Research Guides: Anthropology: Anthropology Databases

Find it @ WVU

An application to help you find particular articles when you know the citation.

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Anthrosource This link opens in a new window
A collection of journals from the American Anthropological Association.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Research in sociology and related disciplines.
For more anthro. journals, go to change databases then add social science database.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The coverage for some titles extends back to the 18th century, making it useful as a source of primary documents for some topics.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals from around the world.

Annual Review of Anthropology
Annual review articles give you an overview of the research that has been done on specific topics in anthropology. Use it to get a better understanding current research and to discover the most influential research articles published on your topic.

eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
The eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the world-- unique because each culture contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM). These retrieval systems extend search capability well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject retrieval, even in a foreign language. As a multicultural database, eHRAF appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity.

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
A collection of nearly 500 encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books provides a good starting point for research.

National Geographic
National Geographic provides in-depth coverage of culture, global events, nature, science, technology.
General Anthropology
General Anthropology provides timely and readable information and ideas from the four fields of anthropology and applied anthropology.
Mother Jones
Mother Jones is an American news magazine that focuses on topics including politics, the environment, human rights, and culture.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth reports and analysis on political and social issues, each covering a single theme and providing solid background information, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 13,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist.
US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. US Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform.

You can use Google scholar to find and access some (but not all) academic articles from WVU Libraries subscriptions

If you are at an on-campus computer just look for the “Find it @WVU” link next to the article title in your search results.

If you are off-campus you will need to go to the preferences link at the top of the Google Scholar search page and select WVU as your library.