Selected
Sources for
ANTH
387--Aztecs
January 9, 2007
Gail Egbers
535-8869 egbersgl@plu.edu
FINDING BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to
the materials in our library. Subject headings
relevant to your topic include:
Aztec
calendar
Aztecs – History
Mexico – Civilization
Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies
Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities
Aztecs -- Social life and customs
Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico)
Nahuatl literature--History and
criticism
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
-- Sources
FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Indexes relevant to
your topic include:
• America:
History and
Life 1964-1996 (ref.Z1236.A48)
• AnthroSource
(via PLU Library Website)
• Bibliography of Native
North Americans (via EBSCO)
• EBSCO (via
PLU
Library’s Website)
• Hispanic American
Periodical Index (via PLU Library Website)
• Historical Abstracts
1955-1996 (ref.D299.H5)
• JStor (via
PLU
Library Website)
• ProQuest (via
PLU Library Website)
| LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Journals at
PLU gives you access to the full-text journals we have
online and the call numbers of our print and microfilm periodicals. |
REFERENCE MATERIALS
•
Ancient
Americans : a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of
pre-Columbian North and South America
(ref. E59.P42S3613 2001)
•
Archaeology
of ancient Mexico and Central America : an encyclopedia (ref.
F1218.6.A73 2001)
•
Encyclopedia
of anthropology (REF GN11.E63 2006)
•
Encyclopedia
of Latin American history and culture (ref. F1406.E53 1996)
•
Encyclopedia
of Mexico : history, society & culture (ref. F1204.E539x
1997)
•
Encyclopedia
of prehistory (ref. GN710.E53 2001) Volume 5 is Middle America
•
Encyclopedia
of world cultures (ref. GN307.E53 1991) 8 is Middle America
•
Historical
atlas of Central America (ATLAS G1551.S1H2 2003)
•
Oxford
encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures: the civilizations of Mexico and
Central America (ref. F1218.6.O95 2001)
•
Social and
cultural anthropology : the key concepts (ref. GN316.R37 2000)
INTERNET
RESOURCES
•
AncientMexico.com
(http://www.ancientmexico.com/)
•
MesoWeb
(http://www.mesoweb.com/)
•
Resources on
Aztec & Mayan Law (http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec.html)
OTHER USEFUL
SOURCES
•
History
Resource Center: US (Online via Gale)
•
History
Resource Center: World (Online via Gale)
•
WorldCat (via
FirstSearch)
BEYOND
PLU
PLU's library may not own all of the
materials you want to use. You may either order them from
Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally. If
you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient
time for the materials to arrive.
We are part of a consortium of
libraries that includes:
•
Northwest University
•
St. Martin's
University
•
University of Puget Sound
•
Seattle Pacific
University
•
Seattle University
You may use your PLU ID card to check
out materials from these libraries
| 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
are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00 |
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