ATY 476
Methods in Data Collection and Analysis in Cultural Anthropology
Library
Spaces: Information about places in the library for individuals or groups
to study or prepare for presentations
Selected Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias
Specialized books with background
information on your topic or definitions of words you hear in class but do not
understand.
Note the various call number areas.
Browse those call number areas in Reference or the stacks for similar books.
Academic disciplines will vary in their viewpoints of the same topic.
Encyclopedia
of Anthropology
H. James Birx, ed., 2006, 5 vol.
also in print. Location: ref. GN11
.E63
Databases
Databases are subject guides to
magazines, journals, or newspapers. Those below are the most useful for anthropology.
For more choices, go to The University
Libraries home page, click on Databases.
then click on the starting letter of the database or the department name.
If you aren't sure which department link to choose, think about what department
on campus might cover material in your subject area.
Tips:
- When searching your topic 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 ( )
e.g. (anthropology or anthropological)
and obesity
- Watch this flash
tutorial for help identifying primary sources
Abstracts
in Anthropology
- Subjects: cultural and physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics,
physiology, artifacts, cultural history, environment, social relations
- Dates of coverage: 2000 to present
- Also in print: ref IndexAbstract area GN 1 .A15 from 1970 to 1999
Anthropological
Index Online
- Citations (no full text) for several hundred journals in anthropology and
archaeology; minimal coverage of relevant literature from non-anthropology
journals
- British publication with emphasis on sociocultural anthropology and ethnology
- Dates of coverage: nominally 1965 to the present
AnthroSource
(temporarily unavailable 1/2009)
- Full text of all 27 American Anthropological Association journals through
2003 plus current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Large, scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database with complete articles
from several of the major anthropology journals
- Indexing from 1984+; full text 1990+ for most titles; selected titles full
text from 1975
EBSCO Databases
- Search any of the 20+ EBSCO databases simultaneously
- To search for some health, safety, or environmental topics in a combination
of interdisciplinary and health-related journals, follow these instructions:
--Check the boxes in front
of Academic Search Premier, Health Source: Consumer Edition, Health Source:
Nursing/Academic Edition
--Scroll to the top or bottom
of the page and click Continue
--Enter your search strategy
in the Find box. e.g. primary health care and access
- Depending on your topic you may want to include some of the biology databases
in your search
- The nursing and health journals may not have enough information for some
health topics. Try Medline for more complete coverage of medicine,
public health, and psychiatry
Arts and Humanities
Search
- Citation index to over a thousand of the world's leading arts and humanities
journals including many of the core anthropology journals
- Covers articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more.
- The citation database will find 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
Web of Science
(Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index)
- Indexes thousands of peer-reviewed science and social science journals cover-to-cover
- Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting
abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more.
- The citation database will find 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
- Covers 1956 to date.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic
- Full text articles from thousands of journals, magazines, transcripts of
radio and television news broadcasts, newspapers, editorials, newsletters,
and other sources
- Especially good for short articles on current issues and for newspaper articles
on issues and programs relevant to a particular geographic area.
- Useful for information on geographic issues covered by local, regional,
and foreign newspapers
- Dates of coverage vary by publication
-
To find articles on a specific topic
and/or country
--Click on News
(red tab)
--Enter your search terms e.g. type the country in the
first search box and your subject area in the second search box
--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
- To find articles on North Carolina,
--Click on Sources (beige tab)
--Click on the folder News
--Scroll down to North Carolina News Sources (it's on the second page) and check
the box
--Click the red Continue
--Enter your search terms
--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
- The "Legal Research" section includes legal news, law review articles,
state and federal case law, state and federal statutory law (e.g. North Carolina
General Statutes), and federal regulations (from government agencies).
Agricola via the National Agricultural Library
- Subjects: agricultural economics, geography, home economics, human nutrition,
food science, rural sociology, deforestation, water quality
- Citations refer to journals, government reports, books, manuscripts, dissertations,
etc.
- Dates of coverage: 1970 to present
JSTOR
- Full text for several hundred scholarly journals including about two dozen
anthropology and archaeology journals.
- Covers journals concerned with world regional studies, population studies,
ecology, sociology, geography, and public policy
- Coverage begins with volume 1 but does not include the last 3-5 years for
any title
- Search by subject or browse by title and contents.
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
Medline
- Index to articles from leading medical and life sciences journals as compiled
by the National Library of Medicine
- Subjects: medicine, biology, microbiology, environmental health, nutrition,
public health, etc.
- Citations only, no full text
Family &
Society Studies Worldwide
- Citations and abstracts (no full text) from professional journals, books,
popular literature, conference papers, and government reports.
- Research, policy and practice literature in the fields of family science,
human ecology and human development.
- Considerable Australian material. Limited number of indexed materials available
in Jackson Library.
- Covers 1970 to present.
Finding Individual Journal Articles Using "Journal Finder"
- Use Journal Finder to locate the text of an article accessible through The University Libraries. The article may be online, in print, or in both formats
- Link to Journal Finder
- Enter the journal name (not the article title) such as Human Organization
in the title box and press the Enter key or click Search
- If the title appears, click on the icon for the method of access you want
- Click on the computer icon to find full text online access to
some articles
- The database(s) and dates for full text are displayed
- Choose a database and follow any instructions for finding specific
journal titles
- Click on the book icon to locate print issues of the journal in the
Library
- The record shown will provide the holdings and location of the journal
- Older years of journals are either bound and shelved by call number
with the book collection in the stacks or are on microfilm arranged
by film number in the microforms area on 2nd
Floor Main
- Current issues are available on the Jackson Study Lounge shelves
on 1st Floor Main
- Click on the envelope icon for mail or electronic delivery of
the article
- Click on the car icon to check whether other libraries own this title
Useful Web
Sites
Link
to Amer. Anthropological Assn citation style (Chicago Style)
Anthropology Resources
on the Internet (American Anthropological Association)
World Health Organization (U.N.)
Food and Agriculture Organization (U.N.)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Society for Applied Anthropology
Government Information
Government agencies, especially federal agencies, publish significant
amounts of information and statistics on a wide variety of topics. International,
state, and local information can be harder to find on the Internet but it is
worth a try.
Links to hundreds of websites with statistics and information
on such topics as aging, children and families, labor, health, agriculture,
census data, and the environment.
Ask for help at the Reference and Government Information Desk on 1st Floor Main.
