Course resource help for Anthropology

When you want to find more specialised and specific journal articles, you may want to try using a database. Searching a database will help you find journal articles (and sometimes books, book chapters, reports and other published materials) that are scholarly, academic and peer-reviewed, and suitable for your assignments and research.

Finding journals and journal articles for anthropology (pdf or word)

Web of Science

This host service provides a single route to many of the key scientific databases subscribed to by Brookes. These are: the Web of Science Core Collection (including the Science Citation Index); MEDLINE; Biosis Citation Index; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science; and Journal Citation Reports. Databases can be searched individually or together and bibliographic records will link to any full-text content available via Full Text Finder.

Academic Search Complete

A full-text database providing full articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts, across a wide range of subjects, including anthropology and primate conservation.

IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

IBSS covers a wide range of social science disciplines, including aspects of anthropology and primate conservation.

Anthropological Index

This specialist anthropology index lists references to journal articles in all branches of anthropology. It is possible to search for journal articles on specific places and ethnic groups.

JSTOR

This database provides an archive of full-text articles from a wide range of academic journals. JSTOR does not give access to issues which are less than 3-5 years old but is very useful for older journal articles

PsycInfo

A broad based Psychology database, coverage includes abstracts of books, journal articles and dissertations. Covers material published since 1887 Contains more than 1.5 million references.

Sociological Abstracts

Covers a broad range of subjects including sociology, political theory, social anthropology. Covers material published since 1952. Also includes cited references for all journal articles indexed on the database since 2002. ProQuest.

Google Scholar

Contains bibliographic records and sometimes links to an external website where you may, or may not, be able to get the full text of the information source through Oxford Brookes University Library subscriptions. Google Scholar does not have the advanced features of some bibliographic databases (like Web of Knowledge) but you may use the Advanced Scholar Search to restrict your results to the information sources that are most relevant to your topic.

PubMed

A large international medical, biomedical and healthcare database which also includes veterinary, animal health and other life science journal titles.

Find all our books and electronic books using LibrarySearch. Search and then select Book from the Search tools menu on the left. You can further limit your search to eBook if you only want electronic books. More information about our electronic books can be found on the ebooks webpage.

• Video guide to using LibrarySearch to find books
• Finding a book when you know the author/title - PDF
• Finding a book on a topic - PDF

• Module reading lists are a useful way to find the readings for your module. You can find your reading list on the Reading Lists home page by searching your module code, module name, or module leader's name.

• You can also find your reading list in the top right corner of the module page on Moodle. 

• Be sure to check whether an item on your reading list is 'Essential', 'Recommended', or 'Optional' - that will help you prioritise your reading.

• Don't forget - reading lists can also be a good starting point for finding resources for your assignments.

 

Library guide on Evaluating web sources

Anthropology organisations

• American Anthropological Association
• American Ethnological Association
• Association of Social Anthropologists
• British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
• Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Libraries and museums

• Oxford University libraries catalogue - SOLO (includes the Bodleian Library)
• Pitt Rivers Museum
• Royal Anthropological Institute - Anthropology Library
• British Museum

Japan sites

• Japan Focus provides free access to articles and essays on various aspects of Japanese politics, society and culture
• Japan Foundation
• Web Japan a good resource for high quality statistical data on many diverse Japanese issues.

• 2015-2016 onwards: these are available for download by Brookes students and staff from the Past Examination Papers collection on RADAR.
• When on RADAR, log in, then select Search, enter the module name or number and limit your search to Examination papers.
• Please note that some exam papers are not available because they have been prohibited from publication. In particular, there are no copies of any exam papers which contain multiple choice questions.
• Preparing for exams: a list of books and other resources to help you get ready to tackle examinations