Reference Books
There are potentially useful general reference works in the call numbers
GN (anthropology) and G (geography). There are also 2 good, if dated,
bibliographies available in Z that may be useful if you're having difficulties
finding sources. Depending on your subject focus, you may find other
reference works to be of interest (e.g. R for medicine, GR for folklore,
HQ for family). Specific works that may be useful:
Encyclopedia of the Arctic G 606 .E49 2005 REF (3 v.) Arctic exploration and development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915 : an encyclopedia
G 606 .H66 1994 REF
Practical dictionary of Siberia and the North G 606 .P73 2005 REF
Countries and their cultures GN 307 .C68 2001 REF (4 v.) Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology GN 307 .E52 1996 REF
(4 v.) Encyclopedia of world cultures GN 307 .E53 1991 REF (11 v.) Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life GN 333 .W67
1998 REF (4 v.)
Arctic bibliography Z 6005 .P7 A45 REF (16 v.) The Arctic Z 6005 .P7 K56 1989 REF
Books
Use the library catalogue to find books relevant to your topic. Doing
an Exact Search for your region as an LC Subject will bring you to a
browsable list of subject headings. For example:
Nunavut--Social conditions. Inuit
Nunavut--Social conditions. Inuit women
Nunavut--Social life and customs.
Nunavut--Social life and customs. Caribou Eskimos
Nunavut--Social life and customs. Inuit
Nunavut--Social life and customs. Inuit women
You may need to search more than one region (e.g. Scandinavia and a
specific country or countries). Doing both keyword and subject searches
will give you the broadest coverage of your topic.
Online Resources
Indexes and Databases Search these for articles on your topic. Remember that many
require the use of AND and OR when searching multiple words. Ask at
the reference desk if you need any help searching these 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.
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.
Indexes 8,500 journals cover to cover. Includes
Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts
& Humanities Citation Index. See entries for individual Indexes
for more details.
A well organized and annotated listing of web sites grouped by type
(articles, news, resource guides, etc.). There is quite a lot of arctic
content in the Anthropology section. Try searching "arctic"
or "circumpolar" or the name of your region or cultures. From
Intute, a UK-based site that provides links to resources of high quality
for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the Social
Sciences.
