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The library catalog can be a useful place to begin exploring a topic for secondary sources. Searching from the library catalog allows you to search all library databases in one search. You can limit your results to scholarly articles in the left column,.

Google Scholar Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. You can also access publications to which the Libraries subscribe.

Google Scholar is also an excellent resource for scholarly articles. Especially useful are the "Works cited" and "Related articles" links under a useful article's description. These links can help you find more articles directly related to the scholarly conversation that interests you.

Keep your search organized

Annotated Bibliography Source Matrix
This matrix was designed to organize your thoughts and sources for your Annotated Bibliography assignment, and later the article you'll write.
Advanced Synthesis Matrix
A source synthesis matrix for advanced level writing assignments.
Basic synthesis matrix
A simplified research matrix to help students begin thinking about synthesizing their sources.

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Anthro in Social Media

Engagement Blog
A blog published by the Anthropology and Environment Society, a section of the American Anthropological Association Engagement blog publishes engaged scholarly research on anthro & environment issues.
Public Anthropologist
Blog and journal have been founded by Antonio De Lauri.
All Tomorrow's Cultures
Occasional posts on anthropologically interesting science fiction, anthropological futures and the blogger's own future as an anthropologist.
The Geek Anthropologist
An anthropological approach to all things geek
Living Anthropologically
Maintained by Jason Antrosio

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Anthropology databases

AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
AnthroSource is the premier online portal serving the research, teaching and practicing needs of anthropologists. An online service of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource offers access to more than 100 years of anthropological knowledge, providing current content from AAA's diverse portfolio of 35 anthropological publications which includes journals, books, monographs, bulletins and newsletters.
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of more than 500 full-text journals in all areas of sociology.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science provides access to the world's leading citation databases in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, covering approximately 12,000 of the highest impact journals, as well as 160,000 conference proceedings. Centre has access to coverage from 1999 to present.
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Subscribed access to these 33 multidisciplinary journals (and many open access journals): American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, American Journal of Botany, American Journal of Political Science, Art History, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Child Development, Conservation Biology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, Ecology - NY, Economic History Review, Family Relations, FASEB Journal, Foreign Language Annals, German Life & Letters, International Social Science Journal, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Family Theory and Review, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Sociology Lens, Journal of Marriage and Family, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Modern Language Journal, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Plant Cell and Environment, Psychophysiology, Renaissance Studies, AND The Yale Review
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural and ethnographic database that contains descriptive information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and every document is subject-indexed at the paragraph level, facilitating precise retrieval within documents.
How to eHRAF tutorials: https://hraf.yale.edu/help/ehraf-video-tutorials/
eHRAF Archaeology This link opens in a new window
eHRAF Archaeology is an online cross-cultural database containing information on world’s prehistory. The annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. eHRAF Archaeology is a unique resource designed to facilitate comparative archaeological studies.
How to eHRAF tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzjeIIr4aCYOtRz5ogZLQl85TGzBlgzE5
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text and abstracts to over 2,500 journals published by Elsevier and its affiliates. ScienceDirect includes extensive coverage in science, engineering and medicine, plus many core journals in business, social sciences and humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in several social sciences and humanities disciplines including African-American Studies, Anthropology, Economics, Education, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology. The most current issues (typically from the past three to five years) are not included.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Designed for college students, this scholarly resource contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,780 journals, with full-text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Provides quick and easy access to hundreds of thousands of built-in data indicators related to demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more.
Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Library This link opens in a new window
An educational platform dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands. BAS educates the public about archaeology and the Bible through its quarterly magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review.

Public Anthropology

Anthro Research
A compilation of resources related to the field of Anthropology from the Smithsonian
Archaeology Channel
Exploring the human cultural heritage through streaming media
Society of Cultural Anthropology
A forum for discussing and debating all aspects of anthropology connected with the key concept of culture
Sapiens
A digital magazine about everything human, told through the stories of anthropologists.
AnthroDendum
A group blog devoted to ‘doing anthropology in public’ — providing well-written relevant discussion of sociocultural anthropology that everyone will find accessible.
American Folklife Center
From the Library of Congress. Documents and shares the many expressions of human experience to inspire, revitalize, and perpetuate living cultural traditions.
Anthropology News
Develop insightful anthropology stories for anthropologists and anyone with an interest in anthropology. Our aim is to champion engaging, incisive anthropology writing and multimodal content from across the discipline.
This Anthro Life
Unearth the creative potential of humanity with This Anthro Life, an exploration of culture, design, business, and technology.
Anthropology.net
Promote and facilitate discussion, review research, extend stewardship of resources, and disseminate knowledge in the field of Anthropology
Allegra Lab
Aims to enliven the “dead space” between standard academic publication and fast moving public debates. It addresses sociopolitical issues informed by the beauty of ethnography and the critical potential of anthropology.
Anthroholic
Helps the world learn Anthropology for free by providing comprehensive and high-quality content for a deep understanding of the discipline.
Perspectives in Anthropology
An online publication specializing in articles on Social, Cultural, Medical, Urban and Visual Anthropology which are available online as open-access and free-to-read.
Anthropolitan
UCL (University College London) Anthropology’s student-run blog. We publish blog posts, articles, stories, poems, reviews and interviews relating to anthropology in all its diversity.

Specific journals for anthropology

Annual Review of Anthropology
Covers significant developments in the subfields of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology.
American Anthropologist
American Anthropologist is the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association. The journal advances the association’s mission through publishing articles that add to, integrate, synthesize, and interpret anthropological knowledge; commentaries and essays on issues of importance to the discipline; and reviews of books, films, sound recordings, and exhibits.
Anthropological Quarterly
American Ethnologist
American Ethnologist is a quarterly journal concerned with ethnology. The journal’s articles connect ethnographic specificity with original theoretical contributions, conveying the relevance of the ethnographic imagination to the contemporary world.
Anthropological Forum
Social & cultural anthropology & comparative sociology. General disciplinary coverage specializing in aboriginal Australia, multi-cultural Australia, Papua New Guinea, & Southeast Asia.
Anthropology Today
For the professional anthropolgist, with special emphasis on public and topical aspects of anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology
Publishes ethnographic writing informed by a wide array of theoretical perspectives, innovative in form and content, and focused on both traditional and emerging topics.