Anthropology 1013

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Anthropology 1013

• Annotated Bibliography Assignment

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UTSA Library

• Rita Wilson
• Reference Librarian
• Government Documents Coordinator
• Bibliographer for Anthropology

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Today well cover

• Library Resources
• Reading a citation
• Database Search Techniques
• Finding books
• Finding journals (print or online)
• Research Help

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Why use the library?

• Internet vs. Library resources
• Access to scholarly and reliable sources
• Print / microfilm / electronic subscriptions
• Over 45,000 journals available online
• Over 742,000 books (including online)

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Your Assignment

• Find 5 reliable sources for an annotated
  bibliography
• Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Books
• Book chapters in edited volumes

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Annotated Bibliography

• A bibliography that includes a brief description
  of each article or book listed. The description
  should help the reader evaluate the content and
  usefulness of each item, not just describe the
  content.

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Citation

• A reference to a book, article, or other
  material containing all the information necessary
  to identify and locate the item.

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Journal Citation

• Journal citations include author, article title,
  journal title, date, volume and page numbers of
  the specific article.
• Alexander, Rani T. The Maya and Catholicism.
• Journal of Anthropological Research, 64.1
• (March 2008) 166-172.

Article Title
Article Author
Volume Issue of journal
Journal Title
Pages
Date of Journal
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Book Citation

• Book citations include author, title, publisher
  location name, and year of publication.
• Lawson, Stanley, et al. Mythology of the Maya.
  London Cambridge University, 1983.

Author
Book Title
Publisher Location
Date
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Book Chapter Citation
Author of Chapter
Chapter Title

• Gomes, Denise. Amazonian Archaeology and Local
  Identities. in Ethnographies of Archaeological
  Practice.
• Ed. by James Mason. London Oxford University
• Press, 1980. 527-530.

Book Title
Editor of Book
Book Publisher
Book Date
Chapter Pages
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UCAT Finding Books

• UCAT UTSA Librarys catalog
• Use to look for books, videos, DVDs, CDs,
  electronic versions of books (netLibrary), maps,
  music scores
• Periodical titles journals and magazinesbut
  not articles!

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Topic Disease and Native Americans

• Think synonyms!
• disease OR diseases OR health OR diabetes
• AND
• Native Americans OR Indians OR indians of
  north america

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Vocabulary

• Look at Subjects or Descriptors for more keywords
• Use Truncation to get various forms of the words
• Mexic? mexico, mexican, mexicans, mexicali
• Disease? disease or diseases
• Other databases may be ? !

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UCAT Results

• Note the location
• JPL Stacks (John Peace Library)
• Downtown Library, Stacks
• Also Multimedia, Map Center, ITC
• Note the call number
• HG 1423 E5 S45
• Call numbers are located on each book
• Checked out?

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Other Sources for Books

• WorldCat (books at other libraries)
• TexShare for San Antonio Libraries
• netLibrary (online versions of books)
• Google Books
• Use UCAT to see if we own copy

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Journal Articles Databases Online Indexes

• Library has more than 300 databases arranged by
  topic/discipline
• Types Aggregate / Subject / Publisher
• May be full text or citation only

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Help choosing library resources

• UTSA Subject Guides
• Research help by topic put together by librarians
• Lists suggested reference, print and electronic
  resources.
• Guides available for Anthropology, Religion,
  Linguistics, History, Biology, Political Science,
  etc.

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How do I search for articles?

• UTSA Library homepage
• http//lib.utsa.edu
• gt Databases A to Z or Databases by subject gt
• Anthropological Literature
• Linguistics and Language Behavior
• AnthroSource

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Search Basics

• And / Or / Phrase
• Vocabulary!
• Subjects (descriptors) vs Keywords
• Truncation ( ? !)
• Note search tips and help screens

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Sample Search in Anthropological Literature

• Maya AND disease
• Maya AND (medicine OR medical)
• native americans AND disease
• indians of north america AND diseases

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What if I only get a citation or abstract
(summary)?

• Full text not there? It may be available
  elsewhere.
• Find it by journal title using
• Find it at UTSA button (in some databases)
• UCAT (for print, microfilm, online)
• (search journalnot articletitle)
• E-Journal Locator (electronic full text)
• (now also in UCAT)
• Interlibrary Loan (well get it for you)

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Is the journal peer reviewed?

• Peer reviewed refereed academic scholarly
• Review Scholarly / Popular handout
• Check Ulrichs (under databases)

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AnthroSource

• Full text database with no subjects
• Keyword search only

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Review

• Librarys Website http//lib.utsa.edu
• Research
• Background General Information Reference
  Books and Online encyclopedias, CQ Researcher,
  etc.
• UCAT for Books and other materials
• Databases A-Z (example Anthropological
  Literature) for Articles

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Reminders

• Can access librarys website and databases 24
  hours/day, 7 days/week
• JPL hours 24/5 (including lab)
• Off campus access
• Dont wait to do research at the last minute!
• PrintSmart UTSA get ID from ASAP

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• Alternatives to printing
• Email
• Download to a disc or flash drive
• Read it online

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For more help

• Visit the Reference Desks
• Call the Reference Desks _at_ 458-4573 or 458-2446
  (Downtown library)
• Email us with the Ask a Librarian feature on
  the librarys website
• Chat with us using Ask a UT System Librarian

Thank you! Good luck!