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Databases for Anthropology
Academic OneFile (Thomson Gale)
Coverage includes a core collection of peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences and the humanities Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Coverage includes a core collection of peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences and the humanities.
Online tutorials available
Anthropology Plus
Indexes the literature of anthropology with coverage beginning in the late 19th century. APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) and Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
Both these databases index Australian topics, mostly in the humanities and social sciences.
Online tutorial available Bibliography of Asian studies
Covers all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. No full text, but journal titles and book titles can be searched in our library catalogue eHRAF world cultures
A systematically organized collection of thousands of books and articles on cultures from all regions of the world
Download user guide here Ethnographic
video online
Contains classic and contemporary documentaries; previously
unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field;
and select feature films JSTOR
Date coverage varies depending on individual titles, but overall coverage ranges from the late 19th century onward.
Online tutorials available Periodicals index online
Coverage varies depending on individual titles. Note that PIO is primarily an index of back issues and does not cover current journal literature. Scopus
The largest abstract and citation database. It has the broadest coverage available of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature. Cross-searches Sociological Abstracts dating back to 1952
Online tutorials available
Sociological Abstracts
Comprehensive coverage of scholarly journals in sociology, social policy and related disciplines including anthropology & cultural studies
Web of Science
Indexes a wide range of journal articles in the sciences, social sciences & humanities. Choose the General Search option to search for journal articles. Choose Cited reference search to find articles that have cited a previously published work
Online tutorial available Film & television literature index
Definitive index to film and television literature
Online tutorials available TVNews August 2007-
Indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format
Online tutorial available
There are more specialised databases which are useful for individual subjects (such as Medical Anthropology) and they are listed in individual subject guides.
If you are looking for full-text newspaper articles make a start with Factiva or consult the Newspaper Indexes guide for more resources. Books held by other libraries can be identified via the Other library catalogues guide Last update: 24 Sept 2010 Helen Attar
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