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Starting Your Research

These sources can help you identify a topic for your research. Some provide an overview of a specific issue and suggest other materials which might be useful for your research. Others help you to notice a topic that might be of interest to you.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology; GN 307 .E52 1996, Knight Reference
Explores topics on human cultural variation, cross-cultural comparison, holistic views of specific cultures, and ethnographic field work.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics; P 29 .E48 1994, Knight Reference
Includes entries for specific languages and for topics on the nature of human language.
History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; GN 50.3 .H57 1997, Knight Reference
Covers developments in primatology, paleoanthropology, human genetics and evolution, human biological variation, and human ecology.
Oxford Companion to Archaeology; CC 70 .O96 1996, Knight Reference
Includes entries for how archaeologists work, theoretical frameworks used to reconstruct and explain the past, and world prehistory.

There are many indexes available for ethnic, gender or geographic area studies. For examples, see the library's research guides for African Studies or Women's Studies.

Finding Maps

The Map and Aerial Photography Collection, on the first floor of the Knight Library, holds collections of maps, atlases, aerial photographs, and geographic reference books. For example:
- An Anthropological Atlas: Ecology and Cultural Traits, Languages and Linguistic Traits, Demographic and Biological Traits; GN 635 .I4 S55 1993, MAP Library
- Indian Tribes and Languages of the Old Oregon Country [map]; G 4241.E3 1959.O7 , MAP Library
- The Atlas of World Archaeology; CC 165 .A85 2000, MAP Library

People & Organizations

AAA Guide to the American Anthropological Association; GN 43 .A2 G84, latest edition in Knight Reference
The annual directory of the professional association, its programs and members, and to departments of anthropology.
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Society for American Archaeology
University of Oregon Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon Museum of Natural History

Web Resources

Anthro.Net
A searchable database containing thousands of reviewed web sites and bibliographic references relating to anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics, psychology, and sociology.
Anthropology Internet Resources
ArchNet is the Archaeological Research Institute's virtual library for archaeology resources on the internet. It organizes sites by region and subject. It also has a directory of academic departments, publishers and museums, as well as current news.
Voice of the Shuttle
A superb virtual library that offers a portal to well selected and annotated links, including teaching resources, journals, and newsgroups.

Maintained by Miriam Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 03/09/2011