Library Anthropology 212

This guide lists suggested resources for locating ethnographic studies in books and articles. 

Databases are tools which allow you to search for a topic across a wide body of academic documents, such as journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, and dissertations.

Try these databases first to find supporting evidence for your topic.

• Anthropology Plus (early 19th century to present)
  Index covering anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research, compiled from Harvard's Anthropological Literature and the Royal Anthropological Society's Anthropological Index.
• AnthroSource (1988 to present)
  Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource indexes 100 years of anthropological material.
• ATLA Religion Database (1949 to present)
  Index to journal articles, essays, and book reviews in the field of religion.
• JSTOR
  Full-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Alumni access)

Search the Books and Media catalog to find ethnographic books about religion.

Suggestion: use the truncation symbol * to find word variations

Example: ethnograph* will find ethnography, ethnographies and ethnographic.

• Books and Media
  Find books and film using this Five College catalog. You can use the Request Item button to have books from the other colleges delivered here to you.

Citing your sources is a vital part of the research process. Citations allow readers of your work to follow in your steps, and citing demonstrates that you are conversant with the existing literature about your topic. Different fields rely on different citation styles.

The American Anthropological Association follows the 16th edition of the Chicago Style. The official guide for this style can be found below.

• Chicago Manual of Style
  See the Chicago Quick Guide for formatting examples: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org.ezproxy.amherst.edu/tools_citationguide.html
• Zotero
  A free application that collects, manages, and formats citations and bibliographies. Zotero also helps organize your research by allowing you to attach PDFs, notes, and images to your references.