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- Anthropological Literature (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowSelectively indexes articles in anthropology and archaeology. Specifically, this includes social and cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology and related subjects, with an emphasis on Mesoamerican, Native American and Andean archaeology and ethnology. Coverage: 18th century to the present.
- AnthroSource This link opens in a new windowFull-text online access to current and archived peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) as well as other AAA journals, newsletters, and bulletins. An email alert service is available.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new windowRecommendations for scholarship in all formats, whether encyclopedias and textbooks or journal articles and primary sources. Peer-reviewed bibliographic essays and annotated citations on each topic.. Subject areas include Anthropology, Sociology, Latin American Studies, and Latino Studies.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowFull-text peer-reviewed journals published by Wiley including American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals. Links to older content in JSTOR. You can also search directly in AnthroSource for just the AAA journals.
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- Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive abstracting and indexing of journal articles in anthropological scholarship and its subfields: cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. 1970-current.
- Annual Reviews Online This link opens in a new windowContains topical critical reviews of publishing on a broad range of disciplines. Includes Annual Review of Anthropology full text back to 1972; older issues (1972 through 2004) also available full text in JSTOR.
- Anthropological Index Online of the Royal Anthropological InstituteCovers worldwide literature in general anthropology, physical and cultural anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, and linguistics. Material is arranged geographically. Published quarterly. The Anthropological Index Online is the anthropological index to current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library). Coverage: 1957 to present. Citations only.
- AnthroHubA digital archive of 7 current and historical University of California serial publications in anthropology and archaeology.
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts journals, books, and U.S. and Canadian government documents on diverse aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Coverage begins in the sixteenth century. Updated regularly. Citations Only.
- Center for Archaeological Research PublicationsSearchable collection of the Center for Archeological Research's publications from 1975 through the present.
- Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research FacilityA full text digital archive of the 64 publications in this series.
- eHRAF (Human Relations Area Files - HRAF) Archaeology This link opens in a new windowContains information on the world's prehistory. Covers more than 40 major archaeological traditions in more than 50,000 pages. Search by keyword, geographic (OWC) codes, or topical (OCM) classification scheme. Each tradition file is comprised of a general summary and full-text sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. Full Text
- eHRAF (Human Relations Area Files - HRAF) World Cultures This link opens in a new windowHRAF World Cultures is a full-text collection of primary and secondary materials and ethnographies on nearly 400 different ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide. It is useful for finding information on a particular culture or cultural trait or for making cross-cultural comparisons. HRAF includes thousands of pages of text from books, articles, dissertations, and unpublished manuscripts as well as English translations of foreign texts. Search by keyword, geographic (OWC) codes, or topical (OCM) classification scheme. Updated annually. UTSA also owns partial microfiche collection. Full Text
- Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899Call Number: KF8201 .A1J63Chronological and Subject index to the United States Congressional Serial Set of House and Senate Reports and Documents. This guide will allow the researcher to locate thousands of documents pertaining to Indian - Federal government relations.
- International Bibliography of Social and Cultural AnthropologyCall Number: GN13 .I593Covers area studies, linguistics, some human biology, anthropology, and folklore. Arranged by broad topic, detailed subtopics, and geography. Author and subject indexes are in English and French. Coverage: 1971 - 2009. Citations Only
- PrimateLitProvides citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, technical report, dissertations and book chapters in the scientific literature on nonhuman primates. Subjects include behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography.
Coverage: 1940 to 2010 (no longer updated). - Vanderbilt University Publications in AnthropologyA series of monographs presenting the results of scientific research in all sub-disciplines of anthropology.
- American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899Links to full text. On University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons