Anthropology Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: To provide resources for the study of cultural and physical anthropology.

Call number areas to browse:

Keywords to search:

Anthropology, Alienation, Colonization, Physical Anthropology, Community, Culture, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic relations, Ethnicity, Ethnology, Family, Feminism, Globalization, Housing, Industrial sociology, Medical anthropology, Popular culture, Race relations, Sexuality, Social ethics, Social medicine, Social problems, Social theory, Sociology, Women's studies,Physical anthropology, Paleoanthropology, Human Evolution, Prehistoric Peoples, Evolutionary Psychology, Applied Anthropology, Indigenous populations

Subjects to search (Library of Congress):

Anthropology
Cultural anthropology

Applied anthropology
Art and anthropology

Economic anthropology 
Ethnology

Human Evolution

Prehistoric peoples

Evolutionary psychology

Physical anthropology

Ethnic groups
Folklore

Social anthropology

Online Reference:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Oxford Reference Online Premium (r)

Books. Periodicals,  and Audiovisuals in our catalog: Use library subject headings and keywords in the library catalog to locate books, periodicals and audiovisuals owned by the library. You can limit your search by campus holdings, language and format (books, computer files, visual materials, etc.).

Library Databases(r):

Academic Search Complete
Humanities International Complete
America: History and Life
OmniFile Full Text Select
U.S. History in Context

Internet Resources:

American Anthropological Association - the world's largest organization of individuals interested in anthropology. There is a section titled "What is Anthropology"

Academic Info: Anthropology - site is for undergraduate or advanced high school students or above. Many links including online indexes of the literature, World email Directory of Anthropologists, Academic departments, Societies and Institutes.

Anthropology Biography Web - biography web has been developed by the anthropology students at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a part of their EMuseum. They strive to produce brief descriptions of anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but they are continuing to add to the web site. 

American Folklife Center - This center at the Library of Congress includes the Archive of Folk Culture, one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world, as well as links to an excellent collection of Resources in Ethnographic Studies.

Anthro.Net Research Engine - contains thousands of reviewed web sites and bibliographic references.

Voice of Shuttle Anthropology - VoS is woven by Alan Liu of the U. California, Santa Barbara, English Department with a team of department graduate students and others. 

National Geographic - sponsored by the National Geographic Society who has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888. It is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation.  The search box will allow you to search for anthropology topics

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