Anthropology
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Scope
Scope: Anthropology Defined
“anthropology.(note 1) The study of man. The word probably originated with Aristotle’s description of the man with lofty ideas who is not a gossip or a talker about himself. The word anthropology is first found in English in an anoymous(sic) book on human nature, which divides the subject into psychology and anatomy.” Also, “The contemporary science of Anthropology consists of archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology.”
1. Winick, Charles. Dictionary of ANTHROPOLOGY New York: Philosophical Library, 1956. 28
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AnthropologyPlus: available at: OC, SFU, TRU, UBC, UVic
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Anthropology Index Online: available at: CNC, NLC, TWU, UNBC, VIU
AnthroSource: available at: CAP, LC, SC, SFU, UBC, UVic, VIU
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Journals
Through UBC
Anthropology Journals available through JSTOR; organized by JSTOR
“JSTOR: Browse by Discipline: Anthropology” (2000-2007) JSTOR
Retrieved on March 6, 2007 through the UBC Library.
http://www.jstor.org/browse?frame=noframe&userID=8952aa3c@ubc.ca/01cce4406100501d52e&dpi=3&config=jstor#Anthropology
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Language & Literature Collection: OC, SFU
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Anthropology
American Anthropologist 1888-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2006)
Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington 1879-1885
American Antiquity 1935-2003
American Ethnologist 1974-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2006)
Annual Review of Anthropology 1972-2001
Biennial Review of Anthropology 1959-1971
Anthropological Quarterly 1953-2003
Primitive Man 1928-1952
Anthropology & Education Quarterly 1976-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2006)
Council on Anthropology and Education Quarterly 1974-1976
Council on Anthropology and Education Newsletter 1970-1973
Anthropology Today 1985-2001
RAIN 1974-1984
Cultural Anthropology 1986-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2006)
Current Anthropology 1959-1999 (plus links to recent content 1999-2005)
Yearbook of Anthropology 1955
Ethnohistory 1954-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2004)
Ethnomusicology 1953-2002
Ethos 1973-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2005)
International Journal of American Linguistics 1917-2002
Journal of American Folklore 1888-2001
Journal of Anthropological Research 1973-2003
Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 1945-1972
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 1995-2001
Man 1901-1994
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1907-1965
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1872-1906
Journal of Anthropology 1870-1871
Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1869-1870) 1869-1870
Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 1864-1871
Anthropological Review 1863-1870
Transactions of the Anthropological Society of London 1863
Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London 1861-1869
Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848-1856) 1848-1856
Latin American Antiquity 1990-2003
Lied und populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture 2000-2002
Jahrbuch für Volksliedforschung 1928-1999
Medical Anthropology Quarterly 1983-1999 (plus links to recent content 2000-2006)
Medical Anthropology Newsletter 1968-1982
Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos 1985-2003
Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1965-1973
Subject Guides
Capilano College Library Subject Guide: Anthropology
College of New Caledonia Library Guide to Useful Indexes for Anthropology
College of the Rockies Library Subject Guide for Anthropology and Sociology
Douglas College Library Anthropology Subject Guide
Kwantlen University College Library Anthropology Subject Guide
Langara College Library ANTH 2231: Primate Behaviour
Malaspina University-College Library Anthropology Resources
Northern Lights College Library Anthropology Subject Guide (pdf)
Northwest Community College Library Anthropology Subject Guide
SFU Library Anthropology Information Resources
Thompson Rivers University Library Anthropology Research Guide
Trinity Western University Library Which Index or Database Should I Use? Anthropology
UBC Library Subject Resources for Anthropology
UCFV Library Anthropology Guide to Research
UVic Library Anthropology Research Guide
Libraries and a Few Sample Books
The George & Mary Foster Anthropology Library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ANTH/
The Koerner Library of UBC has reference books available for use in the library on the second level. Some examples include:
Anthropological Glossary(note 2) This book has about 282 pages of definitions including terms such as “ACCLIMITIZATION” (1), “FOOD GATHERING SOCIETIES” (90) and “MAORI” (167)
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology(note 3)
In addition to exploring cultural anthropology, the book includes, “. . . it also covers selected information from the other three fields of anthropology-linguistics, biological anthropology, and archaeology” (vii). Titles of articles include “Altruism” (xi), “Archives” (xi), “Belief Systems” (xii), “Dreams” (xiii), “Human Universals” (xv), and “Writing Systems” (xix).
History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia(note 4) In two volumes. The preface (ix) says that there are three types of topics included: “. . . the development of specific areas of scientific inquiry and theory”, “the description of the discipline’s intellectual and institutional development . . .”, and “implicit biographical sketches.” Also includes, “. . . history of primate behavioural studies . . .”
Macmillan Dictionary of Anthropology(note 5) This is a dictionary of about 291 pages with entries such as, “agriculture” (7), “economic anthropology” (87), and “solidarity” (264).
