Anthropology: Reference Resources

Resources to help you get started with your general anthropology research.

Credo Reference


Credo Reference is a growing online collection of reference resources, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and handbooks, from leading publishers, many of which include images, audio and video clips.

Faces of Culture video series

On Reserve at the Circulation Desk in Farley Library

This introduction to cultural anthropology explores the thesis that every society is based on an integrated culture which satisfies the needs of its members and facilitates their survival. Authentic ethnographic film footage, much of it never before seen in the United States, helps students appreciate the diversity of human cultures around the world. The twenty-six 30-minute programs provide students with a colorful and exciting learning experience.

  1. The nature of anthropology
  2. The nature of culture
  3. How cultures are studied
  4. Patterns of subsistence: hunter-gatherers and pastoralists
  5. Patterns of subsistence : food producers and the rise of civilization
  6. Language and communication
  7. Culture and personality
  8. Alejandro Mamani 
  9. Marriage and the family
  10. The Yucatec Maya
  11. Kinship and descent
  12. Kinship and descent
  13. Age, common interest and stratification
  14. The Aymara 
  15. Economic anthropology
  16. The highland Maya
  17. Political organization
  18. Social control 
  19. Religion and magic
  20. The Asmat of New Guinea
  21. The arts
  22. New Orleans Black Indians
  23. Culture change
  24. Cricket the Trobriand way 
  25. The future of humanity
  26. Anthropology and the future

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias