Anthropology: Get Started
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This guide is designed to help students do research in cultural anthropology, physical anthropology and archaeology, and to help students and faculty discover anthropology resources available through the library. If you're in ATH 101, 102, 103, or 104, use the links on the right-hand side of the page to select the research guide for your specific class.
Use the tabs above to navigate through the other pages of the guide:
- Find Articles - Find articles about archaeology, cultural and physical anthropology, field methods, and more.
- Find Books and Videos - Get books available through the library and beyond.
- Careers in Anthropology - Videos about the variety of career options in anthropology.
- Cite Sources - Tips and tools for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism.
- Get Help - Get help from a librarian 24x7, get support from a tutor, or find a handout or tutorial to help you with your research.
Anthropology by Mark Patten. Used under CC BY.
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Find Articles
Search these databases to find articles on topics related to anthropology. I would also suggest looking at the full list of library databases, as anthropological research can be multidisciplinary. Some research projects might require searching areas such as medicine, gender studies, gerontology, pop culture, and psychology, for which we have specific subject databases.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. 3,700 are peer-reviewed.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. Does not include current issues of the journals. Video tutorials are available.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar searches the web for scholarly articles, reports, books, and other materials. You will need to add PCC as your library in your Google Scholar preferences to get links to PCC Library resources.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowUseful for research in physical anthropology and more scientific topics. Full text for more than 1,000 peer-reviewed life sciences, Health Science, physical sciences, and engineering journals with citation information for thousands more.
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