Anthropology
Guide for Library Research in Anthropology
Anthropology Librarian
Where can I find anthropology articles?
- AnthroSource This link opens in a new windowThis database contains articles from 32 journals published by the American Anthropological Association between the 1800s and today. A list of these journals appears on the homepage.
- Discovery Search This link opens in a new windowDiscovery Search will show you articles from many different disciplines including Anthropology.
- eHRAF Archaeology This link opens in a new windowThis database contains archaeology books, journal articles, and dissertations describing prehistoric life and archaeological sites across the world published between 1983 and today.
- eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new windowThis database contains thousands of ethnographies originally published as articles, books, and dissertations from 1983 to today. Its indexing feature lets you trace social features across cultures.
How do I search in eHRAF databases?
If the interface and search tools of eHRAF databases are unfamiliar to you, check out these tutorials:
Where can I find biology articles?
- BioOne This link opens in a new windowBioscience research journals in full text. Covers 179 titles from 136 society and nonprofit publishers, including some open access journals. Coverage varies; earliest is 1994-present.
- BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes content from journals, conferences, books, and U.S. patents covering the life sciences and biomedical research since 1926.
- PrimateLit This link opens in a new windowCitations to journal articles and other scholarly materials on nonhuman primates, 1940-present. Click here for public access version.
- Zoological Record This link opens in a new windowCitations to periodical articles and other scholarly literature on zoology, biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, and genetics, 1864-present.
Where can I find cultural articles?
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowJournal articles, dissertations, and book reviews, many in full text, relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
- American Indian Histories and Cultures This link opens in a new windowManuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Includes rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new windowIndex to journal articles, essays and government documents on native North American history and culture from pre-history to the present, 1800-present.
- Black Studies Center This link opens in a new windowCombines key indices (Schomburg, IIBP, etc) to scholarship and primary sources in Afro-American studies.
- Europa World This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current.
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) This link opens in a new windowArticles from scholarly journals on Latin America & the Caribbean, the US-Mexico border area, and U.S. Latinos, 1970-present.
- Index to Jewish Periodicals This link opens in a new windowCitations to English-language articles, book reviews, and feature stories in 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs, 1988 to present.
- Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowAn index to articles and other scholarly literature on the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa, 1900-present.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Jewish Studies This link opens in a new windowExpert discussion of topics and sub-topics in Jewish Studies, with extensive annotated lists of best books and articles.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Latin American Studies This link opens in a new windowExpert discussion of topics and sub-topics in Latin American studies, with extensive annotated lists of best books and articles.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome This link opens in a new windowComprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world—Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman—from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE.
- World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean This link opens in a new windowA collection of archival primary sources and current statistics, articles, reports and more on people, places and topics related to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Where can I find linguistics articles?
- Linguistics Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts for articles in the scholarly journals of linguistics, 1985-present.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - LLBA This link opens in a new windowIndexes the scholarly literature of linguistics and related fields from 1994 to present.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowAn index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920s -
- Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online This link opens in a new windowVisualized information on various topics in linguistics.
Where can I find electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers?
Go to the Libraries homepage and change the dropdown to the left of the search bar to "E-journals."
This will let you check whether the UMass Amherst Libraries offers electronic access to individual journals, magazines, and newspapers.
You can search by the title of the publication or enter its ISSN. An ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is a unique number assigned to journals, magazines, and newspapers to help eliminate confusion even when multiple publications the same title.
When you find the publication you're looking for, click on it. This will open a window showing you all of the access options through the Libraries.
Below each access option, you'll find the years of that publication available to you.
