ANTH 2351 @ NLC Library 

Cultural Anthropology - Morgan

Ethnography Project Description.doc

Library Research Guide.doc

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials - MS Word
• Using Online Databases -  
• Developing a Search Strategy -  
• Citing Sources -  
• Evaluating websites -  
• Types of Periodicals -  

Links to Activities

• Secrets of the Maya (Time)
• Secrets of the Maya (database)
• Gender, Farming, and Long-Term Change
• Scholarly Vs Popular Articles

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• Indigenous peoples, ethnic groups, and the state GN 380.M37 1997
• Encyclopedia of Anthropology REF GN 11 .E63 2006 (on display)
• Patterns of Culture GN 506 .B46 2005
• Native Ethnography F 1221 .086 b47 1989
• Ethnographic Film GN 347 .H44 2006
• Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology [electronic resource]

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

• Academic Onefile
• Academic Search Complete
• Bibliography of Native North Americans 
• JSTOR

INTERNET SITES

• LANIC:  Latin American Network Information Center  from the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

• Western Washington University http://www.library.wwu.edu/ref/subjects/anthro/cultural.htm (Cultural Anthropology Research Guide) 
• Anthropology Resources on the Net  http://www.anthropologie.net/
• Voice of the Shuttle:  Anthopology  http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2703 (Website for Humanities Research)
• Experience Rich Anthropology
• American Anthropological Association
• Anthropology Tutorials
• Intute
• Yahoo Directory of Anthropology 

 SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Library Instructor(s):  Linda Plevak, Kristin Johnson