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Anthropology: Selected Reference Works

The purpose of this guide is to recommend print and electronic resources for conducting research in anthropology in the Library.

Review Articles, Encylopedias, and Companions

Anthropology Review Articles, Handbooks, and Bibliographies (Good for theory, background, and context)

Annual Review of Anthropology (review articles)
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Anthropology (Search by checking "Anthropology" in the "Show Results From" list)
Wiley Online Library (e.g., companions to medical, political, organizational, and urban anthropology, and anthropology of the body and embodiment as well as the anthropology of various world regions)
Routledge Handbooks (e.g., a general companion to anthropology research and contemporary anthropology and handbooks on medical, urban, environmental, and business anthropology)
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Sage Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Theory in social and cultural anthropology: an encyclopedia