Research Guides: Anthropology: Cultural

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Global Understanding Databases

Online Newspapers WorldWide
NEWSPAPERS. Freely-available. To discover the most recent editions of English-language newspapers in a variety of countries. Usually useful for very current (today) newspapers.
Proquest Research Library
General reference database that includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and daily news content, accessible to readers and researchers at every level.
Global Road Warrior
COUNTRY INFORMATION. An essential guide for especially companies and individuals traveling to or doing business in other countries. Includes communications, demographics, education, money and banking, food, points of interest, security, society and culture.
Anthropology Plus
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Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, etc., in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
JSTOR
Provides complete back files of many important research journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Useful for cultural and historical topics.
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JSTOR provides the complete back files of many important research journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Journals are scanned, so that they include full page images that look just like the original.

Cultural Anthropology Databases

Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
A guide to the cultures, customs, and histories of foreign countries for companies and individuals traveling for business. Can be searched by country. Topics include: business practices, communication trends, demographics, finance and banking, points of interest, security information, and transportation tips.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An extensive archive of American and international scholarly journals and books in the humanities, sciences, philosophy, and social sciences.  Provides downloadable PDFs. Content spans 1800 – 2 years ago.
Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Provides articles, books, conference proceedings, working papers, policy briefs, detailed maps and videos on international affairs. Topics include: security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies and environmental studies.
eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life, organized into cultures and ethnic groups. Full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level and search by cultures, subjects, regions, and subsistence types.
Handbook of Latin American Studies This link opens in a new window
An annotated bibliography on Latin America. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Years of Coverage: 1936 - present.