LibGuides: Anthropology: Finding Articles & Databases

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This page contains a list of the top-ranked Anthropology journals, as well as a list of databases. If you're looking for databases, don't forget about the Best Bets box on the Getting Started page.

Anthropology Journals

The following journals are ranked by h5-index, the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2010-2014 have at least h citations each. (Google Scholar metrics uses h5-index.)

You can also search the Social Sciences journals by Subject Heading using the link below, or look up a particular journal title to see if UNLV has access to it.

Anthropology & Related Databases

These databases contain journal articles and other research materials about anthropology. For more Anthropology & related databases, see Best Bets.

ARD: The Anthropology Review Database
1990-
Reviews of anthropological publications including books, audiovisual materials, software and multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and online resources.
Includes over 1400 reviews - some citations, some full text - few dating prior to 1990.
Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (AATA)
Abstracts of conservation books, articles, proceedings and more.
Update frequency: quarterly
Peer-reviewed abstracts covering the international literature on conservation and heritage management, created as a service of the Getty Conservation Institute in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America.
1500s-
Bibliography on Native American history, life, and culture.
Produced in partnership with the Human Relations Area File (HRAF), this database contains citations to magazine and journal articles, monographs, dissertations, and U.S. and Canadian government documents.
Dissertations and Theses
citations 1861-; abstracts 1980-; full text 1997-
Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Ethnic NewsWatch
1959-
Articles, editorials, and reviews from the ethnic, minority, and native press.
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
SocINDEX with Full Text
1895-
Indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines.
Includes full text for selected journals, monographs, and conference papers and contains full text for over 325 journals dating back to 1895. Encompasses all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, and many others.

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