Plants and People

ANTH 410/510 Research Guide: Plants and People

Get help from your librarian: Miriam Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu; (541) 346-7202

This is a guide to the library and research materials you may find useful to accomplish the objectives of ANTH 410/510 (Plants and People) with Dr. Gallagher, Spring 2012.

Finding Background Information:

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

are a useful place to gather background information on your topic. We have many specialized encyclopedias - some online and many in print in the Knight Library Reference Section.

Finding Articles in Databases:

Anthropology Plus indexes articles and essays in all of the subfields of anthropology, from the 19th century to the present.

Web of Science is an interdisciplinary index to articles in the sciences and social sciences, making it particularly useful for the multidisciplinary needs of anthropology researchers.

America: History and Life is the main database for finding information about US History. It contains lot more than "US History" might imply though -- from ancient cultures and archaeology to current political science and anthropology.

Is your book or article an
Academic / Peer-reviewed source?:

AAUP Presses The American Association of University Presses website lists (and links to) all of the University Presses within the United States and Canada who are members.

Ulrich's Periodical Directory covers thousands of journals, newspapers, and magazines. Use Ulrich's to see if a journal is scholarly/peer-reviewed/refereed.

Citation Guides:

For additional help, check out:

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the most current (16th) edition. The Chicago Manual style closely matches SAA style and the full guide is here online.
UO Libraries' Citation Style Help
Purdue's OWL gives good information and examples for citing unusual items, as well as usual ones. (They also have some nice guides for various types of writing and making annotated bibliographies.)