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ANTH E470 Psychological Anthropology 


Getting Started in the Library

This library guide points you in the direction of some basic library resources for completing library assignments and writing research papers in this course. Many of these resources are available from the library's homepage at http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/, so you may want to bookmark both the homepage and this guide.

Here are some resources to get you started:

Gaining an Overview

To develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. These tools are designed to offer an overview of your topic or research problem written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study. Many useful reference works are now available online. These handy e-reference collections are accessible via Find Resources By... Subject, Title, or Type on the library's homepage.

Selected Reference Works for this Course

Countries and Their Cultures - View Full Record Print Resource IPFW Users Only Full-Text Resource

Call Number: Reference GN307 .C68 2001

Coverage: 2001

Brief Description: Long entries signed by experts prodive descriptive summaries of the country in question, including maps, photographs, demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information, along with suggestions for further reading.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed edition.


Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), 4th ed. (Service Desk RC455.2 .C4D536 2000). See especially Appendix I: "Outline for Cultural Formulation and Glossary of Culture-Bound Syndromes," pp. 897-903.

Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, 4 vols. (Reference GN307 .E52 1996). See especially "Psychology Anthropology" by Philip K. Bock, vol. 3, pp. 1042-45; "Person and Self" by Donald Pollock, vol. 3, pp. 922-24.

Encyclopedia of Psychology, 8 vols. (Reference BF31 .E52 2000). See especially "Cultural Psychology" by Jaan Valsinger, vol. 2, pp. 389-92; "Culture: Cultural Foundations of Human Behavior" by John Berry, vol. 2, pp. 392-400; "Culture: Culture and Mental Health" by Anthony J. Marsella, vol. 2, pp. 400-4; "Culture: Culture and Development" by Patricia M. Greenfield, et al., vol. 2, pp. 404-7; "Culture-Bound Disorders" by Anthony J. Marsella, vol. 2, pp. 407-10.

Encyclopedia of World Cultures - View Full Record Print Resource IPFW Users Only Full-Text Resource

Call Number: Reference GN307 .E53 1991 and Suppl. 2002

Coverage: 1991-1996 and Supplement 2002

Brief Description: This multivolume reference work gives an overview of more than 1,500 cultures worldwide, covering basic ethnographic information, history, politics, economics, linguistic and religious background, and suggestions for further reading.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed encyclopedia


Handbook of Psychology, 12 vols. (Reference BF121 .H1955 2003). See especially "Cultural Perspectives on Personality and Social Psychology" by Joan C. Miller and Lynne Schaberg, vol. 5, pp. 31-56.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 26 vols. (Reference H41 .I58 2001). See especially "Psychiatric Disorders" by W. G. Jilek, vol. 18, pp. 12272-77; "Psychiatry: Anthropological Aspects" by A. Krauss, vol. 18, pp. 12283-87; "Psychological Anthropology" by J. M. Ingham, vol. 18, pp. 12349-55.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 18 vols. (Reference H41.I63 1968). See especially "Culture and Personality" by Melford E. Spiro, vol. 3, pp. 558-63.

Social Science Encyclopedia, 2 vols. See especially "Psychological Anthropology" by Geoffrey M. White, vol. 2, pp. 818-19; "Transcultural Psychiatry" by Julian Leff, vol. 2, pp. 1036-39.


Searching for Periodical Articles

The most efficient way of finding a high-quality periodical article , is to search a periodical database or index that provides descriptive abstracts, subject indexing, and often, the full-text content of articles. Check out the interactive Finding Articles Tutorial to learn the basics of choosing and searching the Academic Search Premier database. Below is a selection of databases useful for your course. For a complete list, see the library's Find Resources By... page. Select a resource by Subject, Title, or Type (choose Abstracts & Indexes).

Databases for this Course

Anthropology Plus - View Full Record IPFW Users Only Find Full-Text Resource

Coverage: Late 19th century to present

Brief Description: Indexes more than 2,500 journals worldwide from the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary studies.

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.


Academic Search Premier - View Full Record IPFW Users Only Full-Text Resource Find Full-Text Resource Search Alerts Cited References

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s.

Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text.

Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.


eHRAF World Cultures - View Full Record IPFW Users Only Full-Text Resource Cited References

Coverage: Book-length ethnographies and other monographic materials, published primarily in the 20th century.

Brief Description: The eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is unique in that the information is organized by cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text documents are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.

Tools Available: Outline of World Cultures
Outline of Cultural Materials
eHRAF Tutorial
Development and Applications of the HRAF Collections


PsycINFO - View Full Record IPFW Users Only Find Full-Text Resource Search Alerts Cited References

Call Number: Storage BF1. P65

Coverage: 1887 to present

Brief Description: An international database treating psychology and related disciplines such as social work, psychiatry, pharmacology, medicine, nursing, education, law, linguistics and business.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Psychological Abstracts 1927-1992

Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available.


Web of Science - View Full Record IPFW Users Only Full-Text Resource Find Full-Text Resource Cited References

Coverage: 1995 to present.

Brief Description: The Web of Science provides an interface for searching the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, separately or together, from 1995 to present. These unique citation indexes provide indexing and selected abstracts for millions of source articles in more than 10,000 major journals published worldwide. Each record indexes every source article's entire list of cited references or bibliographic footnotes. Use the Web of Science to discover scholarly materials based on the citation network within a vast multidisciplinary literature.

Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Science Citation Index (1970-1991) (Science Reference Z7401 .S365), Social Sciences Citation Index (1972-1991) (Science Reference Z7161 .S65), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1981-1991) (Science Reference AI3 .A63).

Tools Available: Training Resources
Technical Support
Web of Science Tutorial
Journal Title List > Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Journal Title List > Science Citation Index
Journal Title List > Social Sciences Citation Index
Also see Journal Citation Reports
Helmke Library Cited Reference Search Policy and Procedures



And Finally, Ask a Librarian

Librarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.


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