AHST 295: Women, Gender, and
Library Research Guide
Professor Headrick
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Yvonne Boyer, Arts Librarian |
Phone: 322-6284 |
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Paula Covington, Latin American Studies Librarian |
Phone: 322-6282 |
Locating Books in ACORN, the library's catalog of its books, media, and journal
titles
Note: Acorn does not include journal article
titles or authors
When beginning a research project, it is usually best to begin with a
keyword search. Once you have looked at the full record for a few items that
are close to your topic you will have a better sense of the subject headings
that will be used to describe material on this topic.
Examples of useful subject headings: Maya art;
Narrowing a search: Connect different concepts with the word AND. Ex. maya AND sculpture.
Broadening a search: Use the truncation symbol to pick up variants of those terms.
Ex. maya$ will retrieve items with the terms maya, mayan or mayans.
Connect similar concepts with the word OR. Ex. (gender or women) AND maya$; (marina
OR malinche) AND
Use article databases to find journal articles. While some databases have the full text of journal articles, many will have only citations and abstracts. Use the Periodical Title search in ACORN to see if the library has the journal title. You can display a list of databases in a particular subject by clicking on Articles & Databases on the Heard Library Homepage. Choose a subject from the menu (ex. Art, Anthropology, Latin American Studies, or Women’s Studies) and click the GO button. Below are a few suggested databases with descriptions of what is covered.
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Includes the full text of a number of AAA peer-reviewed journals and other anthropological journals and newsletters.
**Anthropology
Plus
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The principal index to articles, essays and other publications
in anthropology, archaeology and related subjects, it is derived from the
periodicals and books in the premier anthropology collection at the Tozzer
Library of
**Art
Abstracts Full-Text
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A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from more than 260 art related periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals (beginning in 1997) is also included.
An extensive bibliography on Mesoamerican topics.
Bibliography
of the History of Art (BHA)
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BHA indexes the current literature of European art from the
4th century to the present, and of North and South American art from the
European discovery of the
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Full text of journal articles, newsletters and research reports with occasional relevant information on historical and anthropological themes. Covers 1992 to the present.
eHRAF
Collection of Ethnography and eHRAF
Collection of Archaeology
Full-text databases containing information about cultures and archaeological
traditions, respectively. These texts are subject-indexed at the paragraph
level for quick retrieval of specific information. For search tips, see eHRAF User Guides, which
include search strategy tips, a tutorial, a glossary and more.
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Gender-related articles and documents with links to selected full text. Covers primarily 1972 to the present.
Grove
Dictionary of Art
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Useful for getting an overview of your paper topic. See the bibliographies and encyclopedias for additional resources.
**Handbook of Latin
American Studies
Change search bullet default from authors to full-citation and annotation and change
“match words exactly” to “include word variants.” Choose maximum number of hits to be
returned. The principal bibliography of
books and articles about
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
Automatic truncation (e.g., mexic).
The principal index to journal articles published throughout
the world on
International
Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
"IBSS includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.” Broad international coverage.
Bibliographies and Encyclopedias
Berlo, Janet. The Art of Pre-Hispanic
Annotated bibliography of over 1,500 books and articles relating to Mesoamerican
art (e. g., art, architecture, sculpture, painting, iconography, ball courts,
codices). Subject index.
Carrasco, Davíd.
(Reference F1218.6 .O95 2001, volumes 1-3)
A good starting place for finding background information and key references on your topic.
Evans, Susan Toby and David L. Webster. Archaeology of Ancient
Gender in
Pre-Hispanic
(E59 .S45 G46 2001 8th
floor)
Kendall, Aubyn. The Art and Archaeology of Pre-Columbian
Annotated bibliography to books and articles on art and archaeology. Arranged
by author. Subject index to sites and topics (e.g., archaeoastronomy,
bloodletting, obsidian).
Peregrine Peter N. and Melvin Ember. Encyclopedia of Prehistory.
(Reference GN710 .E53 2001; volume 5 covers
Turner, Jane. Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art.
For selected Internet sites, see the Heard Library homepage Subject Guides for Anthropology & Archaeology, Latin American Studies, and Resources for Arts, and Women’s Studies.
Last updated: January, 2006
