Research Guides: Anthropology: Databases

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Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations completed by University of Kentucky students can be found in InfoKat Discovery. For new theses and dissertations that have just been released, they may be findable on UKnowledge only until after they have been added to InfoKat Discovery.

Other resources for finding theses and dissertations include:

Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD)
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Database of open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1,100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 5 million theses and dissertations (as of 10/1/19).
Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest)
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BASE
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Best Bets for Anthropology & Archaeology Research

Anthropology Plus
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Bibliographic index to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, folklore, linguistics, psychology, and religious studies. Indexes articles two or more pages long in works published in English, Germanic, Slavic, Romance and selected Scandinavian languages from the 19th century to the present.
Human Relations Area File World Cultures (eHRAF)
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Cross-cultural database that contains over 350,000 pages of information on aspects of cultural and social life. Organized into cultures and ethnic groups. Full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.
JSTOR
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Searchable full-text journal backfile collection. Individual titles are listed in the E-Journals A-Z.
America: History and Life
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The premier database for research on the history of the United States and Canada. Please note: Subscription limited to six simultaneous users
American Indian Histories and Cultures
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This digital resource provides access to material from the Newberry Library’s extensive Edward E. Ayer Collection, and spans four centuries and covers North and Central America.

Tutorials for Databases

Basic Search eHRAF World Cultures Tutorial

More eHRAF user guides and tutorials are on the Yale U website.

Note: EBSCO tutorials pertain to the Anthropology Plus database.

How to Get Full-Text

When searching for journal articles, you will notice the View Now button on many of your search results. Clicking on the View Now button will lead you to links for the full-text of the article or let you know that we do not have electronic full-text for that article.

If the full-text is not available, you can search InfoKat Discovery for a hardcopy of the article or request an interlibrary loan (ILL), if needed.

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Subjects: Anthropology, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology

Anthropology: Databases