Guide to Selected Sociology & Anthropology Resources
Find Articles Find Books Reference & Web Sources General Reference Sources Data & Statistics Professional Associations
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| Find Articles |
| Scholarly |
| Late 1800s to present. Bibliographic index to resources in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology; ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture. | |
| Sociological Abstracts (SocioAbs) | 1952 to present. Abstracts and indexes of the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. |
| Social Science Citation Index | 1975 to present. Multidisciplinary database of journal literature of the social sciences that allows the user to take a citation from an article or author and determine who else has cited that article/author since the publication originally appeared. |
| JSTOR | Fulltext access to over 150 scholarly journals, many of which reach back to the 1800s. Titles can be searched by discipline. |
| Project Muse | Fulltext access to over 160 scholarly journals, 1993 to present. |
| Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600-2000 | Primary and secondary documents, including text, images, and web links about key issues in women's social history. |
| Popular |
| Academic Search Premier | Offers information in nearly every area of academic study - over 4,600 full-text journals. |
| Find Books |
| Search for books and other materials owned by IWU.
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| A catalog of books and other materials worldwide.
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| Anthropology & Sociology Call Numbers Ranges: | GN Anthropology The Ames Library uses Library of Congress Classification. |
| General Reference Sources |
| Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History | The Anthropological Papers, published continuously since 1907, are monographic volumes that include some of the great ethnographies of the 20th century, particularly on North American Indians. |
| AfrBib.org | A culmination of twenty-five years of Africana research |
| Archaeology: an introduction | An online introduction to archaeology. |
| ArchNet: WWW virtual library | Virtual archaeology library by the Archaeological Research Institute |
| Dictionary of Anthropology | REF. GN 307.D485 |
| Dictionary of Sociology | REF HM 425.L39 |
| Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (4 vol.) | REF. GN 307.E52 |
| Encyclopedia of Sociology (4 vol.) | REF. HM 17.E5 |
| Ethnographic Resources related to Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities | A vast array of resources related to Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities |
| Mountain Voice | Contains a collection of interviews collected in mountain communities in South America, Africa, and Asia. |
| SocioSite's Sociological Subject Areas | A site containing extensive information and links on sociology topics. |
| Online guide to sociological resources on the Internet. | |
| News and Resources online for Visual Anthropology |
| Data & Statistics |
| Data & Statistical Resources | A series of webpages providing links to statistical sources and datasets, arranged by topical area. |
| Professional Associations |
| American Anthropological Association |
| American Sociological Association |
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