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K-State’s Library Catalog can be accessed from the library home page
Other sources for finding books include:
WorldCat
Located under the library’s Databases and freely available on the Web at http://www.worldcat.org, WorldCat is a meta search for online catalogs all over the world.Google Book Search
http://books.google.com
Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and them get them through your library.
These are sources that can help you find information about an author and determine his or her expertise in a subject area.
Database Sources:
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Literature Resource Center
Some full-text
Print Sources:
AAA Guide: A Guide to Departments, A Directory of Members
Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Biographical Directory of Anthropologists Born Before 1920
The Makers of Classical Archaeology: A Reference Work
Biography Index
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Book reviews can be located through certain databases and several paper indexes. Use the bound Book Review Index or Book Review Digest to find a professional review(s) of the book you listed in your homework assignment. Remember, if you did not find any books written by your assigned individual or did not find a review of the above book, find a review of your textbook, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries by Kenneth Feder, which was first published in 1990.
Book Review Digest (1906 – Present)
Z1219 .C96 Reference, Hale 1st FloorBook Review Index (1965 – Present)
Z1035 .A1 B6 Hale Library Stacks (Room 117)
Online:
Newspaper Source - Key feature is that this database indexes books reviews in the New York Times from 1985 to the present.
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Use your eID and password to access these library databases. Find a list of the library’s databases at http://www.lib.ksu.edu/db/
Abstracts in Anthropology - This online version of Abstracts in Anthropology allows users to search article abstracts for keywords. Abstracts in Anthropology covers the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.
America, History and Life - Indexes and abstracts more than 2,400 social science and humanities journals in the field of United States and Canadian history.
Anthropology Plus - Combines online access to Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index.
AnthroSource - Provides indexing and full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins from the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
Applied Science and Technology Index - Covers more than 600 English language scholarly and trade journals in the fields of aeronautics, engineering, computers, chemistry, construction, applied mathematics, energy, and a wide variety of applied sciences.
Art Full Text - Includes archaeology, architecture, art history, ceramics, fashion design, graphic arts, interior design, landscape architecture, metalsmithing, photography, sculpture and textiles. This database provides citations to articles and books reviews from nearly 450 international publications.
Biological Abstracts - Though this database has a biological emphasis, it includes some archaeology-related articles.
Dissertations and Theses Full Text - Contains the full-text for most dissertations written after 1996 as well as many from earlier years. Also includes some master's theses, although not nearly as comprehensively as doctoral works.
Expanded Academic ASAP - This index provides bibliographic references, abstracts or full text for articles from more than 1550 scholarly and general-interest publications from across many academic disciplines, including humanities and social sciences.
GeoBase - Covers the world's literature in Earth science, ecology, environmental science, geography, geology and marine science.
GeoRef - Produced by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef covers the world's technical literature on geology and geophysics.
Historical Abstracts - Indexes and abstracts social science and humanities information covering world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Proquest Research Library - This is a multidisciplinary databases where over 150 academic subject areas are covered, and many articles are full-text. Searches can be limited to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
Sociological Abstracts - This database indexes and abstracts articles in sociology, as well as articles about archaeology and anthropology.
Web of Science (ISI) - Web of Science contains citation indices for science, social science, art, and humanities.
Useful Websites:
American Museum of Natural History Research Library - This collection includes full-text PDFs of current and back issues of publications by scientists and their colleagues from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and anthropology.
Lexis-Nexis Academic - Searches newspaper articles world wide, full-text available for most titles, coverage is 1980-present.Newspaper Source - Indexes the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
To access the full text of e-journals, enter your eID and password when prompted. All of our e-journals are available here.
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Click here to go to K-State Libraries RefWorks page.
Need help learning how to use RefWorks?
- Try the RefWorks Tutorial located under the HELP menu
- Sign up for a RefWorks class here
Okay, so maybe these questions weren't exactly asked frequently, but someone wondered about these things at least once.
1. How do link directly to K-State's library catalog when I'm browsing on the Internet? (Or, how do I install LibX on my computer?)
LibX is a Firefox extension that connects websites (e.g. Amazon.com, Google Books, etc.) with the library's catalog. Click here to learn how to install LibX.
2. I want to see the library's newest anthropology books, where do I go to subscribe to the library's New Books RSS feed?
Click here to get to the Library's New Books RSS Feed and wow your professors with knowledge about research trends in the field! Not sure exactly what an RSS Feed is? Take a look at this blog posting called How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way for a non-techie explanation.
3. How long is the lending period for a book that I get through through Interlibrary Services?
The lending period depends on the policies of the library from where the book is borrowed. Most loans are between 2 and 5 weeks and may or may not be renewable. Book loans that are not renewable are usually 4 or 5 week loans. For renewable loans we will only request up to two renewals.
Need help? Contact Tara Baillargeon
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