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Resources Available at the Library: Anthropology 3 (Waldo)

Library Home page: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/

Search Strategy Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/strategy.html

Subject Headings

Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  This is important because you can sometimes get better search results.  For example, articles, books, and web sites on the "death penalty" will usually be indexed under "Capital Punishment."  To browse such headings, they are in the four thick red volumes on the left side of the reference desk.

Here are some examples:

Religion and Politics
Religious Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism
[name of religion] Fundamentalism
ex. “Christian Fundamentalism,” “Buddhist Fundamentalism,” etc.

Arranged Marriage
Marriage Law
Marriage Brokerage
Mate Selection
Dowry
Bride Price

Body Piercing
Body Decoration
Body Art
Body Marking
Fads

Culture
Religion and Culture
Acculturation
Cultural Identity
Culture Shock
Assimilation (Sociology)
Ethnicity

 

Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html. —To find articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Originally published in print form.

Mainly Magazines and Journals

Mainly Newspapers

EbscoHost Academic Search Elite
A multi-subject database, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more!  Tutorial available at: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/ebscohosthandout.html

Alt-PressWatch
Full text articles to many alternative newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and peer-reviewed journals. 

GenderWatch
Full text database of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newsletters, and books  that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Mostly full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers, transcripts from many news programs, and other news resources from all over the world. Search "Quick News Search" for articles from the last two years. For older articles, search in "General News Search."

Project MUSE
Scholarly journal articles in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Contains newspapers, magazines, and journals from the ethnic, minority and native press. 

 Pamphlet Files— At the Library, we have several filing cabinets of articles and documents to many topics.  Use the Card catalog that rests on TOP of the filing cabinet, and search by Library of Congress Subject Headings.  Then find the folder that has the articles/documents related to your topic.  You can check out up to five articles/pamphlets at the Check Out Desk.

Reference/Statistical Sources (Books, Databases and Web sites—This is just a sample)

CQ Researcher

Index at Ref. Desk. Reference: H35 E35

FACTS.com Issues & Controversies

Click on link from online handout or Articles page

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Reference Desk: HA202 U58 S7 2002

Encyclopedia of Associations

Reference Desk: HS17 .G334 2004

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family

Reference: HQ9 .E52 2003

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

Reference: E169.1 .S764 2000

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

Reference: E184.A1 G14 1995

Countries and Their Cultures

Reference: GN307 .C68 2001

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology

Reference: GN307 .E52 1996

Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Reference: GN307 .E53

CountryWatch Click on link from online handout or Articles page

Folklore of World Holidays

Reference: GT3930 .F65 1992

Encyclopedia of American Education

Reference: LB17 .U54 1996

Encyclopedia of Religion Reference:  BL31 .E46

Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol

Reference: HV5804.E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice

Reference: HV6017 .E52 2002

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science

Reference: BF31 .C8263 2001

Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology

Reference: BF1407 .E52 2001

Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia

Reference: HQ75 .H63 1998

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality

Reference: HQ76.25 .E53 1990

International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

Reference:  HQ21 .I68 
Some entries available at: http://tinyurl.com/8looj
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures Reference: HQ16 .E53 2003

MacMillan Encyclopedia of Energy

TJ163.28 .M33 2001

Reference Books on Ethnic Groups in the U.S. (Mostly under Call Numbers that Begin with E84)

E84—Find titles such as Reference Library of Asian America, Hispanic American Almanac, etc.

Online Subject Index

http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html

Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/8mo5z/

How to Search the Library Catalog: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/librarycatalog.html

Library of Congress Classification Handout: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/lc.html

World Wide Web: Academic Searching

Librarians’ Index to the Internet
     http://lii.org

INFOMINE
     http://infomine.ucr.edu/

Online Subject Index http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dbsbysubject.html

Scout Report Archives
     http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/

Academic Info
     http://www.academicinfo.us/

Virtual Learning Resources Center
     http://www.virtuallrc.com/

 

World Wide Web: General Searching http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/handouts/Eng1A/Transue.html#search

Google Limited to PDF
     http://tinyurl.com/5f294

SearchGov
     http://www.searchgov.com/

SearchEDU
     http://www.searchedu.com

Google (limiting to .org)
     http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:.org

About
     http://www.about.com/

Map of Library: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/librarymap.html

Finding a Relevant Article—You can always find articles more like the one you find by using subject headings that were given for the article.

EbscoHost Top of Article Screen Capture with Title, List of Authors as Links, List of Source as Link, Document Type, List of Subjects as Links, and Geographic Terms as Links

Assignment For Today: Find one article from EbscoHost, EthnicNewsWatch, Alt-PressWatch, or GenderWatch.

  1. Go to Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles and More
     
  2. Select a database and follow its directions until you actually get to the one, particular database itself.

    3.  
  3. Enter your search terms.
     
  4. Select an article and enter relevant information:

Author:

Title:

Title of Journal:

Volume, Issue, Year and page numbers:

 

  1. Send the article to yourself by E-Mail (Look for the E-Mail button inside your database)

Remember: A reference librarian is staffed at the reference desk all hours the Library is open. We will be more than happy to help you learn how to find information for this assignment.