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Reference Books

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  • African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. [Ref GR350 A33 2004]
  • Biographical Dictionary of Social & Cultural Anthropology. [Ref GN20 B56 2004]
  • Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers [Ref GN388.C35 1999]
  • Countries and Their Cultures [netLibrary ebook]- log into netLibrary & search by title.
  • Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations [Ref GN496.C37 1996]
  • Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture. [Ref GN495.6 D53 2003]
  • Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara [Ref DT351.E53 1997]
  • Encyclopedia of American Social History [Ref HN57.E58 1993]
  • Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology [Ref GN301.E52 1996]
  • Encyclopedia of European Social History [Ref HN373.E63 2001]
  • Encyclopedia of Food and Culture(3 vols.)[Ref GT2850 E53 2003]
  • Encyclopedia of Human Evolution & Prehistory [Ref GN281.E53 1988]
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. [Ref GN495.6 C37 2004]
  • Encyclopedia of Social & Cultural Anthropology [Ref GN307.E527 1996]
  • Encyclopedia of World Cultures [Ref GN550.E53 1991]
  • Ethnic Relations [Ref GN496.L48 1994]
  • History of Physical Anthropology:an encyclopedia [Ref GN50.3.H57 1997]
  • International Dictionary of Anthropologists [Ref GN20.I5 1991]
  • Marriage, Family & Relationships [Ref GN480.B76 1994]
  • Modern Japan An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism [Ref DS805.M63 1998]
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures [Ref F1218.6 O95 2001]
  • Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists [Ref GN20.G3513 2004]
  • Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life [Ref GN333.W671 1998]

    • Handbooks & Guides

  • Ethnic Groups Worldwide:a ready reference handbook [Ref GN325.L46 1998]
  • Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology [Ref GN42.W44 1998]

    • Indexes

    Print

  • Abstracts in Anthropology [Ref GN1.A15]
  • Social Sciences Index [Ref AI.3 S61]

    • Electronic

  • The Anthropological Index Online

    Databases
    Web-based Resources

    The American Anthropological Association page includes information about the association, careers and placement., publications, government affairs, and a large list of links to anthropological sites on the web.

    Linguistics SIL International's page focuses on aspects of literacy and applied linguistics of minority cultures. This is helpful for primary documentation and descriptions of lesser known languages. 

    Anthropology Review Database is a database of reviews of anthropology books. Some reviews are from scholarly publications, while others are contributed by volunteers.

    Anthropological Index Online] is an index to anthropological articles found in the Anthropology Library at the British Museum. While it's free to search, there are no abstracts or full text articles, so you'll need to use this tool in combination with our catalog and other STL databases.

    The National Park Service links to NPS archeological and ethnographic projects. Use the "I'm Looking For"tool to find information about Native Americans, immigrant groups, prehistoric sites, and information about NPS archeology programs.

    Portals and Metasites.


    These "lists of links" are well-maintained and great starting points:

    The University of Canterbury (NZ) anthropology links and tutorials http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/anth/

    WWW Virtual Library:Anthropology http://vlib.anthrotech.com/]is a human-mediated subject index to commercial and scholarly resources. Many of the sites are reviewed.

    The Open Directory Project Anthropology Directory http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Anthropology/] 

    Society for Applied Anthropology http://www.sfaa.net


    • Catalogs

     

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