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Most Important Indexes
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- Anthropological Literature This link opens in a new windowMost focused place to find anthropological research. Not a full-text search, so use care when selecting search terms. Lots of non-English sources.
- AnthroSource This link opens in a new windowContains the full-text of the journals, newsletters, and bulletins of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). A great way to focus in on anthropological research. Covers 1960 - current.
- Annual Review of Anthropology This link opens in a new windowExhaustive literature reviews on broad topics are a great way to learn quickly what has been published in a given area.
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some abstracts)
The definitive place to find literature on all aspects of medical research, including clinical practice, administration, and policy. Covers 1950 - current. - Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThe Web of Science database lets you filter by discipline. After you have searched on your keywords, look for a filter on the left to limit to anthropology.
- ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new windowSearch across the scholarly literature on a wide range of social science disciplines. Use JSU(anthropology) in your search to limit to anthropological literature.
Why Use Indexes?
Bibliographic databases, indexes and abstracts give you an organized entry point into periodical literature. Carleton does not own every journal title indexed in these sources. Check Catalyst to see if the library owns the journal you are looking for. If not, take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan Services.
- Catalyst This link opens in a new windowTo find out if Gould Library has a journal article you want, search for its title in "quotes." If it does not turn up, try Interlibrary Loan (but check Google Scholar first in case it's freely available).
- Interlibrary LoanInterLibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that allows Carleton students, staff, and faculty to request items that Carleton and St. Olaf do not own from other libraries.
More Indexes to the Literature
- Anthropological Literature This link opens in a new windowLarge article index for anthropology; no full text and no abstracts. The advantage to this database is the subject headings. It is the only database for which you can search "medical anthropology" as a subject phrase and get results.
- AnthroSource This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Contains the full-text of the journals, newsletters, and bulletins of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Covers 1960 - current. - Annual Review of Anthropology This link opens in a new windowSummarizes trends in subfields of anthropology; contains extensive bibliographies on each topic. This search includes many annual reviews unless you select "in selected journals" then click the box 'Anthropology.'
- eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new windowEthnographies are coded according to culture group (i.e.Wolof) and topic (i.e.health, sickness); good for cross-cultural topics; although much material is pre-1950 there is newer material in both the online and the fiche; some of the collection is available only in the microfiche collection; see a reference librarian for assistance.
- ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window**Pro tip:** An alternative to JSTOR and AnthroSource for full-text searching of anthropology journals is to add the following to any search in ProQuest Social Science Database: JSU(anthropology). This will limit to articles published journals tagged as being in the field of anthropology.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowYou can use Web of Science to search only anthropology journals by doing a search, then using the "Web of Science Categories" filter on the left-hand side to limit your results to anthropology.
International Bibliography of Anthropology by
Call Number: CC Books GN304 .I593 (newest vol. in Reference)ISBN: 0415262356Publication Date: 1998 - present (annual)Extensive coverage of books and journal articles; annual; no electronic access.
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowMain index to biomedical literature; includes policy issues. Medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowA broad, interdisciplinary index, especially strong in the sciences and social sciences. A good place to search on interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary topics.
- PubMed Central This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
The US National Institutes of Health provide this free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Covers women's studies literature and feminist research, including political science, humanities, sociology, history, business and education. Covers 1972 - current.
Women Studies Abstracts (1972 to present)
Call Number: REF HQ 1111 .W65Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Arranged by broad subject; slightly more detailed subject index; some abstracts are included; popular and scholarly periodicals indexed.
- Women & Gender Studies Research GuideThe Libe's guide to research in women and gender studies.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowA broad, interdisciplinary index, especially strong in the sciences and social sciences. A good place to search on interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary topics.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current. - Project MUSE This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search through the full text of key books and journals from across the disciplines, with emphasis on recent scholarship. - ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Search across the scholarly literature on a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Africa Bibliography by Call Number: Ref DT3 .A38Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Brings together works published on Africa in a given year. Arranged by region, country, and then subject.
International African BibliographyCall Number: CC Reference DT3 .I58Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Jan. 1971 - 2012
Indexes 1,150 periodicals each year. Arranged by area/topic; 1980 to date issues have subject and ethnic group indexes but they are not detailed.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive current news database, contains hundreds of local, regional, national, and international news sources (including the Northfield News, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Star Tribune).
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFull text (and index) of about 100 ethnic, minority, and native press newspapers published in the U.S. Good for relevant primary sources. Covers 1991 to present.
- Newspapers.com This link opens in a new windowNewspapers dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional, and state titles as well as small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Access to the full text of newspapers (foreign and domestic), as well as business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
- Current Minnesota Newspapers (NewsBank)Over 30 local Minnesota news sources, including Duluth News Tribune (11/01/1995-Current), St. Paul Pioneer Press (01/01/1988-Current), and Minneapolis Star Tribune (01/01/1986-Current).
- Carleton online newspapersWe collect a variety of news sources online, historical and current.
Interpreting "Find It" Results (2022)
Scholarly journals are going to be found, in most cases, either online or in print.
Searching Catalyst and using the Find It button are the best ways to determine what kind of subscription the library has and how to get your hands (or eyes, as the case may be) on it.
Following are explanations of the different results you'll get using the Find It button.
Instant Electronic Access
When you click the "Find It!" button, you will be taken to a record for the article in Catalyst. That record will tell you whether this is available electronically, in print, both, or neither. If it is available, you will see a message "Online Access" near the top of the page.
Click the Online Access button and you should be taken straight to the article.
If it doesn't work or you want to find other options, scroll down to see the electronic options for that article...
Follow a link and you'll be taken to the article.
Print Journals
If the library subscribes in print, you need to find the call number for the journal in Catalyst. Then go to the moving stacks on the 3rd floor of the library where the journals are. Catalyst shows the call number so you know where to find it on 3rd Libe.
If the print copy is only at St. Olaf, log in to Catalyst, then click the St. Olaf Library entry to expand it. Find the issue you need, then click the Request link to have the journal sent over to Carleton, where you can pick it up at the Circulation Desk.
Carleton Doesn't Subscribe
If Carleton doesn't subscribe to the journal for the issue you need, make a request through Interlibrary Loan.
Research in Medical Anthropology
- Medical Anthropology (Oxford Bibliographies)This Oxford Bibliography on medical anthropology gives an overview of the field and features an annotated bibliography of important texts, journals, and themes.
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (online & print) by Call Number: CC Ref RA418 .E354 2004Publication Date: 2004Availability and more information from Catalyst...
General Research Resources
Here are some shortcuts to important library resources.
- Catalyst This link opens in a new windowSearch the collections of Carleton and St. Olaf College libraries.
- Journals ListA complete list of the library's journal subscriptions. Search here to find out if the library subscribes to a journal and if it is available electronically, in print, or microform.
- Using the library from off campusCurrent Carleton faculty, staff, and students can access electronic resources from anywhere. Once you log in, your computer will be recognized by web sites as being a Carleton subscriber.
