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Selected Sources for ANTH 365/ENVI 365: Environmental Anthropology |
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Reference Resources
| When starting a research project, it is often a good idea to check the Reference Collection to find background information on your topic area. Resources typically found in the Reference Collection include dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and statistical materials. The Reference Collection is located on the First Level of the DeWitt Wallace Library near the Reference Desk. Books are shelved under LC Call Numbers based on their subject matter. Find Reference materials by browsing the shelves or by using the CLICnet catalog. We also have a collection of Online Reference Resources. The materials listed below represent a sample of Reference resources that relate to your class. Check the Reference Collection for additional resources that may relate more directly to your specific project. |
| COUNTRIES AND THEIR CULTURES Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember,
Editors, New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 4 vols. (REF GN307 .C68 2001) |
| Arranged by country, this presents a basic overview of cultures including their use of space, social organizations, and daily life. Bibliographies are provided for each culture. Indexes in the fourth volume. |
| ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Chronology of Twentieth-Century
History Frank N. Magill (ed.), Chicago: Salem Press, 1997. 2 vols.
(REF GE50 .C56 1997) |
| Brief articles on environmental events and topics, written by scholars in the field. Bibliographies included with individual articles. Subject index in the second volume. |
| ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE John A.
Matthews (ed), New York: Oxford University Press, 2001 (REF GE10 .E534 2001) |
| Short, scholarly articles defining terms and concepts having to do with environmental change. Bibliographies are provided for most entries. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE John Mongillo and Linda
Zierdt-Warshaw, Phoenix: Oryx Press, 2000. (REF GE10 .M66 2000) |
| Covers all aspects of environmental science, including terms, concepts and organizations. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL CHANGE: Environmental Change and Human
Society Andrew S. Goudie (ed) Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2002. 2 vols. (REF GE149 .E47 2002) |
| Encyclopedic coverage of the study of human-based environmental changes, with an emphasis on the twentieth-century and current and potential changes. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CULTURES David Levinson (ed.), Boston:
G.K. Hall & Co., 1996. 10 volumes. (REF GN307 .E53 1996) |
| Overview of cultures around the world, divided into geographical regions. Several indexes are in the tenth volume. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORT United Nations Environment Programme,
Oxford: Basil Blackwood, Ltd., 1991 (REF TD174 E576 1991) |
| Although the data is not current, this source provides reports and statistics on the environment world-wide, with comparison data covering a number of years. |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Clare Palmer, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO,
1997. (REF GE42 .P35 1997) |
| Overview of the topic of environmental ethics, including a discussion of major issues (e.g. tourism, natural resource depletion, climate change, etc.) in an ethical context. A subject index is included. |
| HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia David Levinson,
Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1995. (REF GF4 .L49 1995) |
| Covering the interaction of the environment and nonindustrialized cultues, this source mostly discusses issues such as settlement patterns, means of subsistence, and coping with environmental change. |
| THE WELLBEING OF NATIONS: A country-by-Country Index of Quality
of Life and the Environment Robert Prescott-Allen Washington:
Island Press, 2001. (REF GE140 .P74 2001) |
| First discusses the concept of human and ecosystem "wellbeing" and then provides comparison data from around the world. On the environment front, this includes everything from ozone depletion to wild plant species to resource use. |
| WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERIES Santa Barbara, CA: CLIO Press. (REF (D-F AREA)) |
| This series provides an annotated bibliography for individual countries covering such topics as politics, history, culture, social organizaiton and much more. We have bibliographies for most countries. |
Statistical Resources
| Finding statistics can be a complex and lengthy process. Start searching for statistics as soon as possible in your research. Statistics can be found in a variety of locations including print resources, indexes, and on the Web. Be specific about the type of statistics you seek. Keep in mind that the more variables involved (e.g. statistics for multiple countries, statistics for multiple ethnic groups, statistics covering a long period of time, etc.) the more complex your search may be. The following is a very short list of the resources available. |
| STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES, annual (REF HA202) |
| Produced by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, this covers social, political and economic statistics, abstracted from original sources. It is very useful in helping to track down sources for statistics in the United States. Older editions of this are in the main collection of the library. A web version is available, beginning with the year 1995. |
| STATISTICAL YEARBOOK New York: United Nations, 1948- (REF HA12.5 U36) |
| An annual publication, this resource provides a summary of socio-economic information for all countries of the world. The tables are arranged by braod subject area and provide data for a range of years. Environmental data is included. |
Finding Books : Catalogs
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Use online catalogs to locate books in local libraries. Here at Macalester, our online catalog is called CLICnet. It is often helpful to start with a "Superkeyword" search in the CLICnet catalog where you combine topics that relate to your research project. For example:
Be sure to check the Subject headings listed in the records you retrieve so that you will find other useful and more specific terms and phrases to search. CLICnet uses the Subject Headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books kept near the Reference Desk in the Library. For More Information:
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Books at Macalester
