Cultural Anthropology

Fall 2010 – Amber Zimmer – LIS60621

Search Aids
This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about cultural
Search Terms
anthropology. (Use for computer searches)
 Cultural anthropology
 Ethnology
For an introduction to the topic, see:
 The tapestry of culture: an introduction to cultural
anthropology, by Abraham Rosman, Paula C. Rubel, and Subject Headings
Maxine Weisgrau, 2009 (Use in card catalogs and print indexes)
 Ethnology
 Cultural anthropology
Key Resources at a Glance:
 Description & comparison in cultural anthropology, by
Ward H. Goodenough, 2006. This book covers materials Call Number
about family relations as well as a general look at  306 (Dewey Decimal)
anthropological aspects.  GN301-674 (Library of
 Audit cultures: anthropological studies in accountability, Congress)
ethics, and the academy, edited by Marilyn Strathern, 2000.
This book contains a variety of articles on a very wide
range of cultural anthropology topics with relation to age, Indexes and Abstracts
politics, and academia.  EBSCOhost
 Cultural anthropology, by Barbara Miller, 2009. Barbara  Anthropological Index Online
Miller is a subject expert on ethnology. Her books are very  Abstracts in Anthropology
well cited and this is one of her most recent titles on the
subject of cultural anthropology.
Library catalogs
Reference Background  Your local library catalog
 The Routledge encyclopedia of social and cultural  OhioLINK
anthropology, edited by Alan Barnard and Jonathan  Kent State University Library
Spencer, 2010
 Biographical dictionary of social and cultural
anthropology, by Vered Amit, 2004
 Dictionary of the social sciences, by Craig Calhoun, 2002
 Cultural anthropology: a guide to reference and information sources, by JoAnne Jacoby, 2007

Resources
Books
 Culture sketches: case studies in anthropology, by Holly Peters-Golden (2009)
 Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, by H. Russell
Bernard (2006)
 Cultural anthropology: an applied perspective, by Gary P. Ferraro (2010)
  Cultural anthropology in a globalizing world, by Barbara Miller (2010)

Journals
 Cultural Anthropology
 Ethnography
 Journal of intercultural studies
 Social anthropology

Magazine Articles
 “Cultural Science,” by Stephen Muecke. Cultural Studies (May 2009)
 “Evidence in Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Limits and Options for Epistemological
Orientations,” by Andre Gingrich. Social Analysis (Summer 2009)
 “The End(s) of ethnography: Social/Cultural Anthropology’s Signature Form of Producing
Knowledge in Transition,” by George E. Marcus. Cultural Anthropology (February 2008)

Web Pages and Web Portals

 Cultural Anthropology: Journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology
www.culanth.org
 The American Folklife Center
www.loc.gov/folklife/index.html

Organizations and Special Collections

 American Anthropological Association (AAA)
www.aaanet.org; (703) 528-1902
 The Society for Applied Anthropology
www.sfaa.net; (405) 843-5113
 American Cultural Resources Association
www.acra-crm.org; (410) 933-3483

** You can evaluate other resources using criteria at: www.THEpathfinderproject.org/evaluate.html **

This pathfinder has been provided to you by THE Pathfinder Project and your local library.
Production funded in part by Library Services and Technology Act funds administered by the State Library of Iowa.

THE Pathfinder Project ~ www.THEpathfinderproject.org