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Background Information (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks)

American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia
(4 volumes)
Location: JPL Reference E98 .R3 C755 2005

Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.--A.D. 1000 : Encyclopedia of the Barbarian world
(2 volumes)
Location: JPL Reference D62 .A52 2004

Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America : an Encyclopedia
(2 volumes)
Location: JPL Reference F1218.6 .A73 2001

Britannica Online (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AE5 .E363 2002
Full text of the New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Good for broad overviews on specific topics. Search by keywords.

Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas : North America
(3 volumes)
Location: JPL Stacks E77 .N62

Chronology of American Indian History
Location: JPL Reference E77 .S72 S66 2007

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
(2 volumes)
Location: JPL Reference CC70 .D37 2002

Dictionary of Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307 .D485
Also available online through netLibrary

Documents of United States Indian Policy
Lincoln University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
Latest edition available online through netLibrary
Compiled and edited by historian historian Francis Paul Prucha's this work provides a selection of 238 documents relating to Indian-government relations in the United States from 1783 to 2000. Materials include treaties, letters, laws, court decisions, house executive documents and reports. Each document has a brief introductory sentence to place it in historical context.

Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN11 .E53
The Encyclopedia of Anthropology is an award-winning five-volume set from SAGE Reference, winning Best Reference 2005 from the Library Journal. over 1200 entries that focuses on topics in physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics and applied anthropology.

Encyclopedia of Archaeology, History and Discoveries
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CC100 .E54 2001
Three volume set explores the archaeologists, sites, debates, techniques, methods, and issues that are central to the global practice of archaeology. Also available online through netLibrary

Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CC70 .E53 2008
Featured in the three-volume Encyclopedia of Archaeology are articles by leading authors that summarize archaeological knowledge at the beginning the 21st century, highlighting important sites and issues, and tracing the development of prehistoric cultures around the globe.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307 .E52 1996
Also available online through netLibrary

Encyclopedia of Historical Anthropology
Available online through netLibrary

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307 .E527 1996
Also available online through netLibrary

Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks RA418 .E354 2004
Covers cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and provides an overview of significant topics in medical anthropology.

Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life from Paleo-Indians to the Present
Location: JPL and UTSA Downtown Library Reference E76.2 .E53 1996
Also available online through netLibrary

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences
Location: JPL Reference CC75 .H34 2001

Medieval Archaeology : an Encyclopedia
Location: JPL Reference D125 .M42 2001

Native North American Almanac
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E77 .359 1997
Signed essays, annotated directory information, and documentary excerpts about Native Americans in North America.  Final volume contains 470 concise biographies of prominent Native North Americans.

Oxford Companion to Archaeology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CC70 .O96 1996
An encyclopedic survey of the field written by established experts.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Location: JPL Reference Stacks DT58 .O94 2001
Three volume encyclopedia tracing Egyptian history with emphasis on dynastic Egypt.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F1218.6 .O95 2001
Three volumes.

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Near East
Location: JPL Reference Stacks DS56 .O9 1997
Five volume encyclopedia.

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

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Databases & Article Searching

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See our Subject Guide: Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazine Articles

General Indexes

Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription)
Multidisciplinary database which indexes and abstracts more than 8,000 journals with full text/image to more than 4,600. Academic Search Complete includes full text to several anthropology and native American journals including Current Anthropology; Anthropology Today; International Journal of Cultural Property; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; American Indian Quarterly; Tribal College; Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology; Ethnology; Canadian Ethnic Studies; Australian Journal of Anthropology; History & Anthropology; Oxford Journal of Archaeology; Southeastern Archaeology; Anthropological Quarterly and other relevant academic journals. Date coverages vary. List of journals. Full Text/Full Image

ArticleFirst (UTSA subscription)
Indexes table of contents pages from approximately 12,500 journals in all disciplines from 1990 to the present. Most records provide a list of library print/microform holdings. Articles may also be available online, but these will not be listed in the holdings. Citations only

GeoRef (UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts the geoscience literature of the world including journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, theses and dissertations. Coverage for North America is 1785 to the present with the rest of the world is from 1933 to the present. Updated every two weeks. Citations only

