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The journal indexes below provide the references for each article. Learn who has cited a particular paper or author.

Web of Science
Articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Coverage: Varies

Web of Science is comprised of several databases. The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) covers journals in the medical, physical and natural sciences, and engineering fields. The entire database extends back to 1899. The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) covers journals in the social sciences. The entire database extends back to 1898. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) covers journals in the arts and humanities. It also selectively covers relevant items from science and technical journals. The entire database extends back to 1975.
Journal Citation Reports
Find quantifiable data relating to the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. Covers all disciplines.
Coverage: 1997 - present

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) module within InCites allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings.
Scopus
Peer-reviewed literature from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1966 - present

Journal Indexes & Databases

Research databases (also called indexes) are a great way to find information on a specific topic, and to keep up with the latest publications. I suggest using Anthropology databases as opposed to Google searches, as Anthropology databases will bring back resources that may be more scholarly and related to Anthropology. Use the databases to find the item (citation) you are looking for, then use "Get Journal Articles" to get a copy.

Main Anthropology Databases

Anthropology Plus
Identify publications relating to social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies.
Coverage: 1880s - present
AnthroSource
Articles and book reviews from anthropology journals of the American Anthropological Association.
Coverage: 1889 - present

Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource includes: Current issues for 11 of the AAA's peer-reviewed publications including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, NAPA Bulletin and PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review. It also includes a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003.
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Indexes books, articles, and government documents about Indigenous peoples of North America, covering the 1500s to the present.
Coverage: 1500s - present
Scopus
Peer-reviewed literature from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1966 - present
eHRAF World Cultures
Descriptive information on the cultures of the world, ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. Designed to facilitate cross-cultural comparisons.
Coverage: Ancient - current

eHRAF World Cultures is a cross-cultural database containing more than a quarter of a million pages of descriptive information on the cultures of the world. These full-text materials, which are subject-indexed at the paragraph-level, relate to various social science disciplines as well as the humanities and health sciences. eHRAF includes a variety of source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) for each culture or ethnic group. These documents have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM).
eHRAF: Archaeology
Contains archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions.
Coverage: Ancient - current
JSTOR
Provides access to back issues of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences, many of which date from the 1800s.
Coverage: varies (excludes current 3 to 5 years)
PubMed
Articles in medicine, life sciences, animal sciences, plant sciences, biomedical research, medical devices, nursing, biotechnology, the healthcare system, and the preclinical sciences.
Coverage: 1950 - present

PubMed is comprised of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.

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