REFERENCE MATERIALS
Use encyclopedias and dictionaries to get background information on your topic, or to become familiar with key concepts. Articles in these references sources will help orient you and might also lead you to some important references.
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ANTH 209 : Human Evolution (BMC)
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution
Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge University Press, 1992.
YEARBOOKS
Articles in yearbooks or annual review publications are another good place for finding summaries of research on a given topic. They also provide extensive bibliographies.
Covers 1996-present.
Annual review of anthropology
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1972-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1972-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1972-present.
Publisher: Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews Inc.,
Yearbook of physical anthropology.
Publisher: [Washington, American Association of Physical Anthropologists]
American journal of physical anthropology
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1996-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1996-2004.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Wiley-Liss, Inc.,
Finding Books in Tripod:
Search Tripod to locate books, journals, and other items in the collections of all the tri-co libraries. Search by subject (using Library of Congress subject headings) or by keyword; you can also search for specific works by author, or by title.
Here are some Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings that you may find useful:
- Physical anthropology
- Paleoanthropology
- Human Evolution
- Human Beings - Origin
- Prehistoric Peoples
- Evolutionary Psychology
Tip: if you're not sure of the exact Library of Congress Subject Heading, use a Keyword search to locate a few items that are relevant to your topic. Then use the Subject Headings associated with those items to search for other relevant materials.
Here are some Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings that you may find useful:
- Physical anthropology
- Paleoanthropology
- Human Evolution
- Human Beings - Origin
- Prehistoric Peoples
- Evolutionary Psychology
Tip: if you're not sure of the exact Library of Congress Subject Heading, use a Keyword search to locate a few items that are relevant to your topic. Then use the Subject Headings associated with those items to search for other relevant materials.
Finding news articles:
Guide to News Sources
Articles from newspapers can also provide good background information on your topic. The tri-college guide to news sources will direct you to many full text newspaper resources.
Finding journal articles:
Articles from scholarly journals are your primary resource. These will lead you to the important papers you’ll want to use in your paper. The following indexes will lead you to the research articles describing research done on your topic.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Covers 1971-present.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
Provides access to articles in the Sciences and Social. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coveage varies.
Anthropology plus
Provides abstracts on journal articles, reports, commentaries and obituaries in many fields including social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; archaeology, ethnology, folklore and interdisciplinary studies. Covers the late 19th century-present.
AnthroSource
Provides full text articles from American Anthropological Association journals, newsletters, and bulletins. Covers 1888-present.
GeoRef
Provider: CSA
The primary index to publications in the geosciences, GeoRef provides some coverage of general and vertebrate paleontology.
Internet resources:
Prominent Hominid Fossils
Smithsonian Institution Human Origins Program