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Subject Guide - Anthropology

• Selected Reference Books
• Full-Text Books Online
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Carol Satersmoen, Social Sciences Librarian Liaison updated 2007.

Selected Reference Books

REF CC77 .B8 L37 1997   Bioarchaeology: interpreting behavior from the human skeleton

REF GN69.8 .B94 2002     Introduction to forensic anthropology: a textbook

REF GN307 .E52              Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology

REF GN307 .E53 1991      Encyclopedia of world cultures

REF P29 .E48 1994          Encyclopedia of language and linguistics

BC177.R345 1990             The anatomy of judgment

CB151 .B386 1995            Cultural criticism: a primer of key concepts

CC165.M4                        Archaeology: an introduction

E78 .C6 C34 1997             The archaeology of Colorado

GN357 .B76 1991             Human universals

GN347 .S43 1999             The secret museum of mankind

HV6080 .C734 2001          Criminal psychology and forensic technology: a collaborative approach to effective profiling

P29 .E48 1994                  The Encyclopedia of language and linguistics

P40 .M33 2006                 The social art: language and its uses

Full-Text Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Neolithic farming in Central Europe: an archaeobotanical study of crop husbandry practices; Yanomami: the fierce controversy and what we might learn from it; Why America's top pundits are wrong: anthropologists talk back; Great jobs for anthropology majors; Ethnographic methods; The ecology and semiotics of language learning: a sociocultural perspective; The archaeology of time.

Ancient Astronomers of North America

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Archaeology Magazine
Smithsonian
National Geographic

The Library’s subscriptions to accounting, business and marketing journals are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus Access
American Journal of Archaeology
Antiquity
AnthroNotes
Archaeology Magazine
Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Colorado Research in Linguistics
Cultural Analysis
Ecological and Environmental Anthropology
Electronic Journal of Folklore
Fourth World Journal
Oral Tradition (eOT)
Public Anthropology: Anthropology Journal Archive Project
Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences

Other Library Materials

CD-ROMs
REF G1 .N273 2001 CDNM box/set [4 vols.]        The complete National geographic: 112 years collector's edition  1888-2000

Videos/DVD
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #7-B09           Man as symbol maker, creating new meanings
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #8-C03           Odyssey: The Ancient mariners
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #8-C04           Odyssey: Margaret Mead taking note
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #5-D20           IOC: Anthropology aspects of language
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #5-E10           Odyssey: Myths and mound builders

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

Anthropology, Archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, Civilization, Culture, Ethnology, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples, Linguistics, Paleontology, Physical Anthropology, Prehistoric Peoples

Selected Web Resources

American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation
Anthropology and Archaeology Pages by James Q. Jacobs
Anthropology in the News
Anthropology Tutorials
Archaeoastronomy
Archaeological Parks in the U.S.
Archaeology Resources fromThe Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Center for Archaeoastronomy
Center for the Study of the First Americans
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Native Nations Network
Prehistoric Man
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology

Selected Statistical Resources

Archaeology Maps and Timeline
Hominid Time Line
The Timeline Index: People, Periods, Places and Events in a chronological context

Selected Online Images and Other Media

The Archaeological Channel
The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark
National Museum of National History
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Photographs of Ancient sites in the Americas

Other Library Catalogs

Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified Catalog
University of Northern College Library Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance Library Distric