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ANT249: Visual Anthropology
Fall 2006 - N. Mithlo
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963

Background | Books | Articles | Internet | Citing E-Sources | Moodle

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Reference Source Call Number or Link
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film ref PN 1998.2 T55 2004
online: use ebrary reader
Biography Resource Center online: Gale/InfoTrac
International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers (4 vols.)
(particularly for Asch, Flaherty, Rouch)
ref PN 1997.8 I58 2000
online: Gale Virtual Ref.Liby
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (4 volumes) ref GN 307 E52 1996

BOOKS: The Five College Library System

  • Use "Keyword Anywhere" searching to combine terms, or search by "Subject Begins With" using Library of Congress Subject Headings such as these:

    Documentary films - History and criticism
    Motion pictures in ethnology
    Photography - [country]
    Visual anthropology

    You may want to search for the specific last name of an ethnographer, or include a specific culture with a subject search for Art, etc.:

    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
    Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
    Gardner, Robert, 1925- Dead birds (Motion picture)
    Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951
    Mead, Margaret 1901-1978
    Rouch, Jean - Criticism and interpretation
    Art, Afghan
    Motion pictures, Inuktitut
    Igloolik Isuma Productions

  • To locate journal articles use the libraries' menu of connections, SC Links. The Journal Locator page allows you to enter a journal title or full article citation, in order to access the online catalog and some full text resources. Look for the SC Links button in many research databases.
  • Bound volumes of print periodicals are shelved on the second floor in Neilson Library.

ARTICLES & MORE

Use these databases for Anthropological Literature

Source Access
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
AnthroSource
(includes Visual Anthropology Review)
full text articles from AAA journals
Anthropology Plus. 1926+
(currently available "on trial" at Smith)
indexing from two major databases
includes SC links to full text, etc.

Finding Related Sources

Source Access
FIAF International Film Archive Database. 1972+ indexes film journals
EBSCO / Academic Search Premier. 1965+ much full text, both academic & news
Social Sciences Abstracts. 1983+ indexes core journals; some full text
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. 1951+ for academic articles, with SCLinks
InfoTrac/Expanded Academic Index. 1980+
includes some full text, some news

News & Image Sources

Source Access
Libraries' "Find Images" page links to image resources
New York Times Historical. 1851-1999. full text, includes images of the paper
LexisNexis Academic. 1970's+ text from news and legal sources
Libraries' "Find News" page links to news sites

INTERNET LINKS

Resource Link
Visual Anthropology Net
(news & resources online for visual anthropology)
http://www.visualanthropology.net/
UR-List: Web Resources for Visual Anthropology
(hosted: USC Center for Visual Anthropology)
http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/urlist/
Gender, Race & Ethnicity in Media
(Univ. of Iowa Dept. of Communication Studies) Features Indigenous Peoples in the Media and TV/Film links & articles.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources
WWW Virtual Library: Visual Anthropology
http://vlib.anthrotech.com/
NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World (searchable site)

http://www.nativeweb.org/

SC Libraries' Film Studies pages

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/

CITATION STYLE

There are some guides to creating citations to electronic sources right on the Web.

AAA Style Guide (pdf)

Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources Within Your Paper
(Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, and APA.

Up-to-date style guides and more help are available at the Reference Desk in Neilson library, or try Smith's new online software - RefWorks.

CONNECTIONS

Moodle

Click here for project guidelines. Use your GroupWise username and password to login to Moodle to access course documents, links, and communication tools: ANT249 .

Library Reserves

Check for a call number to give to staff at the Circulation/Reserves desk in Neilson Library:
SC Anthropology 249

ITS : Teaching and Learning Support

Help from ITS staff at Smith: http://www.smith.edu/its/tls/index.htm

Contact a Reference Librarian

Use Need Help? Ask a Librarian to send a question at any time, or
contact Sika Berger, the instructor for your library session: sberger@email.smith.edu

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