Ingenta (UTSA subscription)
(formerly UnCover)
Indexes and abstracts 28,000 scholarly publications from 200 academic and professional publishers. Updated daily. Check UCAT to see if we own the journal cited or obtain material through Interlibrary Loan. Coverage: 1988 to present. Citations only

SpringerLink (UTSA subscription)
Provides electronic access to over 1,000 journals published by Springer-Verlag and Kluwer in chemical sciences, economics, environmental sciences, life sciences, law, medicine, computer science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, and physics. Also includes three Lecture Notes In... book series: Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics. Full Text & Full Image

Nature Research (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/image access to seven research titles from Nature Publishing Group: Nature Genetics, Nature Structural Biology, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Cell Biology, and Nature Immunology. Includes Nature Magazine.  Content is March 1996 to the present. Full Text

PrimateLit
Free Website: http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/
PrimateLit provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, technical report, dissertations and book chapters in the scientific literature on nonhuman primates. Subject areas include behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography. Coverage: 1940 to Current. Citations Only

ProQuest (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to articles in several databases across all subject areas, with particular strengths in business and social sciences. Also includes 9 major national newspapers. Complete content of the following databases is included: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, Alt-Press Watch, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, and ProQuest Research Library. More than 5,500 titles are indexed and abstracted from 1971 to the present. Full text and/or images are available for more than 2,500 titles. Check here for selected titles in ProQuest that might have anthropology content. Full Text/Full Image

UnCover - see Ingenta (above)

Web of Science
(UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1989 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Print equivalents published by The Institute for Scientific Information are Arts &Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.  For a topic search, choose "General Search" and search by general keywords. Tip Sheet for Cited Reference Search available. Citations only

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News Databases

Anthropological and archaeological topics currently show up in the news.  For information on databases to news and news sources, see our Subject Guide: Finding News Articles at the UTSA Library. (http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Instruction/newsey.html)

Anthropology Indexes and Abstracts

Abstracts in Anthropology (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN1.A15
Contains journal citations and abstracts from several hundred periodicals covering archaeology, cultural and physical anthropology, and linguistics. The section on archaeology is subdivided geographically. Each volume has author and subject index. Coverage: 1973 - current (print); 2000-2008 (online). Citations only

Annual Reviews Online (UTSA subscription)
Includes Annual Review of Anthropology full text back to 1972; older issues (1972 through 2001) also available full text in JSTOR (below).

Anthropological Index Online of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN1 .R67
Free Website: http://www.therai.org.uk/index/aio.html
Covers worldwide literature in general anthropology, physical and cultural anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, and linguistics.  Material is arranged geographically. Published quarterly. The Anthropological Index Online is the anthropological index to current periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library). Coverage: 1957 to present. Citations only.

Anthropological Literature via OCLC FirstSearch (UTSA subscription)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN1 .A634 (1981-1988, 1995-2001)
Selectively indexes articles and essays in anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary fields from more than 900 journals and monographic series published in English and other European languages from the late 19th century to the present. Book reviews are not indexed. Updated quarterly. Print version contains subject and author indexes. Citations only.

AnthroSource (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text access to fifteen peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Also includes the full text of all other AAA journals, newsletters, and bulletins through 2003. Includes some links to older content in JSTOR. An email alert service is available for users who register. Coverage dates vary. Updated daily. Full Text.

Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts journals, books, and U.S. and Canadian government documents on diverse aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Coverage begins in the sixteenth century. Updated regularly. Citations Only.

eHRAF (Human Relations Area Files) Archaeology (UTSA subscription)
Contains information on the world's prehistory. Covers more than 40 major archaeological traditions in more than 50,000 pages. Search by keyword, geographic (OWC) codes, or topical (OCM) classification scheme. Each tradition file is comprised of a general summary and full-text sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. Full Text

eHRAF (Human Relations Area Files) World Cultures (UTSA subscription)
HRAF World Cultures is a full-text collection of primary and secondary materials and ethnographies on nearly 400 different ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide. It is useful for finding information on a particular culture or cultural trait or for making cross-cultural comparisons. HRAF includes thousands of pages of text from books, articles, dissertations, and unpublished manuscripts as well as English translations of foreign texts. Search by keyword, geographic (OWC) codes, or topical (OCM) classification scheme. Updated annually. UTSA also owns partial microfiche collection (see below). Full Text

Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899
New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, 1977.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks KF8201 .A1J63
Chronological and Subject index to the United States Congressional Serial Set of House and Senate Reports and Documents. This guide will allow the researcher to locate thousands of documents pertaining to Indian - Federal government relations.