| In the DeWitt Wallace Library, as in other libraries, books are grouped together on the shelves by subject area. The Library uses the Library of Congress (or LC) Classification System to assign call numbers, using both letters and numbers, to books based on their subject matter. Use the CLICnet Library Catalog to find books in DeWitt Wallace Library. Keep in mind, it is often useful to browse the books on the shelf in a particular subject area to find additional materials that might relate to your research. Listed below are the collection locations for books here in the Library. Finding Books at Macalester:
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Finding Articles : Indexes
| Indexes allow you to access information about articles on your topic which have appeared in periodicals such as journals or magazines. Some indexes also provide information about books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings, government documents and a variety of other publication types. Subject-specific indexes focus on specific disciplines; interdisciplinary indexes survey many disciplines. Many of our indexes are available in electronic form, however print indexes are still the norm for certain disciplines. For More Information:
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| ABSTRACTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1988- (REF GN1 A15) |
| The abstracts are arranged by topics, such as "Linguistics," "Cultural Anthropology," "Physical Anthropology," etc. "Physical" and "Cultural" alternate appearing in each issue. A subject index is found in the back of each volume, along with an author index. |
| ALTERNATIVE PRESS INDEX(AltPressIndex) 1991- (1969-2001 in print) |
| An index to alternative publications, this provides subject access to articls in over 200 liberal, radical and underground journals. The print version covers 1969-2001 and is located at: REF A13 A47. The online version (called AltPressIndex) covers 1991-present and is part of the FirstSearch system. |
| ANTHROPOLOGICAL LITERATURE 1984- |
| Indexes articles in the field of anthropology. The subdiscipline of cultural anthropology studies current cultures, including ethnic and racial groups. Eureka |
| ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES & POLLUTION MANAGEMENT 1981- |
| Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and government publications that are pertinent to the field of environmental studies. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
| ENVIRONMENTAL ABSTRACTS 1988- (REF Q540 E583) |
| The library receives only the annual cumulation of this abstracting and indexing service. It includes coverage of books, periodical articles, government publications, conference proceedings and autio-visual materials. You can find abstracts through indexes for author, subject, geographic area, and industry. |
| EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP 1980- |
| An interdisciplinary index to both popular and scholarly journals. Book reviews are included. Some articles are available fulltext. InfoTrac. |
| GEOBASE 1980- |
| International index to geology, geography and ecology, including articles, books, conference proceedings and reports. FirstSearch. |
| HRAF (eHRAF / Human Relations Area Files) / Collection of Ethnography Date varies |
| This is a collection of fulltext ethnographic studies of cultures from around the world. It includes both modern and historical cultures and materials. You can search for regions of the world and culture groups. Human Relations Area File. |
| LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMICc Date varies |
| This index includes fulltext articles from a wide variety of newspapers and news services from around the world. The emphasis is on U.S. news sources but some foreign languages news services are included. Fulltext articles from business and trade journals are also included. Lexis-Nexis. |
| PAIS International (PAIS / Public Affairs Information Service International) (INDEX (Lower Level) JA 1 P96) The print version covers 1940-1972; online version covers 1972-present. |
| A subject and author index to periodicals, pamphlets, government documents, newspapers, and books. Focuses on issues related to public policy, economics, and social conditions. International in scope, it includes materials in foreign languages. First Search. |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDEX 1985- |
| Unique, international index to over 4,000 journals in the sciences and social sciences. Psychiatry and psychology are two of the fields it covers extensively. This source allows you to see which articles have cited other articles. You can find out if past work has been supported, disproven, extended, revaluated, or updated in any way. Web of Science |
| SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS 1963- |
| Provides access to the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. |
| WORLDWIDE POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS 1975- |
| Indexes over 1000 journals in the field of political science and related disciplines. International in scope. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. |
Journals at Macalester
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Interlibrary Loan
| Interlibrary Loan (or ILL) is a DeWitt Wallace Library service that allows current Macalester students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to submit requests for books, journal articles, and other materials that are not available here in the Library. You may submit up to 5 interlibrary loan requests per day (not including requests you make for books within CLICnet). For More Information:
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Web Research
| The Web is a extremely vast resource of information. While it is important to use critical thinking skills when looking at any information source, the Web can provide particular challenges. Always be aware of things like the authority, scope, source, currency, intended audience, etc. when visting a Web site; especially when relying on a site as a source for a paper. Searching the Web can be a daunting experience. Search engines change on a regular basis. Google is the most effective search engine. However, it is important to note that no single search engine can claim to even come close to searching the entire Web. For best results, you should try searches in multiple engines. For More Information:
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Citing Your Sources
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RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to download, organize, annotate, and search citations (references) for your papers and to create bibliographies. When you create bibliographies, choose from a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.). With an additional plug-in program, you can use Refworks to create references and bibliographies automatically while writing papers in Microsoft Word. (Please note: the Write-N-Cite plug-in is currently not available for Macintosh computers.) For More Information:
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