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ANTH 223: Primates

Resources to Support Your ANTH 223 Projects

Finding Books & Ebooks

Use Vassar Library Search to locate books and ebooks.

  1. Start with a keyword search, or search by title, author or subject.
    1. Revisit search terms and subject headings.
  2. Use the filters on the left side to filter by, 
    1. Availability: select Available Online or Physical Collections
    2. Resource Type: select Books or Book Chapters
      1. Note if you select Book Chapters, a larger percentage of your search results will be ebooks. 

Visit Find, Borrow, Request (or see the box for Resources Beyond Vassar on the first page of this guide) for more strategies and accessing books beyond Vassar, such as requesting books from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. 

Browsing Print Books

PRINT BOOKS

Physical books on anthropology can be found on the ground floor of the Main Library, Rm. 39, in the GN 1 - GT 3290 call number ranges. 

GN49-298.         Physical anthropology.

  • GN51-59            Anthropometry
  • GN62.8-265       Human variation
  • GN269-279        Race (General)
  • GN280.7            Man as an animal.  Simian traits versus human traits
  • GN281-289        Human evolution
  • GN282-286.7     Fossil man.  Human paleontology
  • GN296-296.5     Medical anthropology

Books on primates/primatology can be found in the call number range beginning with QL in Main Library, Rm. 97.

QL1-991           Zoology 

  • QL700-739.8      Mammals
  • QL750-795         Animal behavior
  • QL791-795         Stories and anecdotes