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Scope
Indexes and Abstracts
Guides
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Encyclopedias
Biographical Sources

Handbooks
Atlases
General Internet Resources
Research Methods
Evaluating and Citing Sources

Scope Note

The focus of Anthropology is the study of man, especially of the variety, physical and cultural characteristics, distribution, customs and social relationships of mankind. This area of study may include :

socio-cultural issues archaeology linguistics aboriginal peoples

evolution ethnic groups ethnic diversity pre-history

sociology ethno-biology customs ethnography

This guide is an introduction to general and comprehensive sources on anthropology which are in the Howard University Libraries. Check the Library's catalog STERLING under specific topics for additional resources.

Indexes and Abstracts (Online)

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Other Indexes/Abstracts, Articles (Print and CD-ROM)

Note: Titles for which call numbers are not listed are shelved in the Index/Abstract Area in the Periodicals Unit of the Undergraduate Library. For Internet and CD-Rom files, ask the Reference Librarian.

Abstracts in Anthropology. 1977-1992, 1994
"Man's speech, physiology, artifacts, history, environment, and social relations are described, analyzed, interpreted, and compared within human and animal realms." Subject and author index and table of contents appear in each volume.

Anderson, Frank G. Southwestern archaeology : a bibliography. New York : Garland Pub., c1982. E78 S7 A52 in Founders. Anthropological Literature. ( ANTHLIT) 1959-1976 [microfiche];1979-1992 [bound vols.]
This index to journal articles, also includes, since 1989, edited works and proceedings.
Print edition has 5 sections: cultural/social; archaeology; biological/physical; linguistics; general/method/theory.

Bibliography of Asian Studies. 1971-1988
For Asian cultures and ethnography. International African Bibliography.1980 - present
For African cultures and ethnography. International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Annual, 1972- 1993
Attempts worldwide coverage of both books and articles in anthropology with a subject index in English and French.

Kibbee, Josephine Z. Cultural anthropology : a guide to reference and information sources. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1991. REF GN42 .K53 1991 in Founders. Music index. 1979-1985. Detroit : Information Coordinators [etc.]
Especially ethnomusicology. Smithsonian contributions to anthropology. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,[ ]. GN1 .S54 in Founders. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off. E51 U5 in Founders.

Guides

Aby, Stephen H. Sociology; a Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 2005. HM51 .A29 2005 in Founders.
The guide is divided into three major sections: 1) titles useful to the social sciences in general; 2) related disciplines such as anthropology and social work; 3) sociology and its subdivisions: criminology and deviance, gerontology, and marriage and family. Annotations are descriptive and/or critical. The 600 resources listed were published from 1970-1986. Sources are almost exclusively in English and focus on the United States and Great Britain. Resources listed included reference books, journals, databases, research centers, organizations and directories.

Cantrell, Karen. Funding for anthropological research. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1986.
REF GN42 C36 1986 in Founders.

Fieldwork in the Library. Chicago : American Library Association, 1994. Ref GN42.W47 1994. in Founders.
Current classified bibliography on anthropology and related area studies.

The Greenwood guide to American popular culture . Edited by M. Thomas Inge and Dennis Hall. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. REF E169.1 .G7555 2002 in Founders

Hawes, Joseph M. and Nybakken, Elizabeth I. American Families; a Research Guide and Historical Handbook. N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1991. REF GQ535.A585 1991 in Founders and Social Work.
Intended as an introductory guide. Organization is topical and chronological. Includes a selected bibliography, an index, and biographical sketches of the contributors. Chapters review the literature in a topic are, assess relative merits of recent works, identify classics and comment on emerging patterns. Sources of Information in the Social Sciences, 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986. REF H61.S666 1986. in Founders.
Core literature in the fields of history, geography, economics and business administration, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education and political science. Indexed by title and keyword. A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers. New York: Worth Publishers, c2001. HM585 .G78 2001 in Divinity.
Written by the Sociology Writing Group at UCLA, this guide assist 45 students in defining paper topics in sociological terms. The authors use good, rather than perfect, sample papers, to give tips on organizing the paper writing process, keeping track of citations, avoiding plagiarism, dealing with field notes, avoiding sexist language, and polishing the draft.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Brown, Samuel R. Finding the Source in Sociology and Anthropology; A Thesaurus-Index to the Reference Collection. N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1987. REF HM51.B75 1987 in Founders.
The title accurately reflects the organization of the book; the major .portion is a thesaurus-index that directs the user to the appropriate citation. Focuses on the United States. Publication dates range from 1965 to 1986. Indexing is by title/subtitle and by author.

