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| Anthropological Index Online, 1970 - present |
| Indexes 750 journals covering all areas of anthropology and archaeology. |
Science Direct
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| Full-text coverage of almost 900 journals. Focus is on scientific, technical and medical fields, with significant coverage of social sciences as well. (use buttons at top of page to go to journals or do a search) |
| Academic Search Premier, Indexing and full-text, dates of coverage vary by title (many 1975-present).
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| This interdisciplinary scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including: sciences, social sciences, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. Full-text for over 4,600 titles (3,600 peer-reviewed); indexing and abstracting for 8,200 titles; complete historical coverage and citation searching for select titles. |
| Art Abstracts, Abstracts/Indexes, 1984 - present |
| Indexes over 200 art periodicals and museum sources, from architecture and design to video. |
| Arts & Humanities Search, 1980 - present |
| Also called AH Search, or Arts and Humanities Citation Index. A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. |
| Abstracts in Anthropology, Abstracts/Indexes, 1970 - present |
| Provides citations and summaries for articles in more than 100 scholarly journals in anthropology and archaeology. |
| America: History and Life, 1964 - present |
| Citations to journal articles and reviews of books on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Indexes over 2,000 scholarly historical journals. |
| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), 1973 - present |
| Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Monitors over 1,200 journals. Also available in paper copy 1967 - 2002 in Penfield. |
| JSTOR |
| Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Language & Literature, and Ecology Collections. An archive of important scholarly journal literature. In most cases, full text of the journal is available from the first issue through issues from a few years ago. |
Use these sources to focus your topic, build a vocabulary, and find additional sources as you begin your research.
| Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, Ref GN 307.E52 |
| Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ref GN 307. E27 |
| Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, Ref CC 70.D37 |
| Medieval Archaeology, Ref D 125. M42 |
| Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia, E 77.9 A72 |
| Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Ref HV8073 .E58 |
| Issues and Dilemmas of Biotechnology, Ref TP248.2 .S33 |
| The Handbook of Linguistics, Ref P121 .H324 |
| Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
| Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, (3 v.) |
| Also available in paper copy: Ref GT2850 .E53 2003 |
| Countries and Their Cultures, 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd edition, (6v.), 2006 |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures |
| Also available in paper copy: Ref F1218.6 .O95 2001 |
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