Research Resources: Anthropology

Subject-Specific Online Databases


Annual Reviews - Social Sciences	Indexing of Annual Review volumes from 1984 – present. Full text for some articles.	More Info
eHRAF World Cultures (formerly eHRAF Collection of Ethnography)	Ethnographic information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior. Covers cultures from ethnic groups in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, to indigenous and immigrant groups in North and South America. Full text.	More Info


Academic Search Complete	An excellent starting point for finding articles in magazines and journals, mostly from fairly recent time periods. Some full-text.	More Info
JSTOR	A full-text collection of over 1,000 major scholarly journals. Excludes the most recent 2 to 5 years for most journals.	More Info
Project Muse	Full text access is available to over 380 journals in the humanities and social sciences.	More Info


Magnus	Online catalog providing access to Luther College library and archival collections.	More Info
WorldCat	WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.	More Info


LexisNexis Academic	LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access to over 6,000 full-text news, business, and legal publications.	More Info
New York Times (1995-Present)	Full text of the New York Times (1995 to the present)	More Info
New York Times, Historical (1851-2005)	Searchable full-text newspaper articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 2005.	More Info
Newspaper Abstracts	Citations and abstracts for articles from about 50 national and regional newspapers published 1989 – present	More Info
Newspaper Source	Coverage for over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Includes The Times (London) and full transcripts from selected newscasts, including Face the Nation, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, CNNÂ®, CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR). Full text for most articles	More Info
Wall Street Journal	Citations for significant articles in the 3-star Eastern Edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1971 – present. Complete full text on microfilm (1972 – 2001): AN2 .W2 Full text online for issues published 1984 – present.	More Info

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

Index Area: AI3 .P7

Citations for articles in U.S. and British general interest periodicals published 1802 – 1907. Subject index only.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature

Index Area: AI3 .I6

Citations for articles in English language general interest magazines published 1890 – February 1983.
Social Sciences Index

Index Area: AI3 .I66

Citations for journal articles published 1974 – March 1983. Previous titles: Social Sciences and Humanities Index (1965-1974), International Index to Periodicals (1907-1965). Indexed by author and subject only.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology

A 4 volume work, the encyclopedia covers nine general areas relating to cultural anthropology. Articles are arranged alphabetically, and volume 4 has an extensive index.
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Reference GN 307 .E525 1996

A one volume work, it has 231 topical entries followed by a short section of biographical entries and a glossary of terms used in anthropology.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Reference GN 307 .E53 1991

This multivolume set that provides descriptions of cultures of each region the world. The encyclopedia was prepared under the auspices of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Supplement.

Reference GN 307 .E53 1991 Suppl

One hundred additional articles supplement the original 10 volume set, the Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
History of Physical Anthropology

Reference GN 50.3 .H57 1997

This 2 volume encyclopedic work provides international perspective of the history of physical anthropology. Biographical, subject, and national entries are included.