ANTH 312: Library sources & tips

This web page is designed to be used in conjunction with your ANTH 312 North American Anthropological Theories Assignment 1 instructions and list of anthropologists.

ONLINE REFERENCE SOURCES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  includes multiple online encyclopedias, including anthropology sources
• Literature Resource Centre
  use the Person-By or About search box
• The Routledge dictionary of anthropologists (also available in print in the library: Webster Reference GN 20 G3513 2004)
• Oxford Reference Online
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
  
  
• Don't forget CLUES
  TIPS:
  
  • books BY an important anthropologist will sometimes also include an introduction ABOUT her/him. Example
  • use Google Books to search inside the pages of books, then use a CLUES Title Search to find out if we have the book you want.
  • you can also explore our ebooks by publisher page to look only for online books and chapters
    

DATABASES: (these will lead you to short biographies and obituaries about your theorists)

• Anthropology Plus on EBSCO - your first choice for these searches
  
  IMPORTANT TIPS:
  • search using the SUBJECT (SU) field to find material ABOUT the theorist and her/his work. **(Here is an EXAMPLE of a SEARCH for an anthropologist NOT in your list)**
    
    
  • Use the Findit@Concordia button within the databases to try and access the text of the articles DON'T check off the "Full text only" box!! See also Help ACCESSING the texts
    
    
  • you can add other relevant EBSCO databases to your search to broaden your retrieval list. Click on the "Choose Databases" link at the top to select databases such as Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective and many more
    
    
• JSTOR - new beta search box
  tries to list the most relevant articles at the top of the list, including articles ABOUT your author
  
  
• Project Muse
  includes fulltext book chapters as well as journal articles
  
  
• Proquest Databases
  If you find there are way too many results, you can SEARCH ONLY OBITUARIES
  
  
• Google Scholar
  To find articles ABOUT your theorist try searching in the title only. Ex: intitle:"ruth benedict"
  
  If you can't find all of the texts your search retrieved see Help ACCESSING the texts and Related Library Services

More PRINT sources in the library - Webster Library, main floor, Reference area:

• Biographical dictionary of anthropologists – Ref GN 20 S84 2009
• Biographical dictionary of social and cultural anthropology – Ref GN 20 A45 2004
• Biographical directory of anthropologists born before 1920 – Ref GN 20 A45 2004
• The Routledge dictionary of anthropologists – Ref GN 20 G3513 2004
• Seminal and contemporary leaders in anthropology – Ref GN 20 K57X
• Women anthropologists : a biographical dictionary - Ref GN 20 W63 1988
• Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia – Ref HQ 1115 W6 1999

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Many of the sources and searches ABOVE will also help you find writings by the theorist you are studying, as well as reviews of her/his works. They will also help you decide on which texts are considered key.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Search CLUES
TIPS:

• use an author search to retrieve only entire books by your theorist
• use a simple keyword search to retrieve books that may have chapters by your theorist
• use Google Books to search inside the pages of books, then use a CLUES Title Search to find out if we have the book you want.
• you can also explore our ebooks by publisher page to look only for online books and chapters
  

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

• Anthropology Plus on EBSCO - your first choice for these searches
  
  IMPORTANT TIPS:
  • search using the AUHTOR (AU) field to find material BY the theorist and her/his work. **(Here is an EXAMPLE of a SEARCH for an anthropologist NOT in your list)**
    
    
  • Many book chapters are part of your results. Look up the Source (name of the book) in a CLUES Title Search to see if we have the book in which the chapter is found.
    
    
  • When available, use the Findit@Concordia button within the databases to try and access the text of the articles DON'T check off the "Full text only" box!! See also Help ACCESSING the texts
    
    
  • you can add other relevant EBSCO databases to your search to broaden your retrieval list. Click on the "Choose Databases" link at the top to select databases such as Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective and many more
    
    
• JSTOR - new beta search box
  To find material BY your author use this format in the search box: au:(benedict ruth)
  
  
• Proquest Databases
  To find material BY your author use this format in the search box: au(benedict ruth)
  
  
• Google Scholar
  To find material BY your author use this format in the search box: author:benedict author:ruth
  
  If you can't find all of the texts your search retrieved see Help ACCESSING the texts and Related Library Services

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• For help formatting citations and references according to the American Anthropological Association (AAA) style, see:
  • AAA Citation Style Guide.
    
    
• For help with references according to Turabian Style, see our Turabian Style Guides
  
  
• For help with references according to other bibliography styles (ie APA or MLA) see our Citation & Style Guides page
  
  
  
• RefWorks can help you keep track of your references, share them with your colleagues, and automate the creation of your bibliography.
  • To learn how to send references from your favourite databases to RefWorks see Export-Import Instructions

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