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eResources/Databases for Anthropology

Looking for articles on a topic related to Anthropology? Search in the recommended eResources listed below.

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  • ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

    ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.  [Details]

  • Cambridge Journals Online

    Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities.  [Details]

  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals. [Details]

  • Oxford Journals

    Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields. [Details]

  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]

  • JSTOR

    Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   JSTOR Tutorials

  • Anthropological Index Online

    Search engine to Citations of anthropology articles from the Royal Anthropological Institute.  [Details]

  • Anthropological Literature

    Allows one user at a time.

    Citations to anthropology and archaeology, some art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies.

       [Details]

  • AnthroSource

    AnthroSource offers peer-reviewed publications, an electronic archive of all AAA journals, and seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR.  [Details]

  • eHRAF Archaeology

    Provides a cross-cultural database of information on the world's prehistory, organized by archaeological traditions.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   eHRAF Tutorial

  • eHRAF World Cultures

    Provides a cross-cultural database of information on all aspects of cultural and social life, organized into cultures and ethnic groups.  [Details]

    Tutorials:

    eHRAF Tutorial

    eHRAF Video Tutorials

  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective

    Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals from some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.  [Details]

  • Sociological Abstracts

    Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.  [Details]

  • Web of Science

    The Web of Science database provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.  [Details]

    Tutorials:

    Web of Science

    Web of Science Search Tips

    Citation Report and H-index with Web of Science

  • ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

    ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.  [Details]

  • Cambridge Journals Online

    Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities.  [Details]

  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals. [Details]

  • Oxford Journals

    Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields. [Details]

  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]

  • Academic Search Complete

    Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.  [Details]

  • Art & Architecture Complete

    This is a new eResource provided by NCLive.

    Art & Architecture Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books.  [Details]

  • Books In Print

    Records describe in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos from North American publishers and U.S. distributors and wholesalers. Includes thousands of full-text book reviews from sources including Choice, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.
     [Details]

  • ChoiceReviews.online

     This resource allows only two concurrent users at one time.

    CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. [Details]

  • Journal Citation Reports

    Access to this resource will end June 30, 2012.  If you need assistance selecting a similar resource please contact a librarian http://library.uncw.edu/ask.

    Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries.  [Details]

    Tutorial:   Journal Citation Reports: Impact Factor

  • PBS Video Collection

    You can now view nearly 250 quality PBS programs covering a wide variety of topics. These videos are viewable from any computer running Flash Player version 9 or higher with a relatively good Internet connection (at least 175 Kbps). Unfortunately, it will not be possible to view the videos over a dial-up Internet line.  [Details]

  • World FactBook

    Database of country profiles produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. [Details]

  • WorldCat

    Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. [Details]

  • WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
    This database contains records for over 5 million items cataloged as dissertations, theses, or published materials based on theses or dissertations, in WorldCat, including titles provided by NetLibrary. The database allows users to quickly and efficiently retrieve records for theses and dissertations.
     [Details]


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