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Anthropology
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Subject Specific Databases
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Anthropology Plus [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://uclibs.org/PID/34670) VPN
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Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals.
[Late 19th century to present]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/34670 (http://uclibs.org/PID/34670) VPN
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Ethnologue: Languages of the World (http://www.ethnologue.com)
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Ethnologue.com is a site of many resources for research of the world's languages. The database has been an active research project for more than fifty years. It is a comprehensive listing of information about the currently known languages of the world.
- Access: http://www.ethnologue.com (http://www.ethnologue.com)
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eHRAF World Cultures (http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/) VPN
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Formerly known as the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography, this is a unique cross-cultural database with full-text primary source material from 1949 to the present, totaling nearly one million pages of information on over 365 cultures, past and present. The online collection incorporates some but not all of the material in the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) microfiche, located in the Shields Library Microfiche Collection
- Coverage: 1949-present
- Access: http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ (http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/) VPN
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BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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More than 20 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents.
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
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PrimateLit (http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu)
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WILDLIFE. The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography). Literature acquisition, analysis, and indexing are carried out by the Primate Information Center (http://www.rprc.washington.edu/WaNPRC/) at the Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington.
- Coverage: 1940-present
- Access: http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu (http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu)
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General Databases
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FRANCIS [via FirstSearch/OCLC] (http://uclibs.org/PID/9572) VPN
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Over 862,000 records covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, sciences, and economics
- Coverage: 1984-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9572 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9572) VPN
Full-text Resources
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Early Encounters in North America (EENA): Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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EENA contains full text letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters, centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico. Includes information on the peoples, places, environment, flora and fauna encountered. Of note are more than 9,000 Audubon prints from "The Birds of America" as well as the complete contents of the three-volume "The Quadrupeds of North America".
- Coverage: 1534-1959
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31414 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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Resources in Ethnographic Studies (http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html)
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A Library of Congress collection of resources in Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife.
- Access: http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html (http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html)
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Anthropology 152 Human Evolution Outline of Class Presentation (http://blogs.lib.ucdavis.edu/hss/2009/08/06/anthropology-152-human-evolution/)
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A schematic outline, including links, of an instructional session presented to the students of Anthropology 152 (Instructor: Cassandra Brown)on August 6, 2009. Use this outline to review materials and search strategies presented during the class in the Shields Library Instruction Room.
[6 August 2009 3:10-4:00]
- Access: http://blogs.lib.ucdavis.edu/hss/2009/08/06/anthropology-152-human-evolution/ (http://blogs.lib.ucdavis.edu/hss/2009/08/06/anthropology-152-human-evolution/)
Other Resources
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Anthropological Review Database ( ARD ) (http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/)
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This "book review" database for anthropology contains fulltext reviews of anthropology related literature and media. It also contains citations to reviews published in anthropology journals.
- Coverage: 1994-present
- Access: http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/ (http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/)
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Native American Studies Print and Web Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/nativeamerican.php)
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Brief annotated bibliography of relevant print reference and web-based resources for Native American Studies.
[28 June 2005]
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/nativeamerican.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/nativeamerican.php)
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Native American Studies Research Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=31)
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- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=31 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=31)
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Anthropology Resources on the Internet (http://www.aaanet.org/resources/)
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The American Anthropological Association portal to Internet resources related to the four fields of anthropology, applied anthropology, archives and musuems, and professional societies and organizations.
- Access: http://www.aaanet.org/resources/ (http://www.aaanet.org/resources/)
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American Anthropological Association (AAA) Style Guide (http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf)
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An outline of style rules for AAA journals. Does not apply to newsletters, which deviate frequently from these guidelines in the interest of space and tend to follow many Associated Press style rules.
- Access: http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf (http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf)
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