Selected Resources in
Anth102—Human Cultural Diversity
March 29, 2005
Gail Egbers
 535-8869  egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.  Some relevant topics include:

 
Sex role – History
Immigrants -- United States
Immigrants ---Canada
Medical care Cross-cultural studies
Genealogy
Cities and towns
Unemployment
Foster Children
Mormon Church
Aeronautics -- History
 

PERIODICALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Following are some indexes you might want to use for this project:

Abstracts in Anthropology, 1983+ (In paper only: ref GN1.A15) Comprehensive index to the world's literature in anthropology.  Includes physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.

Anthropological Index (via Internet) The Anthropological Index Online is based on the journal holdings of the Anthropology Library at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind) which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology, from academic institutions and publishers around the world.

ATLA  (via Library Web site) Indexes international periodicals, multi-author books, and reviews in religion, from 1949 to present.  Even though this is a religion index, some articles are appropriate for anthropology.

Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) Business Source Premier is the world's most comprehensive index of business journals, magazines and other sources, with indexing and abstracts for over 3,800 periodicals and full text for more than 3,000 of those titles. Coverage includes leading journals in marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics, economics, international business, and more.

Contemporary Women's Issues (FirstSearch) Indexes articles from international journals on women and women's studies, 1992 to present.

EBSCOhost: (via Library Web Site) A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal    coverage for nearly all academic areas - including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.

Family Index (via Library Web Site) Search more than 40,000 citations published from 1995 to present in 2,000 journals that cover family-related topics. Not available off campus.

International Index to Music Periodicals (via Library Web Site) Provides indexing and abstracts to over 370 currently published international music periodicals that cover nearly all aspects of the world of music. Also includes retrospective coverage from over 185 periodicals dating back as far as 1874.

MEDLINE (FirstSearch) Indexes and abstracts biomedical literature, published from 1969 to present.

Music Index Online (via Library Web Site) An index to more than 655 international music periodicals that cover musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.

PAIS International (FirstSearch) Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds (magazines, books, reports, etc.) in the social sciences and public policy, from the mid-1970s to present. Topics include but are not limited to: human rights, education, health, culture and religion.

ProQuest (via Library Website) Provides access to several newspapers including the New York Times back to 1851.  Also includes access to some full text research journals.

Psychological Abstracts, (via PLU network) Comprehensive index to the world's literature in Psychology.  Anthropological subjects are quite well covered.  Be aware that not all articles are in English, even though the abstract is.   Includes some full text articles.

Sociological Abstracts (via FirstSearch) This source includes a great deal of anthropological material even though the main focus is sociology.


LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodicals are arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system.  Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are interfiled with the books in the main collection on the second and third floors. Journals at PLU also gives you access to the full-text journals we have online.



REFERENCE MATERIALS


Adoption law and practice (ref. KF545.A36x 2000)

Amazons to fighter pilots: a biographical dictionary of military women (REF U52.A44 2003)

American attitudes: who thinks what about the issues that shape our lives (ref. HN90.P8M58 1998)

Atlas of World Cultures  (ATLAS G1046.E1P7 1989)

Biographical dictionary of Christian missions (ref. BV3700.B56 1998)

Countries and their cultures (ref. GN307.C68 2001)

Demographic yearbook. Annuaire demographique. (ref.HA17.D45)

Dictionary Of Anthropology (ref. GN307.D485 1997)

Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology  (ref.GN307.W56 1991)

Encyclopedia Of Adoption (ref. HV875.55.A28 2000)

Encyclopedia of American immigration (ref. JV6465.E53 2001)

Encyclopedia of American social history (ref. HN57.E58 1993)

Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology (ref.GN307.E52 1996)

Encyclopedia of family life (ref. HQ534.E53 1999)

Encyclopedia of Mormonism (ref. BX8605.5.E62 1992)

Encyclopedia of popular music (ref. ML102.P66G84 1998)

Encyclopedia of religious freedom (REF BV741.E47 2003)

Encyclopedia Of Social And Cultural Anthropology (ref.GN307.E525 1996)

Encyclopedia of the Third World (ref.HC59.7.K87 1992)

Encyclopedia of urban America: the cities and suburbs (ref. HT123.E5 1998)

Encyclopedia of urban cultures: cities and cultures around the world (REF HT108.5.E53 2002)

Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender (ref. HQ1115.E43 2001)

Encyclopedia of World Cultures  (ref GN307.E53 1991)

Europa world year book. (ref JN1.E85) (Newest at Reference Desk)

Family: a social history of the twentieth century (ref. HQ518.F325 1991)

Harper encyclopedia of military history: from 3500 BC to the present (ref. D25.D86 1993)

Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups (ref. E184.A1H35)

Historical atlas of Mormonism (ATLAS G1021.E42H5 1994)

Historical Atlas Of The Religions Of The World. (ref.BL80.2.F28)

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mankind, 1990  (ref GN307.I44)

International dictionary of anthropologists (ref. GN20.I5 1991)

International encyclopedia of marriage and family (REF HQ9.E52 2003)

Magill’s guide to military history (ref. D25.A2M34 2001)

Marriage, family, and relationships: a cross-cultural encyclopedia (ref. GN480.B76 1994)

Oxford companion to American military history (ref. D25.A2O94 2001)

Parenthood in America: an encyclopedia  (ref. HQ755.8.P3783 2000)

Pocket guide to cultural assessment (ref. RT86.54.G45 1998)

St. James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide (REF HD4839.S74 2004)

St. James encyclopedia of popular culture (ref. E169.1.S764 2000)

Statesman's year-book (ref.JA51.S7) (Newest in Ready Reference)

Statistical handbook on the American family (ref. HQ536.S727 1999)

Statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique (ref.HA12.5.U63)

Women in the Third World: an encyclopedia of contemporary issues (ref. HQ1870.9.W6548 1998)

Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (ref.GN333.W67 1998)

Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations (ref.G63.W67 1998)




INTERNET:  The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet"  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html) Here are some good choices:


Anthropology (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/anthro.html)

Children’s’ Bureau (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/index.htm)

Craft Culture (http://www.craftculture.org/)

Force Transformation (http://www.oft.osd.mil/index.cfm)

Genealogical Resources at the National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/)

Foster Parenting  (http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/ca/fosterparents/)

Genealogy Home Page (http://www.genhomepage.com/)

LDS Mission Network (http://www.mission.net/)

Missionary Training Center (http://www.mtc.byu.edu/)

Northwest Adoption Exchange (http://www.nwae.org/index.html)

US Citizenship & Immigration Services (http://uscis.gov/graphics/)



If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  My office hours for spring are Tuesday and Thursdays 3:00-5:00.


                                                    


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