN11 .E63
Anthropological
Glossary.
Roger Pearson, ed., 1985.
ref GN11 .P43
Countries
and Their Cultures.
Melvin and Carol Ember, ed., 2001, 4 vol.
also in print. Location: ref GN307 .C68
The
Dictionary of Anthropology.
Thomas Barfield, ed., 1997
ref GN307 .D485
Encyclopedia
of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures.
Balderston, Gonzalez, & Lopez, ed., 2000
ref F1406 .E515
Encyclopedia
of Cultural Anthropology.
David Levinson and Melvin Ember, ed., 1996, 4 vol.
ref GN307 .E52
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer, ed., 1996.
also in print. Location: ref GN307 .E648
Encyclopedia
of World Cultures.
see v. VIII: Middle America and the Caribbean
David Levinson, editor-in-chief, 1991.
ref GN307 .E53
Worldmark
Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.
see v. 2: Americas
Timothy L. Gall, ed., 1998
ref GN333 .W67
Use the Library Catalog to locate books and government documents held by The University Libraries. Books may be one of your easiest and best ways to find information. Use either Caribbean Area or West Indies as your search term. After you enter one of those terms in the search box, click on LC Subject (not Keyword). There are 8 pages of subdivisions for the term Caribbean Area. Scan the list for possibilities. When you find something that looks promising, to display citations for the books click on the word "titles" (underlined in blue) after the subject heading. Remember to use the bibliographies (footnotes) in these books to lead you to additional sources.
Databases are subject guides to magazines, journals, or newspapers. The following titles are suggested starting points.
To get to the complete list of databases, go to The University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then click on the starting letter of the database or name of a department which might offer classes related to your topic. Scan the list of suggested databases for that discipline to see if any of those are possibilities.
Tips:
When searching your topic remember to try a variety of subject headings for the same concept.
Click here for tips on using the search connectors AND, OR, and NOT in your search strategy
If AND and OR are used in the same search, the terms connected by OR must be in parentheses ( )
Try individual country names or island groups as well as Caribbean or West Indies.
Subjects: cultural and physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, physiology, artifacts, history, environment, and social relations
Dates of coverage: 2000 to present
Also in print: ref IndexAbstract area GN 1 .A15 from 1970 to 1999
British publication covering hundreds of journals in anthropology and archaeology; minimal coverage of relevant literature from non-anthropology journals
Emphasis on sociocultural anthropology and ethnology.
Dates of coverage: about 1965 to the present.
Excellent starting point for information on the Caribbean.
Large, general database covering a wide range of current events, news, and scholarly articles
Some full text from several thousand journals, magazines, and newspapers.
International in scope. List of journals covered
Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO)
Large multi-disciplinary, full text database includes complete articles from several of the major anthropology journals.
Indexing from 1984+; full text 1990+; selected titles in full text from 1975
Full text articles from over thousands of newspapers, journals, magazines, transcripts of radio and television news broadcasts, editorials, etc.
Especially important for short articles on current issues and for newspaper articles on issues and programs relevant to a particular geographic area.
Covers local, regional, and foreign newspapers
To find articles on the Caribbean
--Click on News (red tab)
--Enter your search terms e.g. type Caribbean inthe first
search box and race relations in the second search box
--You may want to be more specific e.g.. Choose a particular country and/or a particular racial issue
--Click the blue arrow by Select Sources. You may want to select Major World
Newspaper of Major World Publications
--In the box by Specify Date select a time period from
the pull-down menu
--Click on the red Search box
--To see a few lines from the full text, change View List to View Expanded List
--To see the full text of the article, click on the article title
--Note that the print, email, download, and export icons are towards the top
right of the page
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
On the title page for CIAO, try clicking on Working Papers (left column), then click Search. Enter your topic e.g. Caribbean and culture. The full text of these working papers will then be available.
Dates of coverage: 1991+
Indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities.
Included journals are published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.
Contains information from journals, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, and interviews
Dates of coverage: 1975 to the present.
Humanities and Social Science Retrospective
Predecessor of Social Sciences Index and the Humanities Index .
Indexes the core scholarly anthropology journals published between 1907 and 1984
Citations only, no full text
Indexes over a thousand of the world's leading arts and humanities journals including many of the core archaeology and anthropology journals
Covers articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more.
Citation database: finds references cited by the authors of the journal articles, i.e. the footnotes
Cited reference search: search for articles that have cited a previously published work
1980
to the present
Citations and abstracts from over a couple thousand journals on world history and culture (excluding North American history) from 1450 to the present.
Many foreign language journals.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Covers journals in politics, international relations, government, and public policy.
1989 to present
SocIndex
with Full Text (SIFT) (EBSCO)
Subjects: sociology and closely related areas including demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, etc..
Abstracts of some of the core journals date as far back as 1895.
Subjects: sociology, community development, culture and social structure, demography, human biology, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, health and medicine, law, religion, science, social psychology, group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.
Citations or abstracts. No full text.
1963 to the present. Abstracts added as of 1974.
Link to Amer. Anthropological Assn citation style (Chicago Style)
APA, MLA, Turabian Style Information
International Resources on the Internet The University Libraries' Government Information staff has created this website linking to dozens of other sites with information on foreign countries. The Caribbean area may not have as much information as some other parts of the world, but you should be able to locate some items of use. Feel free to ask for help at the Reference and Government Information Desk on 1st Floor Main.
Page Author: Nancy
Ryckman
Anthropology Librarian
336-256-0345
