Davidson College Library   Research Guide for Anthropology 343

Gender, Power, & Culture Professor Lozada Spring 2005 Reference Works Finding Books & Ethnographies Finding Articles Starting Points Indexes that Cover Gender & Culture Electronic Journal Collections Tips & Further Help American Anthropological Association Style Guide Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works Atlas of World Cultures: A Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature. Ed. David H. Price. New York: Sage, 1989. Reference R 912.13 P945a Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Ed. Antony S.R. Manstead and Miles Hewstone. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. Reference R 302 B632 Countries and their Cultures. Ed. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2001. Reference R 306 C855 Dictionary of Anthropology. Ed. Thomas Barfield. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997. Reference R 306 D554 A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew M. Colman. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 150.3 C716d Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter Williams. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001. Reference R 973.04 E564 Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton et al. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993. Reference R 301.097 E56 Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Ed. H. James Birx. 5 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Ed. David Levinson and Melvin Ember. 4 vols. New York: Henry Holt, 1996. Reference R 305.8 E56 Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. Ed. Lorraine Code. New York: Routledge, 2000. Reference R 305.42 E56 Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Alan E. Kazdin. 8 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. Reference R 150.3 E561 Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Ed. Alan Bernard and Jonathan Spencer. New York: Routledge, 1996. Reference R 305.8 E562 Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Ed. George Ritzer. 2 vols. Thousand Oaks, Sage, 2005. Reference R 301.01 E56 Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. Ed. Judith Worrell. 2 vols. New York: Academic Press, 2001. Reference R 305.4 E56 Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Ed. David Levinson. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1991. Reference R 306 E56 Handbook of Psychology. Ed. Irving B. Weiner. 12 vols. New York: Wiley, 2003. Reference R 150.3 H236 International Dictionary of Anthropologists. Ed. Christopher Winters. New York: Garland, 1991. Reference R 301 I611 International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Bates. 26 vols. New York: Elsevier, 2001. Reference R 300.3 I611 Men & Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia. Ed. Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004. Reference R 305.31 M534 New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2005. Reference R 901.9 D554 2005 Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. Ed. Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender. 4 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000. Reference R 305.4 R869 Women Anthropologists: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Ute Gacs et al. New York: Greenwood, 1988. Reference R 925.7 W872 Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Timothy L. Gall. 4 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1998. Reference R 305.8 W927 Finding Books & Ethnographies Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate ethnographies: Do a subject search for "ethnology" and add the name of a country or geographic area. Do a subject search for "ethnic groups" and browse for appropriate subject headings. Do a subject search for "ethnicity" and browse for appropriate subject headings. Do a subject keywords search for "social life and customs" or "social conditions" and add the name of a social group or place (example: women united states social conditions). To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use a dollar sign $.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war").     Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Finding Articles Starting Points | Indexes that Cover Gender and Culture | Electronic Journal Collections Starting Points Academic Search Elite (1984 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Alternative Press Index. College Park, MD: Alternative Press Centre, 1969- . Library has: 1995 to present Reference Index Area R 050 A466 Indexes articles in periodicals such as The Advocate, The Nation, The Utne Reader, and other "radical" or "alternative" periodicals. InfoTrac OneFile (1980 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also included citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use an exclamation point !. LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an exclamation point.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use an asterisk *. PCI: Periodical Contents Index (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: automatic. Indexes & Databases that Cover Gender and Culture Abstracts in Anthropology (1970 to present) Bound and Current Periodical Stacks Annual Review of Anthropology (1972 to present) Contains scholarly review essays on a variety of topics; essays usually have extensive bibliographies. Earlier title: Biennial Review of Anthropology (1959-1971). Little Library Stacks 572.05 A615 Online: 1972-1999: JSTOR 1996 to present: Annual Reviews Anthropology Plus (Late 19th century to present) Indexes journal articles, edited books, commentaries, and reports in the fields of biological, cultural, linguistic, physical, and social anthropology.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use a question mark ?.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". America: History and Life (Prehistory to present [historical time period covered]; 1964 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use a question mark ?.     Time period searches: search by decade or century only.         To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D).         To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD.         Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below).         To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H).         To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH. Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, books, newsletters, and reports on all aspects of women's studies, including gender, sociology, education, political science, and health.    Search Syntax     Truncation: automatic.     Phrase searching: automatic. Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) Online (1935 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers covering topics related to Latin America; covers the fields of anthropology, archaeology, art, economics, geography, history, international relations, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology. HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) Online (1970 to present) Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and original literary works and covers the literature, history, culture, and politics of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, and the United States-Mexico border. Also covers works related to Hispanics in the United States.    Search Syntax     Truncation: automatic.     Phrase searching: automatic. Historical Abstracts (1450 to present [historical time period covered]; 1954 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on world history, excluding the history of the U.S. and Canada.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".     Wildcard: use a question mark ?.     Time period searches: search by decade or century only.         To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D).         To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD.         Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below).         To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H).         To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH. PsycINFO (1887 to present) Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and related disciplines.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use a dollar sign $.     Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Social Sciences Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.    Search Syntax     Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".     Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Sociological Abstracts (1963 to present) indexes journal articles in sociology and related fields, including anthropology, economics, education, philosophy, political science, and social psychology.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: automatic.     Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Women Studies Abstracts Reference Index Area R 050 W872 (1972 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, and books on all aspects of women's studies, including history, education, gender, literature, religion, and art. Electronic Journal Collections JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use a plus sign +.     Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.    Search Syntax     Truncation: use an asterisk *.     Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Find Book Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Planner, Part 2 (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document) American Anthropological Association Style Guide Read the American Anthropological Association Style Guide (pdf document) online. For examples, browse articles in the American Anthropologist, the primary journal of the American Anthropological Association. The years 1888-1996 are available online through JSTOR; the Little Library also has paper copies of the years 1888 to present.

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