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• Bibliography of Native North Americans

  
  A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Dates of coverage include the sixteenth century to the present. (Some full text)

• Human Relations Area Files Ethnography Collection

  
  A comprehensive database covering all aspects of cultural and social life across many different cultures worldwide. (Full-text)

Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
Anthropology Research
 

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)

  
  Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects; Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995 (Some full-text)

• Academic Search Complete

  
  Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)

• Encyclopedia Britannica

  
  The online version of the standard encyclopedia, covering a wide range of topics. Also useful as a guide to the World Wide Web, providing links to rated sites. Provides some magazine articles as well. (Full-text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• JSTOR

  
  Includes articles from hundreds of scholarly research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)

• Project Muse

  
  This multi-purpose database offers the full text of over 300 scholarly journals covering the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Updates JSTOR. (Full-text)

• ProQuest Direct

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• Wilson OmniFile

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)