ARC211: Introduction to Archaeology
Spring 2008 - Susan Allen
Reference Contact: Barbara Polowy x2941

Getting Started | Finding Books | Finding Articles | Internet Resources | Citing Your Sources

Archaeology Library Subject Page
Provides links to resources covering a wide variety of archaeology topics (some resources are available only to members of the Smith College community).

Statistics Library Research Page
Provides links to online statistical sources on topics such as population, economics, and many other areas (some resources are available only to members of the Smith College community). To find statistical information in print publications, use "statistics" as a subject begins with search in the Five College Library Catalog to see the array of topics.

Barker, Joe. Critical Evaluation of Resources. University of California Berkeley Library. Last updated October 1, 2007.
Available at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html

General Archaeology Reference Sources

This is a sampling of the many archaeology encyclopedias available in the Smith libraries. To find other titles, use these subject keyword searches in the Five College Library Catalog:

• antiquities AND encyclopedias | archaeology AND encyclopedias

Neilson Oversize CC70 .E54 2008
Encyclopedia of Archaeology, edited by Deborah M. Pearsall. San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.

Art Reference CC100 .M87 2007
Murray, Tim. Milestones in Archaeology: A Chronological Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2007.

Art Reference CC100 .E54 2001
Encyclopedia of Archaeology. History and Discoveries, edited by Tim Murray. 3 vols.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.

Archaeology Reference Sources on Specific Regions

Neilson Reference D62 .A52 2004
Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.-A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World, edited by Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree. 2 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Thomson Gale, 2004.

Art Reference F1218.6 .A73 2001
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, edited by Susan Toby Evans, David L. Webster. New York: Garland Pub., 2001.

Art Reference DS418 .E53 1990
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology, edited by A. Ghosh. 2 vols. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990.

Art Reference DT58 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, compiled and edited by Kathryn A. Bard. London: Routledge, 1999.

Neilson Reference DE5 .E5 1996 (sample entry -- Samothrace)
An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology, edited by Nancy Thomson de Grummond. 2 vols. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Neilson Reference DS111.A2 N488 1993
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, edited by Ephraim Stern and Ayelet Lewinson-Gilboa. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society & Carta; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Neilson Reference DS56 .O9 1997
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. 5 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Library Stacks Browsing

Consult the Library of Congress Classification outline for:

• Class D World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand, etc.
• Class E-F1170: History of the Americas, United States
• Class F1210-3799: History of the Americas, Latin America, Spanish America
• Class GN700-890: Pre-historic archaeology

Library Catalog

Useful terms for subject searches for ARC211 project research are:

• Excavations (Archaeology) -- [country] -- [site],
  e.g. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Gesher Site.
• [name of site], e.g., Sanctuary of Demeter (Knossos : extinct city)
• [place name] -- Antiquities, e.g. Yassi Island (Turkey) -- Antiquities, Byzantine

Five College Library Catalog
The online catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Use the "request item" feature to page books from libraries other than those at Smith.

WorldCat
WorldCat is universal in subject scope and includes records for materials in all formats held in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. It is an excellent source for developing a bibliography and verifying citations.
To request items found in WorldCat through Smith's Interlibrary Loan Service, plan ahead and allow at least two weeks for delivery.

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES & OTHER ANALYTICS

Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective
These two databases cover all aspects of the visual arts, including key archaeology journals in English, providing cover to cover indexing of over 400 periodicals published throughout the world. Art Abstracts covers 1984 to the present, Art Index Retrospective covers 1929 to 1984. Updated monthly.

America: History and Life
Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material about American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics. 1953 to present.

DYABOLA: RealKatalog DAI Rom
DYABOLA: RealKatalog DAI Rom is an electronic version of Archäologische Bibliographie, the subject and alphabetic catalogs of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut and the standard bibliography of material on classical art and archaeology. It provides regular access to over 1,100 journals and series and includes citations to books and essays in Festschriften and other collections published throughout the world. Hillyer holdings of the printed index are 1932 to 1993 (Storage Art Periodical Z5132 .A67). The electronic form covers 1956 to the present and is updated annually.

Art Periodical GN700 .I552
Fasti Archaeologici: Annual Bulletin of Classical Archaeology. Florence: Sansoni Editore for the International Association for Classical Archaeology, Rome, 1946-1998.
Includes "useful summary notices of excavations throughout the area of the Roman Empire." Continued by Fasti Online.

Historical Abstracts
Index to articles in periodicals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and other publications on world history (excluding North America) from 1450 to the present.

JSTOR
Complete digital backfiles (excepting the most current 2 to 5 years) for more than 400 scholarly journals including 21 key archaeology titles in English. Includes a flexible search engine and also allows browsing through individual issues of journals.

INTERNET RESOURCES

ArchNet. Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, 1993-present.
Provides access to Internet resources on archaeology by subject and by region including links to many online excavation reports.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Scholarly reviews of current publications in classical archaeology and art from 1990 to the present. Use the keywords "excavations," "excavation," "site report" or the site name to search for reviews of site reports published as monographs. Many reviews include references to other literature on the site.

Fasti Online. International Association for Classical Archaeology, 2004. Latest update 2007.
"A database of archaeological excavations since the year 2000" covering Italy and eastern Europe. Entries for each site excavated include a basic record sheet and may also include "the interim report for the year, together with any further documentation the [site] director wishes to add. There is no chronological limitation to the sites listed, which range from the Upper Palaeolithic to the nineteenth century..." Continues the print index, Fasti Archaeologici (1946-1987), Art Periodical GN700 .I552

CITING YOUR SOURCES

helps researchers gather, manage, store, and generate citations and bibliographies. Smith faculty, staff & students have access on the web without charge.

• Set up a personal Refworks account
• Technical assistance from ITS on getting started and using the program
• Help for using RefWorks with library databases

Style Manuals & Citation Guides. Smith College Libraries. January 25, 2008.
Links to online versions MLA, Chicago, and other popular manuals for writing papers, preparing manuscripts, and formatting footnote and bibliography citations.

Art Reference Z253 .U69 2003 Online Edition
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Completely searchable online version of this important style manual, providing quick answers to style, editing, and citation format questions (for print and electronic sources).

Neilson Reference and Science Reserve BF76.7 .P83 2001
Style Tips, Electronic References
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.

Neilson Reference Desk PN171 .F56 W35 2006
Walker, Janice R., and Todd Taylor. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
"Presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources."

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Barbara Polowy, the art librarian and instructor for your library session: bpolowy@email.smith.edu, 121 Hillyer Art Library, X2941.

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