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Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Library
(because of construction, the library is being housed temporarily in room 2314 of the Anthropology and Sociology Building. http://www.moa.ubc.ca/collections/library.php
This library has books on a variety of topics. The following are some examples:
Ancient American Pottery(note 6)
The inside of the front of the book jacket states, “Archeologists in our own time are gradually reconstructing the lost chapters of history that extend from the sixteenth century A.D. to the fifth century B.C. Pottery is here, as always, the key to knowledge, . . .” The book contains many nice photographs of pottery artifacts that are mostly in black and white. In the table of contents (ix), there are headings such as “THE SOUTHWEST OF THE U.S.A.” Another heading is “THE POTERY OF CENTRAL AMERICA” with subheadings such as “THE ZAPOTECS”, “WESTERN MEXICO”, and “LATE AZTEC”. On page one, the book mentions how “. . . the wheel . . .” was not part of “American Pottery”. Also mentioned is “The first known appearances of pottery in America are in the second millennium B.C., . . .” (2).
Early Civilization in China(note 7)
The table of contents pages (no page numbers) have headings such as, “Paleolithic China”, “Neolithic China”, “The Bronze and Early Iron Ages”, and The Artistic Tradition of the Shang and Chou”. The outside back book cover states, “This absorbing volume surveys prehistoric and early dynastic China in the light of the archaeological remains, and covers the period from the earliest prehistoric site at Chou K’ou Tien through the Shang and Chou dynasties to the end of the latter in 221 B.C.
The Festivals of Nepal(note 8)
The table of contents pages (no page numbers) have headings such as “Nawabarsa and Bisket, Nepalese New Year in Bhadgaon and Thimi”, “Rhato Machhendranath Rath Jatra, the Chariot Ride of Red Machendra”, Gokarna Aunsi, Nepalese Father’s Day”, Sorah Sraddha, Sixteen Days of Ancestor Worship”, Chakandeo Jatra, a Travelling Merchant becomes a God” and Sapana Tirtha Mela, Dreams and Renewed Life for the New Year”
The forward of the book, (15) includes, “. . . the continuous flow of interrelated festivals throughout the year is literally a way of life, reflecting their joys and fears, dreams and sorrow.”
From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History(note 9) The book jacket back says, “Nearly 100 color plates in the book and numerous historical photographs from the Museum’s archives recall a bygone era and are a tribute to the stunning artworks of the North Pacific Region.”
Monuments in Cedar(note 10) The front of the book jacket says, “. . . author Keithahn traces the totem pole from Stone Age to Golden Age, shows its importance in Indian social and political life.” Includes chapter headings such as: “THE TOTEMPOLAR REGION AND ITS PEOPLE” (14), “ORIGIN OF THE TOTEMPOLE” (14), “TYPES OF TOTEM POLES” (14), and “READING A TOTEM POLE” (14).
Smithsonian Institution Libraries: John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology (note 11)
http://www.sil.si.edu/Libraries/anth-hp.htm
2.Pearson, Ph.D., Roger Anthropological Glossary Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company Inc., 1985.
3.Levinson, David and Ember, Melvin (editors). Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology vol. 1-4, New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc. 1996.
4.Spencer, Frank. (editor) History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1997
5.Seymour-Smith, Charlotte. Macmillan Dictionary of Anthropology London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd.,1986.
6.Bushnell, G.H.S. & Digby, Adrian Ancient American Pottery London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1955.
7.Watson, William. Early Civilzation in China New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, “copyright THAMES AND HUDSON LIMITED LONDON 1966” (no page number)
8.Anderson, Mary M. The Festivals of Nepal London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. [“First published in 1971” (no page number given) assumed to be the date of publication by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.]. also Calcutta: D. Mehra, Rupa & Co. “First published in India in 1975” (no page number given)
9.Jonaitas, Aldona. From the Land of the Totem Poles: The Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History New York: American Museum of Natural History, also (no city: University of Washington Press, also Vancouver, British Columbia/Toronto: McIntyre Publishers, 1988.
10.Keithahn, Edward L. Monuments in Cedar New York: Bonanza Books, 1963
11.“Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Anthropology Library: Library Overview”. Smithsonian Institution Website Acesssed March 6, 2007
http://www.sil.si.edu/Libraries/anth-hp.htm
Open Access Journals
Open Access Journals: Directory of Open Access Journals: “43 journals belonging to subject: Anthropology”
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=subject&cpid=124
Associations
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/
Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth
http://www.theasa.org/
Royal Anthropological Institute
http://www.therai.org.uk/
Alaska Anthropological Association
http://www.alaskaanthropology.org/
Museums and Smithsonian Institution
Museums and Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Anthropology at The University of British Columbia
http://www.moa.ubc.ca/
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
http://www.unm.edu/~Maxwell/
Smithsonian Institution Libraries: John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology
http://www.sil.si.edu/Libraries/anth-hp.htm
University of Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
http://museum.archanth.cam.ac.uk/index.htm
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology UMMA
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umma/
USU Museum of Anthropology
http://www.usu.edu/anthro/museum/
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