Anthropology Subject Guide
- Article Databases
- Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Professional Organizations
- Websites
- Networking
- News
* UMBC Affiliates only
Contact YOUR Librarian:
Joanna Gadsby
email: gadsby@umbc.edu
phone: 410-455-2358
Article Databases
Search tools for finding journal articles and other types of resources on your subject.
American Museum of Natural History Research Library This collection includes full-text PDFs of current and back issues of AMNH scientific series in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and anthropology.
Anthropology Plus Coverage: from the late 19th century to present
An index of bibliographic materials in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology; ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture; and interdisciplinary studies. Covers all core periodicals in the field.
Anthrosource AnthroSource provides online access to the current issues of 15 of AAA's peer-reviewed publications also serves as an electronic archive, with more than 100 years of anthropological material online, for all of AAA's 33 journals, newsletters and bulletins.
Archaeology Odyssey: The Archive Coverage: 1998-2003
Full-text articles and photographs from Archaeology Odyssey magazine. Focus is on the history and archaeology of the ancient world from Spain to Persia.
Installed on the Database Station located in front of the Reference Desk
Art Abstracts (Ebsco) 
Coverage: 1984 - present
Indexes and abstracts international English-language arts publications covering advertising, archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, design, video, film, architecture and art history.
Humanities International Complete (Ebsco) 
Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other reference sources in the humanities. The database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international journals, books and reference works.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) 
Coverage: 1973 - present
Indexes/Abstracts articles on the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Also includes comprehensive coverage of descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association - Ebsco) 
Coverage: 1963 - present
Indexes 4,000+ journals in the areas of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, rhetoric, dramatic arts, printing and publishing.
SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCO) 
Coverage: 1895-
This sociology and social sciences index features more than 1,300,000 records including full text for 242 "core" journals dating back to 1895, 72 "priority" journals, 547 books and monographs, and 6,711 conference papers.
top of page
All Online Anthropology Resources
