Research Guides: Anthropology: Getting Started

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Welcome to the subject guide for Anthropology.This guide describes databases and search tools that you can use to find information on Anthropology at the duPont-Ball Library and online, as well as search tips and information about library services.

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Best Bet Databases for Your Research

The following Databases are considered "Best Bets" for finding articles for your research. For additional Databases in Anthropology, click on the "Articles" tab at the left.

Daily Life Through History
Explores ordinary life through time and across the globe. A cross-disciplinary resource for researching historical topics such as food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work, religion, housing, language, and social customs.
Latino American Experience
Full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States.

Content spans from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos.
American Indian Experience
Full-text digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States. Offers access to more than 150 volumes of scholarship and reference content, hundreds of primary documents, and thousands of images.
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
A sociology research database with full-text for many journals dating back to 1895.
ProQuest Complete
Searching most of the ProQuest databases at once, including ProQuest Research, ABI/Inform, GenderWatch, Hoovers Company Records, ProQuest Biology, Science, and Social Science Journals, and ProQuest Newspapers.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
A broad, general full-text database that includes both popular and scholarly periodicals. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, sciences, and humanities.
GenderWatch
Scholarly articles and other materials on topics related to gender.
Social Science Database
Covers core disciplines across the social sciences including sociology, social work, anthropology, politics and other areas, featuring journals from over 50 countries
Social Sciences Citation Index
Provides author, keyword, and cited reference searching to thousands of leading social sciences journals, in many cases with searchable abstracts plus links to e-journal images. One of the Web of Science databases. Coverage: 2000 - present.
CultureGrams
Country reports that include local customs, basic economic and social data, politics and history, national flags, national anthems, etc. CultureGrams consists of three editions of country reports updated annually: World Edition, World Kids Edition, and States Edition.

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Best Bet Databases for Your Research

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