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Start your research by looking at reference books. When you are just beginning a research project, you need basic, factual information that will give you an overview of the topic. Reference books will give you a good starting point and are also a great source for developing ideas for papers if you haven't decided on a topic.
Looking for information on ....
a particular culture?
Australian People: An Encyclopedia REF DU 120 .A718 2001
Countries and Their Cultures REF GN 307 .C68 2001
Encyclopedia of African PeoplesREF DT 15 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Anthropology REF GN 11 .E63 2006
Encyclopedia of Prehistory REF GN 710 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of World Cultures REF GN 307 E53 1991
Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife REF GR 35 .G75 2006
Handbook of North American Indians REF E 77 .H25
Muslim Cultures Today REF DS 35.62 .M88 2006
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life REF GN 333 W67 1988
an archaeological site or concept?
Encyclopedia of Archaeology. REF CC 110 E54 2001
Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology. REF CC 77 H5 E53 2002
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. REF CC 70 K56 2000
Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. REF CC 75 A654 2000
Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. REF DS 56 O9 1997
physical anthropology or evolutionary theory?
Encyclopedia of Evolution. REF QH 360.2 O83 2002
Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. REF GN 281 E53 2000
History of Physical Anthropology. REF GN 50.3 H57 1997
Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology. REF GN 50.3 S74 1991
anthropological theory or the history of anthropology?
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. REF GN 307 E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. REF GN 307 E 648 1997
linguistics?
The Linguistics Encyclopedia. REF P 29 L52 1995
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. REF P 29 C64 1987
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages REF P371 .C357 2004
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. REF P 29 M34 1997
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics REF P29 .E48 2006
Next, look for books in CONSULS. A good place to start is with a keyword search, which allows you to combine concepts, such as "Africa and archaeology" or "Mayan and language."
Remember that CONSULS is the catalog for all of the CSU campuses, so before you go to the shelf make sure the catalog says the item you want is at SCSU.
If you see an item at any of the other campuses that you need, you can request it by clicking on "Request Book" and entering your university ID number and Library PIN number. The book will be shipped here within 3-5 working days. The State Library in Hartford will not send books to Southern but it is open to the public.
Buley Library has several databases that will be useful for Anthropology research.
Anthrosource contains fulltext articles from journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
Anthropological Literature indexes and abstracts journal articles.
JSTOR also contains many full text anthropology journals.
SocIndex with Fulltext (EBSCOhost)
also indexes and abstracts some anthropology journals, and also has many that
are available in full text format, but it does not have the extensive coverage
of anthropology.
All databases
are accessed through the database
page. If you are connecting from off campus
for the first time, you will have to set up a library
pin number to access the databases.
To see which journals are available in the various databases in fulltext or at Buley Library in print format, enter the journal title in the Journal Locator. The Journal Locator will tell you if we subscribe to that journal or if it is available in one of our databases.
Books, dissertations, and articles that are not available within the CSU library system can be requested by filling out an interlibrary loan form.
American Anthropological Association http://www.aaanet.org
American Association of Physical Anthropologists http://physanth.org/
American Society for Ethnohistory http://ethnohistory.org
Anthropology in the News http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html
ArchNet http://archnet.asu.edu/
Biological Anthropology Web http://www.bioanth.org/
Northeastern Anthropological Association http://www.neaa.org/
Society for American Archaeology http://www.saa.org/
If you would like research assistance or have questions about anything on these pages, please contact Lisa Bier at 392-5131 or bierl1@southernct.edu.
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