Encyclopedias and other reference works can help you to gain an overview of your topic and to understand anthropological terminology and methods. Annotated bibliographies and review articles can help you to tap into the conversation happening among anthropologists and other scholars.
Contains overview articles of major concepts, research, and techniques in anthropology. Sample topics include "digital anthropology," "archaeology and paleoanthropology," and "health, illness, and health care."
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.
An essential collection of scholarly essays by cultural anthropologists on the anthropology of Africa, covering topics such as illness and healing, ethnicity, media, and new African diasporas.
Start your research with this collection of annotated bibliographies. Each provides a brief overview of a topic, followed by a list of recommended books, articles, and other sources. From Afrofuturism (Literary and Critical Theory) to the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas (Latin American Studies), get connected to key scholarship and primary sources to support your research.
ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data. Find qualitative and quantitative datasets, accompanying codebooks, publication lists and more. Formats include SPSS, Stata and Excel. Access to this resource from off campus requires that users initially register for an account while on campus.
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A dedicated archive for storing and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences.
Each chapter provides an introduction to an essential topic in cultural anthropology. This peer-reviewed, open textbook was produced under the auspices of the American Anthropological Association.
Easy-to-read introduction to linguistic anthropology, providing a synthesis of current research and identifying future directions. Covers key topics such as: language and gender, race, and ethnicity; language acquisition and socialization in children and adults; and language death and revitalization.
Get a scholarly overview of topics within the field of linguistics, such as conversation analysis, world Englishes, and language revitalization. This encyclopedia is continuously updated; new articles appear all the time.
Encompasses the full range of the contemporary field of linguistics, including historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, and philosophical linguistics with special attention given to interrelations within branches of linguistics and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines. Areas of intersection with the social and behavioral sciences--ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and behavioral linguistics--receive major coverage, along with interdisciplinary work in language and literature, mathematical linguistics, computational linguistics, and applied linguistics.
Three hundred entries by leading scholars in a variety of fields--from anthropology and literary theory to linguistics and philosophy--survey the study of signs and symbols in human culture in this new work. The articles cover key concepts, theories, theorists, schools, and issues in communications, cognition, and cultural theory.
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