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Sociology and Anthropology 262
Anthropology of Health and Illness

Winter 2005 - Professor Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg

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reference books

The Dictionary of Anthropology. Edited by Thomas Barfield.
CC Ref GN11 .D48 1997

Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. By Robert H. Winthrop.
CC Ref GN307 .W56 1991

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Edited by David Levinson and Melvin Ember.
CC Ref GN307 .E52 1996

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender . Edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.
CC Ref  HQ16 .E53 2003

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Edited by Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer
CC Ref GN307 .E525 1996

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Editor in chief, David Levinson.
CC Ref GN550 .E53 1991 

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Editors in chief, Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes
CC Ref H41 .I58 2001
My favorite social science reference source. Entries are substantive overviews of the disciplines' treatment of a given topic with bibliographies.

 

databases and indexes

Databases, indexes and abstracts give you an organized entry point into periodical literature. Carleton does not own every journal title indexed in the electronic databases the library offers. Check the Bridge (the library's catalog) to see if we own the journal title you are looking for. If we don't, take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan Services.

Africa Bibliography. 1984 to present.
Ref DT3 .A38
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Published in association with the International African Institute; articles, books, chapters, brochures published during the current year; principal sources include Cambridge University Library, the African Studies Centre at Cambridge, SOAS, and the Institute.

Abstracts in Anthropology. 1974-1997
Ref GN 1 .A15
Basic index in the field; covers books, articles, and papers.

Annual Review of Anthropology, (continues Biennial Review of Anthropology, 1959-1971.)
1972-Present: CC Books GN 1 .A623 (2nd floor of library)
1972-1999 via JSTOR or
1972-2003 via Academic Search Premier
Summarizes trends in subfields of anthropology; contains extensive bibliographies on each topic.

Anthropological Literature: an Index to Periodical Articles and Essays, 1983 to present.
Large article index for anthropology; no full text.

Contemporary Women's Issues, 1992 to present.
CWI provides global coverage of full-text information (articles, newsletters, IGOs, and more) on women. Good for relevant primary sources.

Ethnic News Watch, 1991 to present.
Index and full text of about 100 minority newspapers published in the U.S. Good for relevant primary sources.

eHRAF Collection of Ethnography/Human Relations Area Files
Ethnographies 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; the major part of the collection is available only in the microfiche collection; see a reference librarian for assistance.


International African Bibliography. v. 4, 1974- . Hall, David, ed.
Ref DT3 .I58
Munich: K.G. Saur. Quarterly.
"Current books, articles and papers in African studies."

BLPES/International Bibliography of Anthropology (formerly the International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology). 1955-1959; 1988 to present.
GN 304 .I593 (current year is in Reference)
Extensive coverage of books and journal articles; annual; no electronic access.

Medline 1993 to present.
Main index to the biomedical literature; includes policy issues. Medline Help page

Web of Science/SSCI - Social Science Citation Index, 1969 to current.
The Institute for Scientific Information publishes the Social Sciences Citation Index, which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references, covering more than 1,700 of the world's leading social sciences journals in a broad range of disciplines. It also covers individually selected, relevant items from more than 3,400 of the world's leading natural and physical science journals. A powerful capability is cited reference searching, a process whereby one tracks the number of times a specific work has been cited or referenced in other works.

Social Sciences Index, 1980 to present.
An important index in the social sciences, covering just over 600 journals, citations only.

Sociological Abstracts, 1963 to present.
Main index to the discipline.

Women Studies Abstract, 1972 to current.
Ref HQ 1111 .W65
Indexes scholarly and popular publications not covered by more mainstream indexes.

Women's Studies Index, 1989 to current.
Ref HQ 1181 .W683
Straight alphabetical author and subject listing of bibliographic citations. Comprehensive indexing of scholarly periodicals, selective indexing of popular titles.

For additional AIDS information, consider a Google Unclesam search, which searches government documents on the web.

 

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journals

If you want to know whether Carleton subscribes to a particular journal, perform a TITLE search in Bridge using the exact title of the journal you're looking for; the catalog includes print and most electronic journals. Always check with a reference librarians if you want to be sure about our access. If Carleton does not have access, many journal articles now available electronically through an interlibrary loan request.

Sample searches:
culture, medicine, and psychiatry
american anthropologist

Example of Bridge Title Search results

Carleton subscribes to Current Anthropology, which can be accessed in several ways:

1. Paper 1960-present
2. Electronically via ProQuest, 1996-present
3. Electronically via JSTOR, 1959-1999
4. Electronically via the publisher's site, 1999-present


Full text articles may be found in JSTOR and Project Muse by:

  • Searching for your topic by keywords, or
  • using Browse to find issues of a journal

Read the search screen carefully; use J-print, not your browser's print button.


JSTOR

 
Anthropology Journals in JSTOR (current 3-5 years not available in JSTOR; search in Bridge for current years or request):

African Studies Journals in JSTOR (current 3-5 years not available; search in Bridge) include:

Sociology Journals in JSTOR (current 3-5 years not available; search in Bridge) include:


Project Muse

Only recent years are included; a few titles include:

Other Full-Text

Selected full text is also available through:

ProQuest Research Library
Academic Search Premier

These two aggregrate databases include some full text along with just the citations of journal articles.

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web links

American Anthropological Association
Extensive, well-organized site divided into categories.

Anthro.Net Medical Anthropology
List of books and web sites with resources on medical anthropology.

Medical Anthropology Web

Society for Medical Anthropology

Council on Anthropology and Reproduction / CAR

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library contacts

The Library Liason for the Social Sciences is

Kristin Partlo
Phone: 4266
E-mail: kpartlo@carleton.edu

I'm happy to help you with your research! Email me to make an appointment or stop by my office in the reference area.

 

Maintained by: Kristin Partlo
Last updated: Saturday, 05-Feb-2005 22:30:22 CST