Anthropology Plus  (AnthropologyPlus)

Anthropology, archaeology, and interdisciplinary studies

Why select this database?

• Brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK
• Offers worldwide indexing of all core periodicals, in addition to lesser known journals, from the early 19th century to today
• Provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture and interdisciplinary studies

Database details
Subjects	anthropology folklore primatology archaeology human ecology psychology art history linguistics religious studies demography linguistics and literature sociocultural anthropology economics material culture   ethnology museum studies
Sources	5,870
Number of records	885,000+
Dates covered	Anthropological Index: 1957-present Anthropological Literature: Early 19th century to present
Updated	Anthropological Index: 8 to 12 times a year Anthropological Literature: Monthly
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Search indexes	Labels	Examples
Keyword	kw:	modern investigations
Accession number	no:	XANLAAC10168
Author	au:	borrero borrero luis
Author phrase	au=	borrero luis alberto [last name first]
Conference name	cn:	great basin
Conference name phrase	cn=	great basin archeological conference
Corporate author phrase	co=	metropolitan life insurance company
Database name phrase	ds=	anthropological index [use to refine other search terms]
Descriptor	de:	anthropology
Descriptor phrase	de=	psychological anthropology
First page	pg:	273 [use to refine other search terms]
Issue	is:	2 [use to refine other search terms]
Language phrase	ln=	french
Notes	nt:	bibliographical notes
Personal name	pn:	casiraghi casiraghi luis
Personal name phrase	pn=	julien michele
Publication date	pd:	1985
Publisher	pb:	chicago
Series title	se:	dialectical anthropology
Series title phrase	se=	ethnologia europaea
Source	so:	anthropology
Source phrase	so=	current anthropology
Standard number	sn:	0011-5266
Subject	su:	paintings
Subject all phrase	sa=	alaskan science conference
Subject phrase	su=	rock paintings
Title	ti:	dark ages
Title phrase	ti=	diet in the dark ages
Volume	vo:	26 [use to refine other search terms]
Year	yr:	1985 [use to refine other search terms]