Subject guides: Archaeology: General Archaeology

Key Databases

JSTOR
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus, this database contains expanded access to journals and primary sources until 30 June 2023

• List of freely accessible titles and collection information offered by JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library containing digitized back issues of academic journals. It now encompasses books and other primary sources in the humanities and social sciences.

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Project Muse
Scholarly humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.

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Anthropology Online (Alexander Street Anthropology) (19th century - present)
A wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behaviour with a focus on outside the developed world. Combined with Ethnographic Video Online , it provides the complete works of the key practitioners and theorists alike throughout the discipline.

Most of the content is in English, with some French and German material.
Anthrosource
A service of the American Anthropological Association that offers members and subscribing libraries full-text anthropological and archaeological resources and their related disciplines.
Geobase via Engineering Village (1980-present)
Covers physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology, and development studies, including GIS, forensic archaeology and paleontology.

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