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Anthropology/Archaeology

Title and Description	Some Fulltext	Coverage
African American Song (Alexander Street Press)
Collection of African American music in genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others.
Anthropology Plus (FirstSearch)		late 19th century-current
Combines Anthropological Literature (Harvard U.) and Anthropological Index, (Royal Anthropological Institute).
AnthroSource
Includes current issues of 15 of the American Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications, an electronic archive of all AAA journals, and access to archival content in JSTOR for key AAA publications.
Ethnologue
Encyclopedia reference work cataloging the world's living languages, published by the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). Organized geographically by country. Also provides links to citations from the SIL Bibliography from 1935-current.
In the First Person		1550s-2000s
Index to more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. Contains references to diaries, letters, and oral histories.
Smithsonian Global Sound
A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Includes American folk music, blues, American Indian, jazz, classical, spoken word and sounds, and more.
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)		1963-current
Provides access to world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (anthropology, economics, education, medicine, political sciences, and more) Abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, books, and book reviews.