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Dictionaries 

Key words: anthropology and dictionaries

Dictionary of Anthropology . Thomas Barfield., c1997.

Location: Reference Room GN307 .D485 1997

Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. Robert H. Winthrop, c1991.

Location: Reference Room GN307 .W56 1991

Social and Cultural Anthropology: the Key Concepts. 2000

Location: Reference Room GN316 .R37 2000

Encyclopedias

Key words: Anthropology and encyclopedias

Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology.

Location: Reference Room GN 25 .C65 1997.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology.Editors, David Levinson, Melvin Ember. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1996.

Location: Reference Room GN307 .E52 1996 4 v.

Encyclopedia of folk medicine : old world and new world traditions / Gabrielle Hatfield

Location: Reference Room:  R733 .H376 2004

Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures / edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.  

Location: Reference Room  RA418 .E354 2004 2 v.

 

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Location: Reference Room GN 307 .E525 1996

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Library Catalog
University Library's online catalog search
Search: Social Medicine, Medical Anthropology, Healing, Traditional Medicine, Women healers; Ethnobotany, Ethnobiology; Psychiatry, Transcultural; [health topic] -- Cross cultural studies

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Periodicals/Journals: Indexes / Abstracts

Abstracts in Anthropology

Location: Reference Room Table 4 GN 1 A15 1980- ; v. 1-7, 4th Floor. Focus on American publications.

Anthropological Index (Late 1960's-)

Index to anthropological articles/ RAI. European focus

Location: Online and print Anthropological Index REF 4th Floor Z 5111 .R67)

*Anthropological Literature Plus (RLG)

Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index combined

Location: Internet

CINAHL

Abstracts 1700 journals in nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health, and the publications of the American Nursing Association and the National League for Nursing, 1982-

Historical Abstracts

Index to scholarly literature on world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada). It provides access to over 500,000 articles, books and disserations concerning the period from 1450 to the present day.

Humanities Abstracts

Abstracts 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature, 1984-

Location: online

Medline / PubMed

Indexes, abstracts 3800 medical journals

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Periodicals/Journals: Full Text

AnthroSource

"Complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003 ... Current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications."

AcademicSearch Elite (EbscoHost)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

Ethnic News Watch

Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States. Alternative to mainstream media so gives a different perspective

Expanded Academic (InfoTrac)

Full-text and citations from journals and magazines, may limit to only search full-text, within a specific date range and peer reviewed journals

Human Relations Area Files

Data and publications on a variety of cultures world-wide.

Location: Microfiche 4th Floor; Partially available on line through eHRAF.

JStor Journal Storage Project

Archival collection of scholarly articles from various academic displines, including Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Sociology, the most recent articles are at least 2-5 years old.

Project Muse

A full-text resource of journal articles. It includes 167 full-text titles of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

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