Collins Memorial Library: SOAN 102: Introduction to Anthropology: Getting Started

SOAN 102: Welcome

The SOAN 102 Course Guide is a great place to start your research utilizing library resources.

When doing your research, please be mindful about the types of sources you're using, and how you're using them. This guide provides information on locating and accessing reference, print, and electronic resources.

Sage Knowledge

Sage provides online Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries that cover topics in the Social Sciences.

Sage Knowledge Online

Annual Reviews

Annual reviews is an excellent source for finding reviews of recent trends in disciplinary research.

Annual Review of Anthropology
"The Annual Review of Anthropology covers significant developments in the field of Anthropology."
Annual Review of Sociology
"The Annual Review of Sociology covers significant developments in the field of Sociology."

Subject Encyclopedias & Handbooks

21st Century Anthropology by H. James Birx (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2010
Highlights important topics, issues, questions, and debates in the field of anthropology.

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA) is a growing open-access teaching and learning resource.Its goal is to facilitate access to scholarship in Social Anthropology for experts and non-experts worldwide. All entries are written and peer-reviewed by leading academics.

Encyclopedia of Anthropology by H. James Birx (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2005
Provides readers with a greater understanding of, and deeper appreciation for, those facts, concepts, methods, hypotheses and perspectives that make up modern anthropology and related disciplines.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory by George Ritzer (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2005
Examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand the strengths and weaknesses of all the key areas of the discipline.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology by Alan Barnard (Editor); Jonathan Spencer (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2010
Written by leading scholars in the field, this comprehensive and readable resource gives anthropology students a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and history of the discipline. The fully revised and expanded second edition reflects major changes in anthropology in the past decade.