Library Guides: Anthropology and Archaeology Research Guide: Find Articles

"Best Bet" Databases

The databases listed below are the most commonly used "best bet" indexes available in Anthropology. Use these to start your research.

Anthropological Literature This link opens in a new window
Anthropological Literature is a database of citations to essays, books, and articles from journals that cover anthropology, archaeology, and related areas.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
This database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
AnthroSource provide access to over a century of full-text anthropological resources covering all aspects of the discipline. Included on this database are all AAA journals, newsletter, bulletins, and monographs.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. It includes digitized current and back issues of academic journals, books and primary source materials.

Anthropology Databases

The databases below can be useful for research in Anthropology-related topics. Be sure to use the database that best meets your information needs (i.e., do you need something focused on Native American culture or a broader, more interdisciplinary database?).

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Includes citations to books and articles covering many topics pertaining to indigenous North Americans, including culture, history, and daily life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. While focus is on North America, some content pertaining to indigenous peoples of South America and worldwide is covered.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
This unique database provides historic and current full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the U.S. ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives, 1959-present. Strong coverage of African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Latino newspapers; also includes coverage from many other ethnic groups in the US, including Arab American, Jewish American, and ethnic European perspectives.
Ethnic NewsWatch tutorial
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from publications going back to 1910.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts and, in many cases, the full text of articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 journals, and also provides abstracts of books and book chapters.
Anthropological Index Online This link opens in a new window
The Anthropological Index Online is an index to current periodicals held in the Anthropology Library of the Centre for Anthropology at the British Museum. Over 780 journals are indexed on an ongoing basis.

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