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ANT130: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Fall 2007 - Suzanne Z. Gottschang
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963

Reference Sources | Articles | Citation Style | ANT130 Moodle site

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Ask at the Reference Desk in Neilson for help locating the most relevant sources for your specific topic, both online and in the Reference collection, level 1 north.
Reference Source / Website Link or Call Number
Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts
Also available online (download ebrary reader software).
ref GN 316 .R37 2000
link from online catalog
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (4 volumes) ref GN 307 .E52 1996

Encyclopedia of World Cultures (10 volumes)

ref GN 550 .E53 1991
Countries and Their Cultures (4 volumes) ref GN 307 .C68 2001
Biography Resource Center dictionaries & encyclopedias

Blackwell Reference Online
(includes Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology with some related biographical and conceptual entries for anthro.)

dictionaries & encyclopedias

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Use these databases for Anthropological Literature

Source Access
Social Sciences Abstracts
articles from "core" journals
Abstracts in Anthropology. 2003+
(copy a "journal title" or "source book title" from this resource into the libraries Journal Locator or the online catalog using Title begins with...)
indexes/abstracts articles, books, etc.
AnthroSource full text articles from AAA journals
Anthropology Plus. 1926+ indexing from two major databases
includes SC links to full text, etc.

Look for SC Links: SC Links graphic, or use Smith's Journal Locator to access journals by title plus year. Connect to the Five College Library Catalog to find call numbers for bound periodicals on the second floor in Neilson Library.

COMPARING DATABASES: WHY NOT GOOGLE?

See these exercises,
presenting comparisons
Use Smith's resources to
compare on your own

From UCLA:
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/googlescholar
(scroll down to find...)
A short movie to help as you decide which search engines to use for research:
* How scholarly search engines differ (3.15 min.)

Google Scholar or a subject-specific database?
Questions and answers are provided, to compare on issues such as number of results, relevance, sorting results, subject terms and more.

Sociological Abstracts
Features the same search interface demonstrated in the movie, with some journal coverage in anthropology.

Google Scholar
Search from any campus location to link to full text & other SC resources.

HELP WITH CITATION STYLE

Resource Website
AAA Style Guide http://www.aaanet.org/pubs/style_guide.htm
Style Manuals & Citation Guides Libraries' guide, under Research/Reference Tools
RefWorks RefWorks logo bibliographic management tool (online)

CONNECT TO ANT130 WEBSITE

Use your Student ID number to login to Moodle to access course documents and communication tools: ANT130

HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN

See Need Help? Ask a Librarian! to send a question via email at any time or live when the Reference Desk is open, or contact Sika Berger, Reference Librarian directly: sberger@email.smith.edu

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