Research Guides: Anthropology : Cultural

Article Databases

AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
Online, full text access to key anthropology periodicals, including journals and newsletters.
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Ethnographic materials covering all aspects of cultural and social life worldwide. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A large collection of full-text interdisciplinary scholarly journals and books, with journal content, often extending to the first volume of a periodical. Auraria Library supplies access to these JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences; Life Sciences, Biological Sciences; and the Health & General Sciences Collection.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full text access to scholarly journals and books in arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Multi-Subject Databases
Many articles are full text. You may need to limit to "peer reviewed" or "refereed publications" when searching for psychology research article.
OAIster
Identifies and often links to primary resources residing in digital repositories worldwide. See Auraria Library's Primary Reources guide and the eBooks Guide for more digital repository options.

eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
In addition to a variety of ethnographic materials, find concise but information-rich summaries of over 300 cultures in this collection. Segments cover demography, linguistic affiliation, history and cultural relations, settlements, commercial activities, kin groups and descent, marriage and family information, social and political organization, religious beliefs, ceremonies, arts, and more.

The Encyclopedia of World Cultures by David Levinson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780816118403
Publication Date: 1996 - 2002
eBook
This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture.
Countries and Their Cultures by Melvin Ember; Carol R. Ember
ISBN: 9780028658964
Publication Date: 2003
eBook
Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities by Carl Skutsch (Editor)
Call Number: REF Stacks GN495.4 .E63 2005
ISBN: 157958392X
Publication Date: 2004
This three volume set in the Library's Reference collection covers political and historical topics as well as explanations of relevant terminology.