David Michalski
Researcher Services
Researcher Services Librarian
916-392-2189
by David Michalski – March 13, 2020
If you have questions about the use of these databases, research in Anthropology, cultural studies, the social sciences, or if you need support with social sciences data, I am happy to help, or get you in contact with those who can. Feel free to contact me via email, michalski@ucdavis.edu or make an appointment https://calendly.com/michalski-1/research-librarian-consultation.
Researcher Services
Researcher Services Librarian
916-392-2189
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals.
Indexes and, in some cases, links to fulltext versions of materials (some open access, others accessible to subscribers only) by and about UC Berkeley anthropologists.
eHRAF World Cultures (Electronic Human Relations Area Files: World Cultures) contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. For more info on this resource see: http://hraf.yale.edu/products/ehraf-world-cultures/features-benefits-uses/
This journal publishes substantial review articles on important anthropological topics. As such it serves as a good reference source for those seeking to better understand the thinking in this diverse field.
eHRAF Archaeology , (the Electronic Human Relations Area Files: Archaeology) focuses on in-depth descriptive documents, (such as scholarly monographs) of archaeological traditions from around the world. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. For more info on this resource see: http://hraf.yale.edu/products/ehraf-world-cultures/features-benefits-uses/