ANTH 4: Public Life and Contemporary Issues

Start || Catalogs || A&I Databases || Full-text Sites || Current & International News || Citations & Linking

Getting Help

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The library Help pages offer advice on how to find and evaluate sources, use and cite your sources, distinguish between popular and scholarly sources, and how to use UC-eLinks to retrieve materials. See the library Subject Guides and Course Guides for subject-specific information.

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Getting Started: Background Information

Encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies and yearbooks provide valuable background information. You can use these resources to explore methods, discipline-specific vocabulary, or timelines.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search across a dozens of encyclopedias and reference works covering a wide range of subjects. Use "Advanced Search" to limit to titles within a "Subject Area" OR select just one source for your search.

Sage Reference Online
Over 100 encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Use "Advanced Search" to limit to titles within a "Subject Area" OR select just one source for your search. Includes

Find Your Sources: Library Catalogs

CRUZCAT books, journals, newspapers, maps, films, sound recordings, computer files... owned by UCSC.
Melvyl® Catalog books, maps, films, sound recordings, dissertations... owned by all UC libraries.

These catalogs use Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Sustainable Development -- United States Refuse and refuse disposal -- Social aspects Clothing trade -- Economic aspects

Use the Advanced Search option to combine controlled subject terms with keyword terms.

Find Your Sources: Indexing & Abstracting Databases

While general topics in Anthropology will be well represented in indexes such as Academic Search Complete, Web of Science or Google Scholar, more specific topics should be researched using specialized discipline-based A&I databases. The content of the indexing or abstracting databases will also vary, some contain only citations while others provide abstracts or full-text.

Academic Search Complete
Database of articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and news sources with full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study. Coverage: 1990 - current.

Other databases at this EBSCOHost site include GreenFILE, Left Index, Alternative Press Index, Newspaper Source, and Regional Business News. You can opt to search across all of the Ebsco databases or selected databases. From any EBSCOhost database, click on the Choose Database link next to the database name. 1110 From the pop-up screen, select the databases you want to include in your cross-search. 1111

PAIS International
The Public Affairs Information Services International database contains citations to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.

Other databases at this CSA Illumina site include EconLit, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (EIS), Sociological Abstracts and WPSA. You can opt to search across all of the CSA databases, all databases within a discipline or selected databases. From any CSA database, use the Change option to select cross-search options. 1112

Anthropology Plus
Provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. GUIDE-- Tozzer Library: Searching Anthropology Plus. Limited simultaneous users--please EXIT.

Anthropological Index Online
Indexes periodicals held in the Anthropology Library at the Centre for Anthropology, The British Museum. The index covers a mix of topics that range from socio-cultural anthropology to physical anthropology, linguistics and archaeology. AIO records are included in Anthropology Plus but this site provides Subject Area, Continent and Region limits.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) is an online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more.

Full-text, Citation, and Multi-journal sites.

These resources allow you to search for words within the full-text of articles or citations but do not provide index terms nor directed field searching. It is therefore easy to get lost in too many irrelevant results. Use with caution after you have developed appropriate search terms in searching the Catalog and A&I databases.

JSTOR. Full-text academic journals from Volume1:1 (current 2-5 years embargoed). You can improve your chances of locating appropriate references searching within a subject collection: Archaeology (81 titles) and Anthropology (86 titles), Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (75 titles).

Wiley Online : Anthropology access 97 full-text anthropology journals including the RAI and AAA titles.

Sage Online: Anthropology & Archaeology cross-search full-text journals including the Journal of Material Culture, the Journal of Consumer Culture and the Journal of Visual Culture.

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Note UC e-Link compatible.

Current News Sources

Access World News offers full-text access to local, state, regional, and international newspapers. Start dates vary, ~1997+.

Proquest Newspapers (Current) Los Angeles Times, New York Times (includes book review and magazine sections), and the Wall Street Journal complete full-text in PDF.

Newspaper source (Ebscohost) Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

Free Sites that will guide you to international newspapers, news weeklies, popular magazines and other media sources.

Citation Apps and Linking Resources

The American Anthropological Association Style Guide is based on the Chicago Manual of Style. We do not have a subscription to CMS Online but you can use the Quick Guide to see clear examples of how to use Chicago-style citation or check the Q&A section for challenging citations.
Zotero Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. Quick Start Guide and Screencast tutorials.
Endnote Web login, web-based bibliographic software.
LibX UCSC a Firefox extension that provides direct access to UCSC Library resources.
Find e-Journals UC-eLinks.
UC-eLinks Citation Linker locate text from a citation.

Contact Martha Ramirez (mram at ucsc.edu)