The word archaeology can be spelled several different ways. Remember the wildcard tip from your homework? Try typing arch*ology into a database, and see what happens!
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Primary sources are documents and information that are created at the time or event in question. Secondary sources analyze the time or event after the fact. For this class, your primary sources are your museum objects, so you only need to worry about finding secondary sources!
Journal articles, reports, and commentaries on anthropology, ethnology, folklore, and archaeology.
Scholarly journal articles, books, and reviews in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
Articles from an international array of publications covering topics in art and architectural history, archaeology, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, urban design, photography, costume design, film, non-western art and more.
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of American and Canadian history, prehistory to present and searchable by historical time period.
Scholarly articles on topics in anthropology, cognitive and linguistic sciences, economics, education, international relations, political science, criminal justice, and sociology, many of which are peer reviewed.
Scholarly journal articles and books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Does not include the most recent 3-5 years of many journals.
The catalog is a great tool to use to find specific books or to browse for similar ones. Try entering a keyword or title above!
In the results page, you can filter using the options on the left-hand side. Filter by language, publication date, topic, and more.
Although SuperSearch includes the library catalog, searching the catalog separately can give you a smaller, more focused set of results. While SuperSearch will search inside many books, for example, the library catalog will just search information about each book. This can be very helpful for relevancy, but it means the specific terms you choose become more important. Try a variety of keywords, and use what you find to find more. You can also use the subject terms to browse related materials.
Try a keyword search. Once you find a book that's relevant to your topic, click on the title and look for Subjects in the record of that book to help you find "more like this."
Sample keyword search for
leads to linked subject terms and more books related to this topic, e.g.,
Clicking the first word or phrase above will show you everything listed under the broader topic (e.g., Pottery, Roman). Clicking a subsequent word or phrase will take you to the narrower topic (e.g., clicking "Social aspects" in Pottery, Roman > Social aspects will show you everything listed under that subtopic of "Pottery, Roman").
Once you find a useful subject term, you can also use it to browse related subtopics, by choosing "Browse Alphabetically by Topic" from the menu next to the search box, and entering the subject term.
Don't know where to find a book in the Library? Check out this quick guide.
SuperSearch can be a great place to start to find out what's out there on your topic. SuperSearch will find books, journal articles, films, news, and almost everything else the library has — from popular to scholarly sources. You can use the filters on the results screen to improve your results.
For searching with more focus and precision, try one of the databases recommended on this guide.
