Information Sources in Anthropology

Many information sources in anthropology are available in paper only. They are listed below with their University of Chicago call numbers.

General Guides

Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology / John M. Weeks. 2nd ed. Boulder : Westview, 1998 [Z5111.W44 1998 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]
How to Find Anthropological Material at the University of Chicago Library

Anthropology Plus. The major index to periodical literature in anthropology. Combines Anthropological Literature (from the Tozzer Library at Harvard) and Anthropological Index (from the Museum of Mankind Library in London). Indexes material back to the 19th century.
Anthropological Index. Secondary index of periodical literature in anthropology, from the Museum of Mankind Library in London.
FRANCIS. Major French indexing and abstracting service for the humanities and social sciences; indexes material back to 1984. Probably covers European literature more thoroughly than the above indexes and includes abstracts. For material from before 1984, consult Francis : bulletin signalétique : ethnologie and its predecessors [GN301.B85 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room].
Abstracts in Anthropology. Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., 1970- [GN1.A15 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]. Unlike the major English-language on-line indexes, includes abstracts.

Annual Reviews in Anthropology (or click here for earlier issues). Reviews major subfields of anthropology fairly systematically.

Human Relations Area file. Full-text descriptions of many of the world's peoples, "thickly" indexed for culture traits. Available in part on paper slips [south end of B-Level] and in part on-line as eHRAF (click here for archaeology).
Encyclopedia of World Cultures / editor in chief, David Levinson. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991-1996 [GN550.E530 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology / edited by Alan Barnard, Jonathan Spencer. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Dictionnaire de l'ethnologie et de l'anthropologie / publié sous la direction de Pierre Bonte, Michel Izard. Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1991 [GN307.D490 1991 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology / edited by Tim Ingold. London : Routledge, 1994 [GN25.C650 1994 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]

Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology / edited by Vered Amit. London : Routledge, 2004 [GN20.B56 2004]
Dictionnaire des ethnologues et des anthropologues / Gérald Gaillard. Paris : A. Colin, 1997 [GN20.G35 1997 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room]
International Dictionary of Anthropologists / compiled by Library-Anthropology Resource Group. New York : Garland, 1991 [GN20.I50 1991 Regenstein Second-Floor Reading Room/stacks]