Anthropology

The following databases are available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account:

• Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology)

• America : History and Life

• Anthropology Plus

• AnthroSource

• AATA Online (Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts)

• Biological Abstracts

• eHRAF Collection of Archaeology

• eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

• Historical Abstracts

• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

• PopLine (reproductive health literature)

• PubMed

• Social Sciences Citation Index

• Women's Studies International

The Pennsylvania State University Libraries collect many materials related to the study and teaching of Anthropology. Among the items that can be found at the libraries are books, maps, journals, videos, and electronic resources.

The anthropology collections reflect the focus of the Department of Anthropology, with resources particularly concentrated in archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology. In addition, the Libraries have resources related to faculty interests, such as demography, epidemiology, genetics, family and household organization, globalization, development, warfare, gender, economics, social change, ecology, ethnicity, and religion. Chronologically, the collection covers prehistory to the present. Due to its global emphases no area studies are excluded, however there is a special emphasis on the United States, Mexico, Central & South America, and the Caribbean, among others. We collect in the English language extensively, with collections in Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese selectively.

To assist the community of Penn State faculty and students interested in exploring the field of Anthropology, this page has been developed to help you locate library resources. Since the study of Anthropology incorporates several disciplinary perspectives, materials are housed throughout the library.

The table below will help you to find the right area for browsing the shelves to obtain print materials about Anthropology. To identify specific call numbers and shelf locations search the CAT, the Penn State Libraries' online catalog.

• American Anthropological Association

• American Association of Physical Anthropologists

• Andes Expedition (National Geographic)

• Archaeological Institute of America

• ArchNet "Virtual Library of Archaeology" (Arizona State University)

• Becoming Human (Arizona State University)

• Center for the Study of the First Americans (Texas A&M)

• Cultural Survival

• Evolution (PBS)

• Forensic Anthropology

• Ice Mummies (PBS Nova)

• MesoWeb "An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures"

• Mystery of the First Americans (PBS Nova)

• National Museum of Natural History : Anthropology

• National Parks Service Cultural Links 

• OsteoInteractive (University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library)

• People and Places (National Geographic)

• Quipu : Andean Archaeology

• Skeletons Project

• Smithsonian Institution Human Origins Program

• Society for American Archaeology