Marilyn Scoville SAINT MICHAEL

Marilyn Scoville SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE

“Research Guide for Anthropology”

refugee camp near the Jordanian-Iraq border in Al Ruweishid, Sunday, March 30, 2003

Locating Materials in the Library Collection

SMC online catalog: search SMC's online catalog to locate books, videos, maps, cd's, magazine title locations
WorldCat: search WorldCat to find books not owned by SMC but available through Interlibrary Loan

Search with subject headings	Search with keywords
Inuit Sotho Tswana Sindhis Tutsi Akan Indigenous peoples africa Indigenous peoples Australia Indigenous peoples Japan Indigenous peoples South Africa Indigenous peoples Taiwan Indigenous peoples Russia	Aka and africa eskimo and culture anasazi and art cree and religion indigenous and "south africa" masai and women ainu and japan pygmies and indonesia "new guinea" and video? ecuador and magic kayapo and video? akan and religion

Locating Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles through Online Databases

Databases available on the library web pages: http://www.smcvt.edu/library/databases/title/

AnthroSource
Provides full text articles from 32 anthropology journals, newsletters, and bulletins, with some back 100 years.

            SocINDEX
            Full text for 145 anthropology journals with some dating back to 1895; also text for books, monographs,
            and conference papers, including access to additional publications related to anthropology.

           Ethnic News Watch
           Searches hundreds of ethnic and minority magazines, journals, and newspapers with full text for everything
           Coverage begins in 1990; search in English or Spanish

JSTOR
Indexes 42 anthropology and 27 archaeology publications .

ProjectMuse
Indexes 4 anthropology publications.

           Gender Watch
           Indexes scholarly and popular publications, provides historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender
           roles as they affect both men and women; includes regional publications, government and special reports.

           Academic Search Premier
           Searches over 4,000 full text publications; 266 dealing with anthropology topics.

Encyclopedias and Other Reference Sources
located in the library's reference collection: call number = GN

Encyclopedia of Anthropology. 5 vols. London: Sage, 2006.
Reference GN 11.E63

               Encyclopedia of Peoples of the World. New York: Holt, 1993.
                    Reference GN 495.4 E53

               Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 8 vols. Boston: Hall, 1995.
                    Reference GN 307. E53

Ethnic Groups Worldwide. Phoenix: Oryx, 1998.
Reference GN 325.L46

Peoples Nations and Cultures. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005.
Reference GN 316.P384

The World Book Encyclopedia of People and Places. 6 vols. Chicago: World Book, 1993.
Reference GN 128.W55

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. 4 vols. New York: Hold, 1996.
Reference GN 307. E52

Searching the World Wide Web: Anybody Can Publish on the Web!!

Search engines such as Google (www.google.com) provide access to millions of unfiltered, unedited documents, often
with no authors or dates noted
Select reputable websites (see the SMC library subject guide for anthropology) and use the CRAAP test to evaluate web resources: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

Comparison and Evaluation of Print and Electronic Resources:

Locate an encyclopedia article on your group. Encyclopedias provide background information, present important issues and topics, and provide a timeframe and history. Articles in subject encyclopedias are often signed and written by scholars in the field and provide a bibliography of additional sources. To locate reference sources on your topic, browse the reference collection GN.

Look for books using the SMC catalog. Search with the subject headings listed above or with keywords. If you have started your research several weeks ahead of the due date, you can take advantage of ordering materials from other institutions by searching catalogs such as UVM or WorldCat. WorldCat is a database of worldwide library catalogs and provides links to Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Step #4: Full text Databases for Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles

Online electronic databases such as Academic Search Premier and Ethnic News Watch search newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. These databases cover a broad selection of publications, some scholarly and some for a more popular audience.

Search for scholarly articles on your subject by selecting databases such as AnthroSource, JSTOR, or SocINDEX which provide access to anthropology journals with full text.

Primary sources are valuable resources which provide first hand accounts of events and topics. Ethnic News Watch provides newspaper articles reporting on current issues and events back to 1990. Another excellent source for primary research is the New York Times Historical database which searches and provides full text for articles dating back to the 1800's.

To request books or articles not located at SMC, use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services: Inter Library Loan. Books from other institutions travel to our library through the mail so you will need to start your research ahead of time to take advantage of ILL for books. Magazine and journal articles may arrive electronically, by means of the UVM courier, or through the mail. Starting your research ahead of time allows you time to take advantage of materials located outside of SMC.

Evaluation Criteria	Database Articles	Web Pages
Currency: What's the date of the document?	Articles always dated in magazines, newspapers or journals.	Dates often not provided!
Authority: Who are/is the author(s)? Are the authors experienced with and knowledgeable about the subject matter?	Authors' names usually provided.	Authors' names are difficult to locate or not available.
Scholarship: What are the authors' credentials? Is the source scholarly or news or opinionated? Is there a bibliography which demonstrates research?	Authors' credentials sometimes provided. Source of article always available. Bibliographies indicate research completed by author (s).	Authors' credentials are usually unavailable or difficult to locate on web pages. Anyone can publish anything on the web--no editorial process for many sites.