Research Guides: Anthropology: Databases (Journal Articles, Books, Documents)

Articles, Books, and Documents

Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Indexes the " fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present."
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online, including: a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003, access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key American Anthropological Association (AAA) publications including American Anthropologist, and current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
Oxford Bibliographies - Anthropology This link opens in a new window
This resource offers annotated bibliographies and research guides on the subject of anthropology, including social and cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar indexes items Google considers "scholarly," including articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, conference proceedings, and technical reports. The OSU Libraries subscribes to the electronic version of many of these materials and may own the print copy. See Make Google Scholar Work for You (https://guides.osu.edu/c.php?g=833138) to set Google Scholar Preferences to help find materials available from the OSU Libraries and OhioLINK.
Anthropological Fieldwork Online This link opens in a new window
Anthropological Fieldwork Online brings the fieldwork underpinning the great ethnographies of the early 20th century into the digital world. This fully indexed, primary source database unfolds the historical development of anthropology from a global perspective, bringing together the work of early scholars who shaped the theories and methods students learn about, critique and re-shape today

Annual Reviews of Anthropology
This journal covers "significant developments in the subfields of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology."

PrimateLit This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
A collection of ethnographic and other texts that are indexed by culture and subject facilitating the study of human culture, society, and behavior.
eHRAF Archaeology This link opens in a new window
The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology is a cross-cultural database that currently contains nearly 60,000 pages of information on the world's prehistory. This unique, annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions and the full-text sources are all subject-indexed to the paragraph level.
Anthropology Online This link opens in a new window
Anthropology Online brings together a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over. Essential for study in the areas of politics, economics, history, psychology, environmental studies, religion, area studies, linguistics, and geography, the database will contain more than over 100,000 pages of full-text material at completion, including tens of thousands of pages of previously unpublished material from major archives.

Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)
tDAR is a "digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations." It includes documents, images, datasets, and other materials. REGISTER at the site for best access to materials.
History of Anthropology Newsletter
Available as open access since 2016, the "mission has been to connect dispersed scholars working on the history of anthropology from a variety of geographical, institutional, and disciplinary locations, and to serve as a repository for resources which might otherwise be missed or neglected. The biannual newsletter has included sections listing and describing recently acquired papers and collections, newly published monographs and manuscripts, dissertations and research in progress, as well as news, notes, and queries."

North America

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
American Indian Histories and Cultures This link opens in a new window
Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.

OSU Center for Folklore Studies Archives
"The Archives houses more than 10,000 cataloged student and faculty projects that span over four decades of research at Ohio State, and includes a wide variety of audio and visual materials, such as audiotapes, videotapes, and more than 5,000 slides and photos....The archives comprises extensive collections of Ohio folksongs and music, local and Midwest folk narratives, oral history, folk customs, beliefs and practices, and documentation of material culture."

Latin America

Handbook of Latin American Studies This link opens in a new window
HLAS contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Most records include abstracts with evaluations.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index Online (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
HAPI is a source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

Asia

Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Includes Western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.

Africa

Africa-Wide: NiPAD This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of Africa, including politics, history, economics, business, mining, natural sciences, environment, development, social issues, anthropology, literature, language, law, music, tourism and much more. Compilation of three databases: South African Studies, African Studies and African Healthline.

Islamic Nations

Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere.

United Kingdom and the World

Archaeology Data Service
Find archived reports and data focusing on "Archaeology and the Historic Environment, including the material culture aspects of Ancient History and Classics." Also the focus is on materials about archaeology of the United Kingdom or worldwide by UK archaeologists working either in the country or outside the UK.

Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Broad sciences, social sciences, and humanities database useful for finding research literature with keywords, authors, and cited references.
MEDLINE with Full Text (1949 to present) [via EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Research literature in the medical sciences.
SocINDEX with Full Text [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window
Index and full text for publications in sociology
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar indexes items Google considers scholarly, including articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, conference proceedings, and technical reports. The OSU Libraries subscribes to the electronic version of many of these materials and may own the print copy.

Brepolis Medieval Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
"All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa."
Annee Philologique This link opens in a new window
A database published by the Society internationale de bibliographie classique with the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography,

American Anthropological Association

Anthropology News
Newsletter from AAA.
Open Anthropology: A Public Journal of American Anthropology
This digital only resource is intended to "bring anthropology into the public conversation about critical social issues and policy debates." Selected articles from AnthroSource are free to the public for a minimum of six months permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of the articles in each edition.