Research Guides: Anthropology: Articles

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Multidisciplinary Databases

Google Scholar
Tool to search for scholarly documents across the web, with an added feature of CU Full Text links.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary index to thousands of peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Also includes video content from the Associated Press.
Web of Science, Web of Science database
Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching.

JSTOR

JSTOR
JSTOR is an online archive of scholarly materials and it searches articles through the full text, unlike many other databases. However JSTOR includes fewer journals on any specific subject than the subject databases does, and is lacking the most recent 5 years of articles.

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ILLiad
View your ILL requests, books, and articles. You can also fill out loan requests for books and articles.

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General Anthropology Databases

Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)
Indexes journal articles, essays, reports, commentaries, and edited works in the fields of cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology as well as ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture from the late 19th century to the present.
AnthroSource
Contains articles from American Anthropological Association (AAA) publications including journals, newsletters and bulletins. It has the current issues for many of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, and a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003.

Annual Reviews of Anthropology
Yearly journal that publishes review articles that cover significant developments in the subfields of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology.

Article Databases for Archaeology

JSTOR
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
eHRAF Archaeology
Collection of archaeology texts organized by region and archaeological tradition.
GeoRef (ProQuest)
Comprehensive collection of scholarly geoscience literature, covering all areas of the world. Includes the following collection: GeoRef in Process.
Zoological Record (Web of Science)
Leading taxonomic reference and database of animal biology with backfiles to 1864.

Article Databases for Cultural Anthropology

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (EBSCO)
Index of works about American Indians from 1500 to the present.
eHRAF World Cultures
In-depth information organized by cultures. Focuses mainly on pre-industrial cultures from around the world and on North American immigrant groups.
Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)
Scholarly articles in the fields of addition studies, anthropology, criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, social work, and urban studies. Includes the following collections: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
Includes latest scholarship in feminist research.
Bloomsbury Food Library
Interdisciplinary collection of food studies content covering a wide range of subjects such as history, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, human geography, sustainability, agriculture, culinary arts, literary studies, political science, and development studies.
Berg Fashion Library (Bloomsbury Fashion Central)
Database of integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. Access note: The library provides access to content in the Berg Fashion Library module of Bloomsbury Fashion Central.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues.
Gale In Context: Global Issues
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Country portals bring together specially selected, relevant sources for analysis, including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs.

Article Databases for Biological Anthropology

PubMed
Database provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s.
Access note: Must use this special URL for CU Full Text links to appear in article abstracts.
Web of Science, Web of Science database
Interdisciplinary index that provides citations for high impact journals. Useful for forward citation searching. Includes some indexing and full-text linking for ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Access note: To access the API, set up your account and select "Web of Science API Lite" at Step 3 “Subscribe to an API.” For research support using the API, please contact the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.
Biological Science Database (ProQuest)
Access to materials related to the biological sciences from 1946 to the present. Includes the following collections: Agricola, Toxline

Databases by World Region

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (EBSCO)
Index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa, from 1900 to the present.
Online Egyptological Bibliography
The Online Egyptological Bibliography offers a large collection of references in Egyptological literature. It includes the records and abstracts from Annual Egyptological Bibliography (AEB, 1947-2001), the Bibliographie Altgypten (BA, 1822-1946), the Aigyptos database with keywords, as well as additional sources. Coverage is from 1822 to the present.

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (EBSCO)
Index of works about American Indians from 1500 to the present.
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
Most important for secondary sources on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

Hispanic-American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Spanish-language journal articles from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinx people in the United States.
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Citations to Latin American journal articles and books
Bibliografa Mesoamericana
Mesoamerican Anthropology, Art, Architecture, Archaeology
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers the history of the world (except for the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 forward, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) (EBSCO)
The most comprehensive index of Asian studies in the humanities and social sciences, with coverage from 1971-present.

Bibliography of British and Irish History
Historical writing dealing with the British Isles and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, from 55 BC to the present.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers the history of the world (except for the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 forward, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Brepolis Medieval & Early Modern Bibliographies
Secondary sources on the European Middle Ages (c. 400-1500).