International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology (UNESCO)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN13 .I593
Covers area studies, linguistics, some human biology, anthropology, and folklore. Arranged by broad topic, detailed subtopics, and geography. Author and subject indexes are in English and French. Coverage: 1971 - current. Citations Only

Other Subject-specific Indexes and Abstracts

Agricola
Free Website: http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
Database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Citations only

America: History and Life
(UTSA subscription)
Selectively indexes and abstracts articles on North American history from prehistory to the present, published since 1964, includes citations from more than 2,000 journals published worldwide. Also includes citations of book and media reviews from a selection of over one hundred key journals in the field. For non-North American history, see Historical Abstracts. Citations only

IDEAL (International Digital Electronic Access Library)
Orlando, Fla.: Academic Press. (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to more than 170 journals published by Academic in the sciences, social sciences, and business. Now part of ScienceDirect. Full Text/Full Image

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Contains full-image back runs for history, sociology, ecology and economics journals.  Currently contains several anthropology journals including: American Anthropologist (1888-1999); Biennial Review of Anthropology (1959-1971) which is continued by Annual Review of Anthropology (1972-2001); Anthropology Today (previously called RAIN) (1974-2001); Current Anthropology (1959-1999); Man (1901-1994); Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1995-1996); Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain and Ireland (1872-1965); Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1965-1973); American Antiquity (1935-2003); Hesperia (1932-1998); Journal of Roman Studies (1911-2003); World Archaeology (1969-2003). Full Image

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles from 1973 to the present in 29 major areas, including language variation and change, bilingualism, communications, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and psychology. Also includes abstracts of chapters in books. Citations only

Periodicals Archive Online via Chadwyk Healy (UTSA subscription)
(Formerly PCI) Provides citations to nearly 14 million articles in the humanities and social sciences. Full-text articles are available from approximately 300 historically significant periodicals in disciplines such as anthropology, area studies, economics, education, history, linguistics, and sociology, among others. Includes full-text articles in languages other than English, with significant offerings in Spanish, French, and German. Dates of coverage vary, but some content is available from the 19th century to the 1990s. Updated regularly. Full Text/Full Image

ScienceDirect (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to approximately 1,500 journals published by Elsevier Science.  Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1,800 journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full Text/Full Image

For a complete list of electronic databases (indexes) at UTSA see our Databases Page.

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Ethnography

American Indian Index
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E76.2 .F7 1985
One volume directory of North American Indians. Subject index to books, periodicals and documents.

Countries and Their Cultures
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307 .C68 2001
Also available through Gale Virtual Reference Library (UTSA subscription)
In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes.

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images
Free Website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Featured here are all of the published photogravure images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700 portfolio plates.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (HRAF)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307.E52 1996
Four volume set surveying the major methods, perspectives, ideas, and knowledge produced by cultural anthropology. The Encyclopedia was prepared under the direction of a distinguished editorial advisory board of 24 eminent scholars representing a wide diversity of specialties and perspectives in the discipline. Sponsored by Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. Includes extensive bibliographical references. Index covers all the subfields, prominent people, organizations, concepts, and topics that are relevant to cultural anthropology.

Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN281 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of Texas Indians
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E78 T4 E53 1999 (2 volumes)
History of Texas Indians, descriptive entries of individual Texas tribes and noted individuals, treaty commitments and entire text of Indian treaties of the American Plains, West and Northwest Plateau.

