Anthropology
Librarian
Anthropology
"Anthropology is the study of all facets of the human condition. Examine the past, present, and applied future, and learn about us as a species, and how we fit within our environment biologically and socially. Anthropology is ever expanding and constantly yielding new, interesting information."
Learn more about the Anthropology program at SDCC. This library guide highlights some of the resources at SDCC Library that support your studies in Anthropology.
Words to type in when searching
Conduct several searches first using your topic terms and then more searches using alternative terms. For example, if you are interested in
- kinship, consider also searching parents, parent-child relationship, siblings
- biological anthropology consider searching for physical anthropology, dental anthropology, forensic anthropology
- evolution consider searching human evolution, primate evolution
- archaeology, consider searching for antiquities, prehistoric, excavations, human remains
- belief systems, consider searching for religion, myth, mythology, theology
- music, consider searching musicology, ethnomusicology
E-Books
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EBSCO e-Books This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Over 90,000 full text electronic books from EBSCO. Includes two databases: a collection of 30,000 titles owned by SDCC Library as well as 60,000 titles subscribed from the EBSCO Community College e-Book Collection. See help guide: Using e-Books: EBSCO
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Gale e-Books This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Formerly called Gale Virtual Reference Library. Reference books, including encyclopedias, almanacs, and biographical books. Full text. See help guide: Using e-Books: Gale
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(JSTOR) Covers arts & sciences and the life sciences. JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Note: The journal collections are "archived" collections, which means this database has the complete run of each journal starting with its first issue up until a certain date, usually excluding the most recent years.
Articles
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(JSTOR) Covers arts & sciences and the life sciences. JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Note: The journal collections are "archived" collections, which means this database has the complete run of each journal starting with its first issue up until a certain date, usually excluding the most recent years.
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World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Formerly called World History In Context. Articles, reference articles, primary documents, video, and audio covering the world from antiquity to the present. Some full text.
Videos
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Film Platform Collection This link opens in a new window
(Alexander Street/PQ) Streaming video collection of 400+ titles, curated for academic audiences. Includes selections from prestigious film festivals plus many OSCAR®-nominated and OSCAR®-shortlisted documentaries. Click the red filter button to sort the catalog.
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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
(Infobase Learning) Streaming video collection of over 36,000 full-length videos and 275,000 video clips on a variety of subject areas. Includes documentaries and collections from BBC, California Newsreel, History Channel, HBO, Frontline, Ken Burns, Modern Marvels and many, many more. Find these three videos by title in the search box: California State of Mind, Paywall, and The Pushouts.
Research Help
For simple questions about the library, email us at citylib@sdccd.edu
Get help finding the books and articles you need via 24/ chat with a librarian (floating chat box)
Learn how to do research from these resources:
- Library Research Process: A Tutorial
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Information Literacy: Basic Research Skills (a free OER text book written for community college students like you)
Stop by the City College Library (R Building) during business hours and discuss what you need with a faculty-librarian at the Information Desk (reference). Or call us at 619-388-3288.