Dictionary of anthropology. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1986. REF GN11 D48 1986 in Founders.

The Dictionary of anthropology. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1997. REF GN307 .D485 1997 in Founders. Pearson, Roger, Anthropological glossary. Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Pub. Co., c1985. REF GN11 P43 1985 in Founders.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of American Social History. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1993. REF HN57.E58 1993 in Founders.
This title contains some 180 signed multi-page articles, each of which includes a non-annotated bibliography, on various aspects of American social history. Articles are devoted to such topics as family structures, gender roles and relations, women and work, and the culture of consumption.

Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996. REF GN307 .E52 1996 in Founders.

Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000. Peter N. Stearns, Editor in Chief. New York: Scribner, c2001. REF HN373 .E63 2001 in Founders

Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000. REF GN281 .E53 2000 in Founders.
Classified list of topics and introduction to the field, it identifies relevant articles.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1998. REF BL60.E53 1998 in Founders and Divinity.
This one-volume encyclopedia is an attempt to compile state-of-the-art summaries of "the insights gained by the principal social sciences of religion: anthropology, psychology, and sociology."

Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996. REF GN307 .E525 1996 in Founders.

Encyclopedia of world cultures. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1991-. REF GN307.E53 1991 in Founders..
Prepared under the auspices of The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at 307 Yale University. This comprehensive 10 volume set is the work of nearly 1000 contributors who are either experts on the culture or researchers at HRAF. Thus far 3 of the 9 geographic area volumes have been published. Vol. 10 will be an accumulated list of cultures and a bibliography. A standard outline including such topics as demography, kinship, religion, etc. is followed for each culture. Summaries of cultures include maps, glossaries, ethnonyms (alternative names for the culture), and a filmography. Note: the emphasis is on culture, not nationality. For example, for Italy, Tuscans, Sicilians, etc. are profiled, not "Italians."

Encyclopedia of world cultures. Supplement. Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, and Ian Skoggard, Editors. New York: Gale Group/Thomson Learning, c2002. REF GN307 .E53 1991 Suppl. 2002. in Founders

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1980. REF E184 A1 H35 in Founders.
Describes social organization, origin, migration, settlement, culture, education, religion and politics of each group, with bibliographies.

The Illustrated encyclopedia of mankind. London ; New York : M. Cavendish, 1979, c1978. REF GN307 I44 1979 in Founders.
Popular treatment; well illustrated v.1-15 alphabetical sequence of cultures "Abelam" to "Zulus" ; v.15-20 thematic aspects of culture. v.20 is the index

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. NY: Macmillan, 1972. REF H40.A2 15 1972 in Founders.
The most comprehensive and modern general encyclopedia in the social sciences. This title was meant to complement rather than supersede the earlier Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences and it stresses concepts, principles, theories and methods in contrast to the more historical focus of the earlier title. Articles are signed and include non-annotated bibliographies. As noted above, Volume 18 is a biographical supplement. Volume 19 is devoted to quotations. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997. REF Q121 .M3 1997 in Founders. Oxford illustrated encyclopaedia of peoples and cultures. Volume editor, Richard Hoggart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. REF GN11 .O94 1992 in Founders Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press,1985. REF AE5 O94 1985 in Founders.
v. 1. The physical world ;v. 2. The natural world; v.3. The history of mankind: evolution to revolution ; v.4. The history of mankind: the old world and the new ; v.5. The arts; v.6. The world of technology; v.7. Human society; - v.8. The universe. St. James encyclopedia of popular culture. Editors, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, with an introduction by Jim Cullen. Detroit: St. James Press, c2000. REF E169.1 .S764 2000. In Founders

Handbooks

Handbook of American popular culture. New York : Greenwood Press, c1988. REF E169.1 H2643 1988 in Founders.

Handbook of North American Indians v. 5- Washington : Smithsonian Institution. REF E77 H25 in Founders.
Includes linguistic, ethnographic, historical and archaeological information on pre-history, history and culture of the aboriginal peoples of North America.

Steward, Julian Haynes, Handbook of South American Indians. New York, Cooper Square publishers, 1963. E51 U6 NO.143 1963 in Founders.

