LibGuides: Anthropology: Anthropology & Related Databases

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Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) This link opens in a new window
Publication Dates: 2001 to present. A comprehensive, international abstract database covering a broad spectrum of significant, current scholarship in Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics .
Anthropology Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A compilation of Anthropological Index (Royal Anthropological Institute) and Anthropological Literature (Harvard University), this database is the world’s most comprehensive index covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. It provides extensive indexing of journal articles, reports, and commentaries from the early 19th century to present.

AnthroSource (American Anthropological Association)
Contains citations to AAA publications, 1899 to present, including articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins and monographs.

Academic Search Complete
Broad database for academic articles from several disciplines (Ebsco)
America: History and Life
Indexes and abstracts sources on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Includes indexing for 1,700 journals published since 1964. (Ebsco)

Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts sources on the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. Includes indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages published since 1955.(Ebsco)

SocINDEX
SocINDEX provides full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, plus "priority" coverage journals and "selective" coverage journals. Extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included.

Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database indexing the journal literature of the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. The Core Collection fully covers over 2,900 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. (Thomson Reuters)