Librarian
Sean Leahy
Contact:
4th Libe - Room 465
507-222-5179
smleahy@carleton.edu
507-222-5179
smleahy@carleton.edu
Subjects: Anthropology, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Geology, International Relations, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation (PEAR), Physics, Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Sociology/Anthropology, Statistics, Theater & Dance
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Key Databases
- 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.
- 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 Loan (ILL)InterLibrary 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. NOTE: Items can take from 2 days to 2 weeks to arrive.
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. - 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.
- 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. - GenderWatch This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, find historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports. Covers 1970-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.
- 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 .A38Brings 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)Close to 150 local Minnesota news sources, including Duluth News Tribune (1995-Current), St. Paul Pioneer Press (1988-Current), and Minneapolis Star Tribune (1986-Current). Includes print and broadcast.
- UMN and Minnesota Newspapers [UMN]A guide to newspapers available at UMN. Includes local newspapers and newsletters digitized by UMN and archived in their open UMedia repository.
- Carleton online newspapersWe collect a variety of news sources online, historical and current.
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.
