Recommended Databases
- AnthroSource
AnthroSource contains over 100 years of anthropological research. Included are, issues of American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins, and archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters, and bulletins.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides both popular and scholarly journal coverage and video clips for nearly all academic areas of study including: social sciences, humanities, education, technology, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. Academic Search Complete is a great starting point for most general research.
- Border and Migration Studies
Border and Migration Studies is a collection that explores and provides historical background on more than thirty key border areas, including: U.S./Mexico, the European Union, Afghanistan, Israel, Turkey, The Congo, Argentina, China, Thailand, and others. The fundamental themes covered include the migrant crisis, refugee camps, human trafficking, women and children migrants, and much more.
- Gale in Context: College
Gale in Context: College provides support for papers, projects, speech assignments, and presentations. Including thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines, and multimedia elements in five core subject areas: history, literature, biography, science, and social studies. This is a great place to start your research.
- JSTOR
JSTOR provides electronic access to major journal titles, eBooks, and images. Subjects covered by this database include art, biology, business, ecology, botany, general science, language, literature, mathematics, sustainability, security, music, and more. JSTOR is a great resource for general research. A personal account can be created to store and organize resources.
- SocINDEX with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full-Text is a comprehensive sociology research database. The database features records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This database also includes full-text eBooks, monographs and conference papers.
Print journals in the Current Periodicals section on the Lower Level: National Geographic
OTHER ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLE RESOURCES
The American Museum of Natural History Publications, full-text online. The free site has the contents of the following publications: American Museum Novitates, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, and the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History.
The Annual Review of Anthropology. Index of citations only. The paper copies are in the Library's General circulating collection with the call number of: GN 1 .A 623, from volume 1 on. Some full-text articles are also available in the Academic Search Complete database in the previous section of this list of databases.
The Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute. This is a free index of citations, but there are no full-text articles connected to the citations. No COD Library Card needed for this service.
Handbook of Latin American Studies. Citations-only database from the U.S. Library of Congress.
Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC). No full-text articles.
Open Access Journals Directory (free full-text journal articles)
INDIVIDUAL ONLINE JOURNALS
CRM (Cultural Resource Management): The Journal of Heritage Stewardship. Full-text free journal.
The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology. A free peer-reviewed journal.
Micronesia Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. From Charles Stuart University in Australia.
Museum Anthropology Review. A free full-text online journal.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference between Journals and Magazines.
How to Read a Research Study Article.
