Warren Hunting Smith Library: Anthropology: Subject Guide

SUBJECT | ANTHROPOLOGY

Keywords and Phrases

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Here are some sample search combinations for Anthropology:

anthropocene AND "community engagement"
kinship AND personhood
(religion OR spirituality) AND "family of origin"

Scholarly Articles

Anthropological Literature This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles about Anthropology.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary collection of scholarly articles and ebooks.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text articles in interdisciplinary subjects such as literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, and gender studies.

Primary Source Material

African American Communities This link opens in a new window
Primary sources about Black communities and identity.
African Diaspora, 1860 - Present This link opens in a new window
Texts about migration and communities of people of African descent; includes geographic areas outside the United States.
American Indian Histories and Culture This link opens in a new window
Primary sources about the North American Indian experience in the United States.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Images of artistic works from museums and organizations worldwide.
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
Personal accounts of men and women (including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, native peoples, etc.) from 1534 to 1850.

Reference Works

The Encyclopedia of World Cultures by David Levinson (Editor); Timothy J. O'Leary (Editor)
Call Number: REF GN307 .E53 1991 Copy 1
Features coverage of every Native American culture that exists today in the United States and Canada. In addition, there is full coverage of such diverse groups as Cajuns, African Americans, Amish, Mormons and Latinos.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Available online through CREDO REF, the encyclopedia covers the many important areas of overlap between anthropology and related disciplines.

Streaming Video

Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork (a subset of AVON).
Anthropology in Films on Demand This link opens in a new window

Anthropology