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Encyclopedias and dictionaries are useful starting points when you need some background on a topic, or to familiarize yourself with key terms, issues, events, or people. Articles in these references sources help you get oriented and often provide a bibliography of important references. Here are just a few examples.
Articles in yearbooks or annual review publications are invaluable starting points, summarizing the scholarship on a given topic and providing extensive bibliographies. For an example, see the review article, "Natural History of Homo erectus" in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 46: 126-169 2003 (link).
Encyclopedia of anthropology (5 vols.)
Birx, H. James (ed.)
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2006
Baker Berry Ref. GN11 .E63 2006
History of physical anthropology (2 vols.)
Spencer, Frank, 1941-
New York : Garland Publishing, 1997
Baker Berry Ref. GN50.3 .S64 1997 v. 1-2
Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory (2nd ed.)
New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
2nd ed. / editors, Eric Delson ... [et al.]
Baker Berry Ref. GN281 .E53 2000
The Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution.
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University
Press, 1992
Baker Berry GN281 .C345 1992 (check catalog for availability)
Dana Ref. QH 360.2 .C343 1994
A photographic atlas for physical anthropology.
Whitehead, Paul F. (Paul Frederick), 1954-
Englewood, Colo. : Morton Pub. Co., c2005
Baker Berry GN60 .W455 2005
Annual Review of Anthropology (1972-present)
Search or browse; abstracts are included for years 1996-present. Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews are a series of publications in 32 scientific disciplines. Articles written by experts in a field synthesize the primary literature and identify the primary advances and contributions in a field.
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology
Baker Berry GN1 .A553
* The Yearbook of Physical Anthropology is also issued as a supplement to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, which is available full-text from 1997-present.
Search the Dartmouth library catalog to locate books, journals, and other items in the collections of all the Dartmouth libraries. Search by subject (using Library of Congress subject headings) or by keyword; you can also search for specific works by author, or by title.
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Think about the terms you use in any search, and come up with multiple ways of describing your topic. Many bibliographic databases, including the library catalog and the Wilson indexes, use strictly controlled terms to describe the subject content of materials. Being aware of these subject terms can help you focus your search with great precision. Below are a sampling of Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings that you may find useful. Physical anthropology Paleoanthropology Human Evolution Human Beings - Origin Prehistoric Peoples Evolutionary Psychology Tip: Note that the results of a subject search are listed alphabetically, by default. For a listing that shows most recent publications first, choose "Limit/Sort," then "Sort Results by Year." Another Good Tip: if you're not sure of the exact Library of Congress Subject Heading, use a Keyword search to locate a few items that are relevant to your topic. Then use the Subject Headings associated with those items to lead you to more relevant materials. Keyword searches can be made to search for your terms in specific fields (subject, author, title). With a little creativity, you can use this technique with great success, as shown here |
If your topic is too current or too specific to be found in books or reference sources, try finding journal articles on the topic. Scholarly articles provide in-depth information; they are edited and reviewed by experts.
Articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers can be found using article indexes (searchable databases of article records). In many cases these indexes link through to full-text articles (look for the 
ArticleLinker icon); if not, use the Library's Catalog to locate the source of the article. Note that the Catalog does not contain records for individual articles.
Article not available at Dartmouth? Try DartDoc. (Also see the section, Getting Items Not Available at Dartmouth.)
Selected indexes relevant to physical anthropology as well as general science topics are listed here. See eResources for a complete listing of electronic indexes, databases, and other eResources licensed by Dartmouth. Ask a librarian if you need help choosing an article index with a particular focus.
These can be searched separately or together.
AnthroSource A bibliographic index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology. The database includes works held in Harvard University's Tozzer Library (formerly the Peabody Museum Library) from the 19th century onward. Updated quarterly. Other Indexes of Possible Interest: The primary index to publications in the geosciences, GeoRef also provides some coverage of general and vertebrate paleontology. A primary index to publications in biology and the life sciences, Biosis provides some coverage of paleobiology, evolution and adaptation. Covers 1996-present only. |
Internet Searching Guide -- Go to this site to find descriptions, links, and evaluations of different search engines (e.g., Google, Scirus, Teoma, Vivísimo) Always evaluate the source of your information before you use it in a paper, particularly if it is a non-reviewed or non-refereed Web site. Always cite your Web sources as you would cite printed resources!
Directories, or annotated guides, to selected Internet resources. Browse by topic headings, or search.
Anthro.Net
A search engine that “queries a database of over 40,000 reviewed web sites with anthropological content built by the interests of its users.”
The Scout Report Archives
Search, or browse by subject headings, over this collection of over seven years' worth of critical annotations of selected Internet sites, mailing lists, and other online resources.
The Dartmouth Writing Program provides an online resources page for students to help you with all aspects of composition.
The Student Center for Research, Writing & Information Technology (RWIT) trains student tutors to assist with paper topics, research assignments and multimedia projects.
Style guides provide accepted standards to follow when preparing research papers for publication. Sources is the Dartmouth College general guide to citing sources, and contains required reading about plagiarism and when, and how, to cite material you are using for a paper or presentation.
Reference management programs allow you to build a personal database of your references to articles, books, websites - any information source - and then easily create bibliographies and reference lists using any particular style, without having to retype or reformat. See this overview of reference management programs widely used at Dartmouth.
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based reference management program that allows users to create their own personal database of references by importing references from online article databases. RefWorks makes it easy to search, sort, and cite these references in writing papers and then to automatically format the paper and the bibliography. To get started with RefWorks, go to http://www.refworks.com and click on the "User Login" button on the menu bar. Then click on the "Sign up for an Individual Account" link and fill out the form. RefWorks in-context help, or the online tutorial, will guide you through the basics. See the overview for details on importing citations from various article databases into RefWorks.
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Please fill out the DartDoc Form for documents that are in Storage or that are not in the Dartmouth Library system (Interlibrary Loan requests). See the Document Delivery webpage for more details on these services.
You can also use the Request Selected Item feature of the Library Catalog to request books or articles from Storage.
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For assistance with any part of your research project please contact:
Jane Quigley, Reference Librarian, Kresge Physical Sciences Library, 6-3564
Barbara DeFelice, Head, Kresge and Cook Libraries, 6-3565
Ann Perbohner, Reference Librarian, Kresge Physical Sciences Library, 6-3845
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