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PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

  • Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
  • JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
  • Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 550 journals and publications pertaining to behavioral science fields.
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection - Provides full-text coverage of over 300 journals pertaining to religious history, theology, and philosophical studies.
  • SocINDEX with Full Text - Provides Sociology articles and information with over 390 full-text journals, over 720 full-text books, and over 6,700 conference papers.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

Visit our eBook Collections for links to eBook Collection from EBSCOhost and other e-book collections. Please note that books that are still protected by copyright may not be available online in full-text from the free sources.

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LOCATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Anthropology-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

  • GN1 to GN890 - Anthropology.
    • GN301 to GN674 - Anthropology. Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology.
  • GR1 to GR950 - Folklore.
  • GT1 to GT7070 - Manners and customs.

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SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:

  • Countries and Their Cultures, 2001.
    Call number: GN 307 .C68 2001 REF;
    A 4-volume encyclopedic set with information on 225 countries, including summaries, maps and photographs.
  • Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory, 2nd Edition, 2000.
    Call number: GN 281 .E53 2000
  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2002, reprinted in 2005.
    Call number: GN 307 .E525 2005 REF
  • History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 1997.
    Call number: GN 50.3 .H57 1997 REF, in 2 volumes.

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SELECTED JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPERS:

Print periodicals are located in C-119 (LRC)

  • Inside Smithsonian Research
  • National Geographic
  • Smithsonian

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

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