Find books, articles, and other resources for topics in anthropology.
Reference databases
Reviews and bibliographies offer comprehensive summaries of research and thinking on a topic (with citations!) making them excellent places to learn about broader topics and start your research.
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Annual ReviewsThe Annual Reviews collection offers comprehensive, timely critical reviews written by leading scientists. This collection provides the worldwide scientific community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of disciplines. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 40 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics and Financial Economics.
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Ethnologue: Languages of the WorldEthnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world's known living languages. Our subscription features include: language profiles, classic static country language maps, country profiles, and language family trees (classification).
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GlottologComprehensive reference information for the world's languages, especially lesser known languages.
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Oxford BibliographiesSearch expert commentary and detailed annotated bibliographies to find high quality sources of information in these areas: African American Studies, African Studies, American Literature, Anthropology, Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Buddhism, Childhood Studies, Chinese Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Ecology, Education, Environmental Science, Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Hinduism, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Linguistics, Literary and Critical Theory, Management, Medieval Studies, Military History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Renaissance and Reformation, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies, Victorian Literature
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily LifeFind information on cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each online volume (3rd ed.; published in 2017) is organized by continent, covering history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life, and more.
Reference e-books
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Oxford HandbooksList of Oxford Handbooks related to the fields of anthropology and archaeology.
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology by
ISBN: 0203866479Publication Date: 2009-12-04 -
Reference websites
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The World FactbookBasic information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)Online catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Contains full-text, referenced overviews on all known mendelian disorders and genes. Focus is on the relationship between phenotype and genotype.
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Gene: National Library of MedicineGenetic records for a wide range of species. Records may include nomenclature, Reference Sequences (RefSeqs), maps, pathways, variations, phenotypes, and links to genome-, phenotype-, and locus-specific resources worldwide.
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