• Searching databases

Searching EBSCO databases--the basics.

• Choosing databases
  COCC has several databases that contain citations for anthropology articles.

-Academic Search Premier: a large multi-disciplinary database
hint: use "refine search" to limit results to peer-reviewed journals

-ArticleFirst: a large multi-disciplinary database (not from EBSCO)
hint: this is not a full-text database, meaning you will find only citations in this database rather than the entire article

OSU has many more anthropology databases but you must be in the library to access them.  These databases are not from EBSCO--please ask the reference librarian if you need help with searching. 

-America: History and Life: this database includes citations for articles written about American history and culture--includes Canada too!

-Historical Abstracts: this database includes citations for articles about world history except U.S. & Canada.

-Anthropological Literature:  this database includes citations for articles written about anthropology and archaeology, some dating back to the 19th century.

-HRAF Ethnology Collection: this is a full-text collection of materials gathered about 78 different cultures around the world--worth checking to see if your topic is included!

• Finding edited books
  When your citation includes two titles joined with the word "in", your article is probably from an edited book rather than a journal. (see full citation)

To find a copy of the article you will need to search for the title of the book (the title after "in") in the library's catalog.

-Check COCC's catalog for edited books in our library.

-Check OSU's catalog for edited books in the Valley Library (books arrive in 2-3 days).

-Check Summit for edited books in other academic libraries in Oregon and Washington (books arrive in 3-4 days).