Selected Resources in
Anth 210—Global Perspectives
September 18, 2003
Gail Egbers
535-8869    egbersgl@plu.edu

FINDING BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (large red books) to identify the best subject headings for your topic.  Subject headings relevant to your topic include:


Developing Countries
Brazil—Civilization
Mali—Economic Conditions
Human rights -- Asia, Southeastern
Ethnology
France

 

Remember—Similar books are next to each other on the shelves.  If you find a good title, look around and you may find some other good sources.

 

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes and abstracts provide the most efficient subject access to journals and periodicals.

Abstracts in Anthropology, 1983- (ref.GN1.A15) Gives indexing and abstracting on journals in the four areas of anthropology.

EBSCOhost (via PLU Homepage; from off-campus use your epass) Provides full text for more than 1,300 arts & humanities, academic, social sciences, general science, education and multicultural journals, magazines, and newspapers. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 3,000 titles.

JSTOR (via PLU Homepage; from off-campus use your epass) An archival database with 117 core scholarly starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s. JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available.

MLA (via PLU Homepage; from off-campus use your epass) Modern Language Association's index to international journals and books on literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, from 1963 to present. No book reviews!

PAIS International (via PLU Homepage) Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds in the social sciences and public policy, from the mid-1970s to present.  Requires PLU ePass username and password.

ProQuest (via PLU Homepage; from off-campus use your epass) Another full-text database.  Includes many anthropology journals.  It also gives access to the New York Times full text back to 1851.

 

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

Ethnicity

Atlas of World Cultures  (ATLAS G1046.E1P7 1989)
Countries and their cultures (ref. GN307.C68 2001)
Demographic yearbook. Annuaire demographique. (Ref.HA17.D45)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures  (ref GN307.E53 1991)
Ethnic cultures of the world: a statistical reference (ref. GN495.4.P37 1997)
Linguistic cultures of the world : a statistical reference (ref. P35.P29 1997)
National cultures of the world: a statistical reference (ref. HA155.P37 1997)
Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices (ref. BL80.3.R45 2002)
Religious cultures of the world : a statistical reference (ref. BL85.P325 1997)
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (ref.GN333.W67 1998)


Environment/Economics

Atlas of population and environment (ref. HB849.415.H374 2000)
Dictionary of environmental economics (ref. HC79.E5D53 2001)
Dictionary Of Environmental Economics, Science And Policy (ref. HC79.E5G685 2001)
Encyclopedia of global change: environmental change and human society (ref. GE 149.E47 2002)
 Environmental disasters: a chronicle of individual, industrial, and governmental carelessness (ref. GE140.D383 1998)
International encyclopedia of environmental politics (ref. GE 170.I55 2002)
Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy (ref. HF1359.R68 2001)
Statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique (ref.HA12.5.U63)
World Population: A Reference Handbook (ref. HB871.G47 2001)

 

Conflicts/Diplomacy

American treaties and alliances (ref. KZ236 2000)
Encyclopedia of conflicts since World War II (ref. D843.E46 1999b)
Encyclopedia of nationalism (ref. JC311.E4996 2001)
Encyclopedia of violence, peace conflict (ref. HM886.E53 1999)
European political facts of the twentieth century (ref. JN12.C643 2001)
International conflict: a chronological encyclopedia of conflicts and their management, 1945-1995 (ref. D842.B46 1997)
Global geopolitical flashpoints: an atlas of conflict (ref. JC319.A52 2000)
Oxford companion to politics of the world (ref. JA61.O95 2001)

 

General

Administrative subdivisions of countries: a comprehensive world reference, 1900 through 1998 (ref. JS48.L39 1999)
Almanac Of Women And Minorities In World Politics (ref. HQ1236.M347 2000)
Constitutions of the world (ref. K3157.E5M33 1995)
Dictionary Of Anthropology (ref. GN307.D485 1997)
Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology (ref.GN307.E52 1996)
Encyclopedia Of Social And Cultural Anthropology (ref.GN307.E525 1996)
Encyclopedia of the Third World (ref.HC59.7.K87 1992)
Encyclopedia Of The World's Nations (ref. G63.K874 2002)
Europa world year book (ref JN1.E85) (Newest at Reference Desk)
Great debates at the United Nations : an encyclopedia of fifty key issues 1945-2000 (ref. KZ4968.G67 2001)
Human Rights Encyclopedia (ref. JC571.L523 2001)
Illustrated Book Of World Rankings (ref. HA155.K87 2001)
Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and knowledge  (ref. HQ1115.R69 2000)
Social And Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts (ref. GN316.R37 2000)
Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations (ref.G63.W67 1998)


OTHER INTERESTING RESOURCES

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)(via PLU Library Website) publishes a wide range of scholarship (1991+) on international affairs. Includes some full-text journals, books, and policy reports. Also has excellent information on individual countries.


INTERNET SOURCES

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

CIA World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)

Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)

State Department Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/)

 

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 fall are Thursdays 3:00-5:00 pm.

 

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