Biographical Sources

Stewart, Julia. 1,001 African names : first and last names from the African continent. New York : Carol Pub. Group, 1996. CS2375.A33 S73 1996 in UGL Circulation, Auxiliary Coll.

Coser, Lewis A. Masters of Sociological Thought: Ideas in Historical and Social Context. 2nd edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. HM19.C67 1977. in Founders.
This title offers chapter-length profiles of the lives and ideas of some of the most prominent figures in the history of sociology. Biographies are in rough chronological order. A final chapter in this edition gives brief profiles of modern sociologists.

International dictionary of anthropologists. New York : Garland Pub., 1991. REF GN20 .I5 1991 in Founders.
Anthropology; Bio-bibliography. This source is especially useful for history and range of the plurality of anthropology.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Volume 18, Biographical Supplement. New York: The Free Press, 1979. H40.A2I5 1972 in Founders.
This volume supplements the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences which itself contains some 600 biographical entries. The 215 individuals selected for inclusion here either died since the preparation of volumes one through seventeen of the International Encyclopedia, or were born before January 1, 1909. Articles in this volume average several pages in length, are signed, and include non-annotated bibliographies of works by and about the individual profiled. A further 4,000 biographies appeared in the 1930's vintage Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences.

Anthropology Biography Web http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/

Atlases

We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity.1988. New York : Macmillan, c1988. REF E184.A1.A479 1988 in Founders
Thematic atlas with useful textual information, including a discussion of the 1980 US census data on ethnicity.

World Atlas of Archaeology. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1985. REF G1046.E15W6 1985 in Founders (Oversize)
Arranged by region and period, includes subject index and bibliography and many illustrations.

Past Worlds: Times Atlas of Archaeology. Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond, 1988. REF G1046 E15. P3 1988 in Founders (Oversize).
Includes a chronology by region, topical articles, bibliography, subject index and many illustrations.

Ethnographic Atlas. [Pittsburgh] University of Pittsburgh Press, [1967] REF GN405.M8. 1967. in Founders.
Facilitates comparative research by presenting ethnographic information in a uniform way. Considers about 50 economic, technological, social and cultural factors and analyzes 862 societies for which such data are available. Originally published in installments, with source citations, in Ethnology beginning in 1962.

Atlas of World Cultures. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1981. REF GN345.3M86 1981.
in Founders.
Basic facts and bibliographies on over 500 of the more completely described cultures.

General Internet Resources

WW virtual Library: Anthropology http://vlib.anthrotech.com/

Anthropology Resources on the Internet http://www.archeodroit.net/anthro/Contents/contents.html
American Anthropological Association. Anthropology Resources on the Internet http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm

Library of Congress. American Folklife Center.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/

LSU Libraries. Anthroplogy Guide
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/anthro.html

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): Anthropology http://www.sosig.ac.uk/anthropology/

UR List: web resources for visual anthropology. http://www.usc.edu/dept/elab/urlist/

Yahoo: Anthropology and Archaeology - Indices
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology

Research Methods

Bausell, R. Barker. Advanced Research Methodology: An Annotated Guide to Sources. Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press, 1991.REF H62.B38 1991 in Founders.
An annotated bibliography covering research methods in the social sciences. Organized
topically with an author index at the back of the volume.

Miller, Delbert C. Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. 5th ed.
Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1991. REF H62.M44 1991in Founders and Social Work.
A guide to research methods in the social sciences, including sociology. Divided into seven
sections which include, (1) General Description of the Guides to Research Design and
Sampling, (2) Basic Research Design, (3) Applied and Evaluation Research, (4) Guides to
Methods and Techniques of Collecting Data in Library, Field, and Laboratory, (5) Guides to
Statistical Analysis and Computer Resources, (6) Selected Sociometric Scales and Indexes,
and (7) Research Proposal, Funding, Costing, Reporting, and Career Utilization.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
This page lists free resources for methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on
"how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling,
interviews, and other methods.

Evaluating and Citing Sources

APA Style Guide – Footnoting of Electronic On-line Information
http://www.apastyle.org/aboutstyle.html

Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill20.html

How to Evaluate a Web Page.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html

MLA Style. Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web
http://www.mla.org/style/so

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. REF BF76.7 P83 2001. in Social Work.

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