Anthropology Guide: Articles, Books & More
Find targeted resources for research and referencing
Popular databases for Anthropology
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Current Contents Connect
Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated Web sites and documents. -
Gale Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile is a premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles covering the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature and many other subjects. -
Informit Databases
Informit delivers the most authoritative research from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. -
JSTOR journal archives
JSTOR is a multidisciplinary archive collection of academic journals. Collections accessible are Arts & Sciences I through to X, Life Sciences and Ecology & Botany II. -
Oxford Academic - Journals
Oxford Journals Online provides access to full text articles on subjects from the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics and physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences. -
ProQuest platform
This is the starting point to access the multidisciplinary resources available on ProQuest, including journals, ebooks, newspapers and A&I services. -
National Geographic Archive
This collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine — every page of every issue — along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos from 1888 to 1994 -
Wiley Online Library - Journals
Wiley Online Library is a broad multidisciplinary collection of online journals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Special Collections
Ethnographic Video Online
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Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I and II : Foundational Films
A core resource for anthropology courses of all levels, this two-volume collection contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world. -
Ethnographic Video Online, volume III: Indigneous Voices This is the only academic collection in the world to offer a comprehensive resource of documentaries, feature films and shorts made by and for indigenous people and communities. Topics are simultaneously local and global, with particular emphasis on the human effects of climate change, sustainability, indigenous and local ways of interpreting history, cultural change, and traditional knowledge and storytelling.
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One Search
One Search is a good place to start searching for books, ebooks, journal articles, and our e-journal content all at once.
- Use the Content Type, Subject Terms and Publication Date options on the left to refine your search.
- For eBooks tick 'Full Text Online' and 'Book/eBook'.
One Search is also available on the Library home page.
Maps
To find maps for your assignments and seminars, do a Google image search for the kind of map you are looking for.
To find maps at JCU Library, search the library catalogue. We have a collection of topographical maps of North Queensland and a collection of atlases of various countries.
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