Encyclopedia of Prehistory (HRAF)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN710.E53 2001 volumes 1 - 9
Comprehensive collection of original articles covering two million years of human life. Proposed nine volume set, con four volumes are available : Volume 1: Africa; Volume 2: Arctic and Subarctic; Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania; Volume 4: Europe; Volume 5: Middle America; Volume 6: North America; Volume 7: South America; Volume 8: South and Southwest Asia; Volume 9: Cumulative Index. Sponsored by Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures (HRAF)
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307.E53 1991
Ten volume set describes more than 1500 cultural groups across the globe. Most entries are written by anthropologists and other social scientists who worked first-hand in the societies they describe. Encyclopedia contains authoritative summaries on most of the cultures existing in the 20th century. Information is included on the major aspects of social life and customary practices. Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and indexes. Sponsored by Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.

Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Location: JPL and Downtown Library Reference E77 .G15 1998
Four volume source on historical, cultural and current information on nearly 400 Native American Indian groups of North America. Includes Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Caribbean, Great Basin, Middle America, Arctic, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands.

Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E76.2 .H6 1969
Descriptive list of stocks, confederacies and tribes with historical sketches, customs, archaeology and biographies of noted Native Americans.

Handbook of South American Indians
Location: JPL Reference Stacks F2229 .S7x
Seven volumes.

Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
Location: JPL Microfiche Cabinet GN345.7 .H6 - Drawer F1
(Partial microfiche collection only: See HRAF title list for UTSA)
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography (UTSA subscription)
A collection of primary source materials mainly published in books and articles, but including some unpublished manuscripts, on selected cultures or societies. Organization of collection corresponds to classification in "Outline of World Cultures" (JPL Reference Stacks H62 .B36); material within cultures is classified according to "Outline of Cultural Materials (JPL Reference Stacks H 62 .B361); general information about HRAF is in "Nature and Use of the HRAF files: a Research and Teaching Guide" (JPL Reference Stacks Z7161 .H814) JPL Reference Room.

National Museum of the American Indian
Free Website: http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the NMAI is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Includes online exhibits.

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Biographies and Directories

Anthropology Biography Web
Free Website:   http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/
Brief biographies of anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology. Sometimes includes photos and links to other Internet sites with further information.

Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN20 .B56 2004
Nearly 600 signed entries on the life and work of key men and women in the discipline starting from the 19th century, as well as entries on the foremost scholars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (UTSA subscription)
Indexes more than 2,270,000 biographical sketches in current and retrospective works.  Covers both living and deceased persons in every subject area worldwide.

Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The Great Archaeologists
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CC110 .E54 1999
Two volume set of biographies of 58 archaeologists written by well-known archaeologists. Also available online through netLibrary

A Guide to Programs, A Directory of Members American Anthropological Association
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN43.A2 G84
A directory of members of the American Anthropological Association and Anthropology departments in the United States, Canada and selected foreign countries.

Learned Societies and Professional Organizations in Anthropology
Free Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ANTH/reference/professionalorgs.html
Links to professional organization in anthropology prepared by UC Berkeley.

Who Was Who in Native American History: Indians and Non-Indians from Early Contacts Through 1900
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E89 .W35 1990
Short biographies of individuals from Native American history of North America.

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Maps

To find maps at UTSA, "Set limits" type to maps and do a keyword search on a geographic name or type in UCAT. For more information see the Maps & Maps Center Subject Guide

Archaeological Atlas of the World
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G1046 .E15W5 1975
Maps with explanatory notes.

Atlas of the North American Indian
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E77 .W195 1985
Historical and geographic maps with explanatory notes and text.

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Further Research

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Free Website: http://www.aaanet.org/resources/links.cfm
Internet links gathered by the American Anthropological Association.

Center for Archaeological Research
Free Website: http://car.utsa.edu
The Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), established in 1974, is a research facility within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UTSA. CAR conducts archaeological research, surveys and excavations in Texas and surrounding areas and publishes information on the prehistory and history of Texas and San Antonio.

Anthropology
Free Website: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/anth/index.html
Subject Guide to Internet rescues from the University of Texas at Austin.

Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology
Free Website: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2703
Links to Internet resources on anthropology.

WWW Virtual Library: Archaeology
Free Website: http://vlib.org/Archaeology
A comprehensive listing of Internet resources in archaeology.

WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
Free Website: http://vlib.anthrotech.com/
A comprehensive listing of Internet resources in anthropology. The Virtual Library serves as a starting point for finding Internet information for the broad discipline of anthropology.

Also see UTSA Subject Guide Evaluating Internet Resources