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Anthropology

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Print Indexes

  • Alternative Press Index REF INDEX A13.A27
  • ASSIA Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts REF INDEX H1.A66
  • Biological & Agricultural Index REF INDEX H62.A1.P62
  • Essay and General Literature Index REF INDEX A1.3.E752
  • New York Times Index READY INDEX A1.21 N44
  • PAIS International Index REF INDEX H62.A1 P62
  • Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature READY INDEX A1.3.R47
  • Social Sciences Index REF INDEX A3.S62
    Also available at Englewood Cliffs.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks

  • Concise Oxford dictionary of archaeology Reference Room CC70.D37 2002
  • Dictionary of anthropology Reference Room GN307.D485 1997
  • Encyclopedia of historical archaeology Reference Room CC77.H5.E53 2002
  • Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology Reference Room GN307.E527 1996
  • International encyclopedia of the social sciences Reference Room H40.A2.I5 1972
  • International handbook of underwater archaeology Reference Room CC77.U5.I55 2002
  • McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology Reference Room Q121.M3 1997

Additional Print Sources

  • Social and cultural anthropology: the key concepts Reference Room GN316.R37 2000
  • Taking Sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in world civilizations READY REF HT35.T24WO

Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.

Selected Internet Resources

  • American Anthropological Association Provides information on membership, job postings, meetings, publications, and special interest groups.
  • Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations University of Minnesota Department of Anthropology - The primary groups addressed are the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec.
  • Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology A search engine, combined with subject links and bibliographies to anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics, psychology, and sociology. Over 40,000 selected sites are included in their database.
  • Anthropology in the News Maintained by the staff at Texas A&M University. This site features links to news stories published on the web by ABC, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Nando, Archaeology, university press releases and other sources.
  • Anthropology Resources on the Internet "Offers a comprehensive list of sites useful to researchers. University departments, web directories, e-journals, information on conferences and newsgroups are included." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
  • Biographies "Part of the Emuseum at Minnesota State University, this Website offers brief, encyclopedic entries on the lives of 392 significant anthropologists (or prominent thinkers in other fields who have influenced the discipline)." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
  • Ethnographic Studies Internet Resources Page A Collection of resources in anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, and folklife compiled by the Library of Congress.
  • Experience Rich Anthropology Developed by the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC) - University of Kent at Canterbury
  • INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections " INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information."
  • International Data Base Demographic data from 227 countries compiled by the US Census Bureau. The data go back to 1950 and have projections to 2050.
  • Leakey Foundation A member supported organization committed to research related to human origins.
  • Lower East Side Tenement Museum An online tour of the museum, along with a 97 page Lower East Side Tenement Museum Encyclopedia
  • National Archeological Database "Provides information on public archaeology and national legislation affecting cultural resource management. It contains an up-to-date bibliography of reports on site investigations; a detailed overview of legislation, regulations, and guidance affecting archaeology (updated to 1997); and a series of Geographic Information Systems maps with cultural resource distributions." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
  • SOSIG - Ethnology, Ethnography, Anthropology This UK based site is the top catalog of social science resources on the Internet. Its Social Science Search Engine indexes over 50,000 Webpages. Subject guides are also available for use.
  • Teotihuacan: the city of the gods This site features excavation reports, narratives, maps, and scholarly articles.
  • VoS - Voice of the Shuttle Gateway to 25 broad subjects in the humanities including anthropolgy, architecture, art, dance, legal studies, music and photography. Developed by Alan Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara).
  • WEDA - The Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists Searchable database of address and research information about anthropologists from around the world. WEDA is hosted on the University at Buffalo Department of Anthropology web pages and it is also accessible in French and Spanish.
  • World Food Habits Bibliography "Compiled by Robert Dirks of the anthropology program at Illinois State University. This site offers an interdisciplinary approach toward worlwide food habits. Topics represented include evolution, hunger and famine, nonhuman primates, symbolism, and taboos." Source: ChoiceReviews.online

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Last updated 26 Oct 2006
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