Researching in Anthropology

Contact Librarian: Miriam Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu; 346-7202

Articles (Scholarly / Peer-reviewed)

• Anthropology Plus - the top anthropology database.
• AnthroSource - complete full-text archive of all of the American Anthropological Association's peer-reviewed journals.
• GeoBase - human geography's significant overlaps with anthropology and archaeology make this a great option for a broader search.
• Web of Science - articles from across the sciences & social sciences. This is one of the best interdisciplinary databases.

• Encyclopedias and dictionaries by subject.
• Annual Reviews in Anthropology are review articles on various topics in anthropology written by scholars. These articles are great ways to get the big picture of research on a topic as well as a reliable source of citations to important books and articles.

• The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the most current (16th) edition.
• AAA Style Guide (Downloadable pdf - follows Chicago style)
• UO Libraries' Citation Style Help

• Anthropology Online is a growing online collection of fieldnotes, key books in anthropology, and more. It is combined with Ethnographic Video's film collection.
• Digital Archaeology Data Service contains unpublished fieldwork (grey literature) and more.
• the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) contains datasets, grey literature, published articles, and more. Some is freely accessible/downloadable, some is just indexed.
• Oxford Social Explorer - data from the US Census (1870-present), all American Community Surveys, Religious group information, Carbon Emissions data, and more for the United States.
• For more Open Access resources, see Open Access Resources for Sociology & Anthropology

• Ethnographic Video Online - Documentaries & raw footage of human culture and animal life (especially primates)
• Digital Images Guide provides links to our many image databases and collections.
• Films and Videos Guide helps you find films at the UO Libraries (on dvd, film, or vhs).