Potentially Useful Resources
for ANTH 3851
Resources In the Library
Journals
Journal of Ethnobiology GN 476.7 J68 (Ground floor)
Herbalgram SB 351 H5 H57 (Basement)
*The most current issue of each of these journals is in Current Periodicals
on Ground floor*
Reference Books
The most relevent reference materials will fall into the call numbers
QK, RM and RS. Some examples:
Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the
vascular plants of New Brunswick QK 203 .N53 H56 2000 REF
Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia QK 203 .N6 R6 1998 REF (2 v.)
A field guide to edible wild plants of Eastern and Central North
America QK 98.5 .U6 P47 REF
The ABC clinical guide to herbs RM 666 .H33 A175 2003 REF
Desk reference to nature's medicine RS 164 .F698 2006 REF
Medicinal plants of the world : an illustrated scientific guide
to important medicinal plants and their uses RS 164 .V295 2004
REF
Books
Books related to ethnobotany can be found in a variety of call numbers:
D, E, F (for specific peoples)
GN (anthropology)
GR (folklore)
GT (customs)
QK (botany)
R (general medicine)
RM (therapeutics)
RS (materia medica)
SB (plant culture)
TX (home economics)
Search terms to try in the library catalogue:
traditional medicine
herbal
herbs
botany
plants
ethnobotany
herbalism
medicinal plants
materia medica
Online Resources
Indexes and Databases
| AnthroSource ( R
) |
| Description: |
Current issues for 15 American Anthropological
Association publications, an archive of all AAA journals, and seamless
access to archival content housed at JSTOR. |
| Years indexed: |
1888 to present, although individual titles vary. |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus
|
| Social Sciences Full Text
(Trial ends Jan.31) |
| Description: |
Indexes over 600 social sciences journals and provides
full text of over 200 of those. |
| Years indexed: |
Varies by title. Indexing: 1983 to present. Full
text: 1995 to present. |
| Access: |
On-campus |
| SocINDEX with Full Text (Trial
ends Feb.28) |
| Description: |
Full text coverage of more than 400 sociology-related
journals, over 700 books and close to 7000 conference papers.
A few sociology of education journals are here, but some
are missing the most recent 12 months; try Taylor & Francis
for most current articles. |
| Years indexed: |
Varies by title; 1908 to present. |
| Access: |
On-campus |
| JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I, II &
III collections) ( FT ) ( R
) |
| Description:
|
Full-text archive of journals in the
Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current volumes
not available (moving
wall of, in most cases, 2-5 years). |
| Years indexed: |
Varies by title; complete run for most titles
excluding last 2-5 years. |
| Access from: |
On campus
| Off-campus |
| ProQuest Databases (all) ( FT
) ( R ) |
| Description:
|
Search all ProQuest databases simultaneously,
covering a wide variety of subjects from academic journals, popular
press magazines and newspapers. |
| Years indexed: |
1971 - present. Varies by title. |
| Access from: |
On
campus | Off-campus |
| Blackwell Synergy ( FT
) ( R ) |
| Description: |
Includes over 750 peer-reviewed journals covering
the following subjects: Arts, Humanities, and Social & Behavioural
Sciences; Life & Physical Sciences, Agriculture & Animal
Sciences, Medicine; Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting;
Math and Statistics; Law. |
| Years indexed: |
January 1997 - present |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus |
| Taylor & Francis SSH
Collection (Informaworld) ( FT ) ( R
) |
| Description: |
Includes all Taylor & Francis Social Sciences
and Humanities journals. Covers Arts and Humanities, Business
and Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences.
|
| Years indexed: |
January 1997 - present |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus
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