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ANT130: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Spring 2008 - Suzanne Z. Gottschang
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963

Reference Sources | Articles | Citation Style | EAS200 Moodle site

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Ask at the Reference Desk in Neilson for help locating the most relevant sources for a specific topic, in the Reference collection, level 1 north Neilson or in Young Science Library.
Reference Source / Website Link or Call Number
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
(3 volumes)
Science Ref GF 10 .E63 2004
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society (2 volumes) Science ref GE 149 .E47 2002

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

ref DS 779.23 .E5 2005
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics Science Ref & Neilson Reference
GE 170 .I55 2002
FORE: Forum on Religion and Ecology http://environment.harvard.edu/religion

BOOKS:The Five College Library System

Use keyword searching to search a phrase or combine terms (using and, or), or search with Subject Headings begins with, for instance:

China - Environmental conditions
Environmental management - Social aspects - China
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Nature - Religious aspects - Buddhism
Philosophy of nature
Human ecology - Religious aspects
Economic development - Environmental aspects
Environmental policy - China
Environmental policy - Taiwan
Energy industries - Environmental aspects - China
Manufactures - Environmental aspects - China
Automobile industry and trade - China
Air - Pollution - Health aspects - China
Coal-fired power plants - Environmental aspects - China
Water - Pollution - China
Conservation of natural resources
Pollution - Government policy - China
International business enterprises - Environmental aspects
Population - Environmental aspects
Urban renewal - China - Shanghai
Culture and globablization
China - Economic conditions
China - Economic policy
Environmental health
Environmentalism - Asia
Urbanization - China
Energy consumption
Energy policy
Social change - China
Human ecology
Body, Human - Social aspects
Disaster relief - China
Famines - China - History
Deforestation - China
Environmental degradation
Environmental ethics
China - Politics and government
China - Social conditions
China - Foreign relations

The Journal Locator 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 article indexes.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Source Access
Humanities Abstracts. 1983+ "core" journals in religion, philosophy...
Social Sciences Abstracts. 1983+
articles from "core" soc. sci. journals
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. 1951+ indexes/abstracts academic articles
PAIS International: Public Affairs Information Service. 1937+ indexes articles, books, reports
LexisNexis Environmental. 1970+ abstracts for articles, many sources
ATLA Religion Index. 1949+ indexes articles, books, chapters
Bibliographpy of Asian Studies. 1971+ Western language sources on Asia

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 or downstairs in the Science 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
RefWorks RefWorks logo bibliographic management tool (online)
Style Manuals & Citation Guides Libraries' guide, under Research/Reference Tools

CONNECT TO EAS200 WEBSITE

Use your Student ID number to login to Moodle to access course documents and communication tools: EAS200

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

Please provide us with feedback on the library instruction session. Thanks!

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