Finding Articles - ANTH 141: Death, Dying, and Disposal - Kroll-Lerner (Fall 2017) - UVM Libraries Research Guides at UVM Libraries

Where to Start?

To the right is a list of recommended databases to help you locate articles in the field of anthropology.

An excellent and recommended database to start your literature search is: Academic Search Premier.
Use AnthropologyPlus to search the anthropology and related literature. (can search simultaneously with Academic Search Premier by clicking on the Choose Databases link at the top of the screen.)
Use AnthroSource to search the journal literature published by the American Anthropological Association.
JSTOR is excellent for older articles but generally does not include articles published in the past 5 years.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
This resource is a multidisciplinary database that provides access to scholarly journal literature across all disciplines, as well as magazine articles and some newspaper articles. It is a recommended starting point for research on any subject, and very useful for topics that span disciplines. It includes some full text as well as links to full text.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
This resource provides comprehensive indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in all the sub-disciplines of anthropology, including cultural, social, physical, biological, linguistics, archaeology, folklore, and interdisciplinary studies. It provides complete citations with descriptors and geographic information.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
This resource is a full-text, searchable database of publications from the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It contains the full-text of articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins, and monographs.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
This resource is a searchable multidisciplinary database of the full content of archival issues of scholarly journals. Issues published within the last 3-5 years are generally not covered. It also provides citations to books and pamphlets provided by JSTOR in digital format.

2. Construct and run your search.

3. Once you get your list of search results, on the left side of the screen, apply the limit to the source type: Magazines.