duPont Library: Anthropology 109: World Prehistory: Find Journal Articles

Anthropology Databases

The databases listed here are among the best to use when performing research in Anthropology. For an expanded listing of possible resources, see the Anthropology listing in the Electronic Databases by Subject.

On JSTOR remember to select "Anthropology" under Subjects to limit your results to this field.

On AnthroSource you will often be asked if you want to "Use Token." Always use the token (that's why we have them!) but remember where you save the file. You should put it in Google Drive or email it to yourself. You don't want to have to use another token to download the same article again.

Anthropological Index Online is a great way to find article citations, but it will not give you the full text.

If the article’s full text is not immediately available, search for it by full title in TigerSearch or on Google Scholar. If we do not have access to it, you can request the article via Sewanee ILL, our interlibrary loan program. Usually, you'll get the article in 1-2 business days.

Preferred Databases

JSTOR
A collection of over 3,000 academic journals and over 70,000 ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Also includes over a million images, letters, and other primary sources. Most journals are covered from their first issue up to 3-5 years from the current year, and include previous titles. Also includes the current issues of some titles. Note: there are some journals in JSTOR for which Sewanee does not have full-text access. In the Advanced search you can limit to only the content available to you.
AnthroSource
A collection of Anthropology journals from the American Anthropology Association. We have full-text access to most of the titles from 1997 through the Wiley Online Library interface.
Anthropological Index Online
AIO provides indexing to a vast collection of anthropological literature held by the Anthropology Library at the British Museum, with coverage back to 1957. Because some of the journals are somewhat obscure, it is likely that many articles you find will need to be requested via interlibrary loan. Citations only.
Freely available database.
Project MUSE
Full-text versions of peer-reviewed journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, as well as thousands of ebooks, with emphasis on humanities and social sciences. We subscribe to the "Standard Collection" of journals (which is over 300 titles, but not all of the journals on the site) and have purchased a small number of ebooks. You may want to limit your search to "Only content I have full access to."