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ANTH 270 - Library tips
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Library Basics: do we have it or not?

If you simply want to access a specific article, book, book chapter or film, just search in the:

 

Anthropology Literature Reviews: How-to & Examples

For examples of extensive and sophisticated literature reviews with a scholarly anthropological lens, see:


For general guidelines on how to write a literature review, including  a link to an example of an extensive literature review in a social sciences journal, see:

**NOTE:  YOUR PROFESSOR'S INSTRUCTIONS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ANY GENERAL INFO GUIDES OR LIT REVIEW EXAMPLES ABOVE. 

Try these article databases to search for academic and anthropological articles in peer-reviewed journals:

USEFUL TIPS:

  • For Quick Tips on how to enter search terms in most of these databases, see this one-page SEARCH STRATEGIES CHEAT SHEET.
  • You can click on the Scholarly/Peer-reviewed journals checkbox in most of the databases above to ensure that the citations you choose are acceptable peer-reviewed articles. See also Evaluating Sources.

**FUN TIP:
If you have found an interesting citation that is not very recent, use the "Cited by" link available  in many databases (especially in Google Scholar) to find similar and more recent articles**

Additional context for a better understanding of your topics

To find additional material related to the issues or themes you have chosen for your assignments, you can use  the required, recommended and  selected assigned readings  in Course Outline, but you can also try more anthropology sources resources:

 

IS IT SCHOLARLY/ACADEMIC/PEER-REVIEWED?

Your professor's instructions should always be the first criteria in determining what qualifies as an appropriate academic source. If you feel you need additional guidance in this area, however, you might find some relevant tips in the guides below.
 

When evaluating the quality of a variety of material, the following library guide might provide some help:

Help Referencing: Bibliography & In-Text Citations

  • Your outline states that you must include full references and page notations (in-text citations) for the article you are analyzing and any other material you use.

  • The APA Citation & Style Guide can help. For example:

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