Welcome to the Anthropology Research Guide!
A guide on searching for anthropological information for assignments & research (University of Regina).
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I am available to give your class an instructional session on searching anthropological literature, or, more generally, information literacy.
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Key Databases
- Abstracts in anthropology
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Covers a broad spectrum of current anthropological topics from a vast number of periodicals. Approximately 3000 fully indexed abstracts per volume. - Anthropological Index OnlineAn index to journals and edited works in anthropology and related fields.
- Web of Science (ON CAMPUS ACCESS)A major multidisciplinary search tool, containing citations for journal articles and conference proceedings, books, and more.
- Web of Science (OFF CAMPUS ACCESS) Use this link whenever accessing Web of Science from off of the University of Regina campus!
- eHRAF World Cultures The eHRAF World Cultures contains over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from bringing up children to religious beliefs to causes and cures of diseases.The annually-growing eHRAF databases are unique in that the information is organized into cultures, ethnic groups and archaeological traditions and the full-text sources (books, articles, and dissertations) are numerically subject-indexed at the paragraph-level.
- AnthroSource Includes current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archaeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Complete electronic archive of 31 AAA journals.
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Navigating this Research Guide
Use the tabs at the top of this Research Guide to find the specific resources or type of information you are looking for.
The Finding Articles page lists multidisciplinary search tools along with "best bet"/key databases for the field.
If you have any questions or comments about this Research Guide or the resources it points to, do not hesitate to contact me (Christopher Read, Anthropology Librarian).
Librarian
Kate Cushon
she/her
Contact:
Archer Library
Treaty 4 Territory and Homelands of the Métis people
Kate.Cushon@uregina.ca
Treaty 4 Territory and Homelands of the Métis people
Kate.Cushon@uregina.ca