Anthropology Subject Guide
Journals
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The journals listed below are significant in the field, but there are others that will be useful in your research. Using an article index is the most efficient way to identify journal articles on a topic. When viewing the record for an article, use the "Find It at WMU" button to access the full text online if it is available. For more information see Find It/Articles.
You may also need to determine whether the library subscribes to a journal and where the journal is located in the library. Use WestCat's Journal Title search to find the call number for each journal and its location. The selected list below provides the call number for a journal and the issues/dates that the library owns. Those below are located in Waldo Library. In addition to print journals that the library subscribes to most e-journal titles are listed in WestCat.
If you want to identify journals that WMU owns in the field of anthropology or a subdivision of anthropology, use the Guided Keyword search. For example, to generate a list of archaeology journals enter on separate lines:
archaeology (change drop down box to Subject)
periodicals (drop down box: Keyword Anywhere)
The American Anthropological Association site also provides links to a list of journals published by its sections.
GN1 A5 v. 1-11 (1888-1898), v. 1- (1899-).
Online coverage from JSTOR (v 1-98). This journal is published by the American Anthropological Association. Articles, commentaries, and essays on issues of importance to the discipline. Reviews books, films, and recordings.
E 51 A52 v. 1- (1935-) Online coverage from JSTOR (v. 1-62, 1935-1999) Published by the Society for American Archaeology. Articles and site reports on archaeology of the Americas. Also features a column on current research, obituaries, and book reviews.
GN1 A53x v. 1- (1974- )
Online coverage from JSTOR (v. 1-24) and from Wilson Select PlusWilsonSelectPlus (1998- )
Published jointly by the American Anthropological Association and the American Ethnological Society. Theoretical and comparative studies. Covers such issues as politics, ideology, personality, cognition, and ethnicity in both traditional and urban societies. To access choose WilsonSelectPlus. Enter "American Ethnologist" in a search box and select "Source" in the pulldown box beside it. In a second search box, enter your topic.
American Journal of Archaeology
Online coverage from JSTOR (v. 1-103, 1897-1999).
CC1 .A6, v.1- (1885-) Some vols are missing.
Published by the Archaeological Institute of America. Covers the Near East, Classical, and Mediterranean archaeology
American Journal of Human Genetics
QH 431. A1 A5 v.20- (1968- )
Online coverage (1997- )
Publishes research relating to heredity in man and to the application of genetic principles in medicine, psychology, anthropology, and social services, and in molecular and cell biology. Topics include behavioral genetics, biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, dysmorphology, genetic counseling, immunogenetics, and population genetics and epidemiology.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
GN1. A55 (1918-)
Online coverage from Wiley InterScience (1997- )
Published by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Original research on human evolution and variation, human genetics and adaptation, growth, development and behavior, and primate studies. Also contains book reviews and technical reports.
GN 1 .A63x v.1-(1972-) (Ref) Online coverage from JSTOR (v.1-24, 1972-1999)
Describes and evaluates recent publications in the field. Chapters by specialists on topics of current interest are followed by extensive bibliographies. International in scope.
Anthropology Today
GN1 R69 v. 1- (1985-), also (1974-1984)
Online coverage from JSTOR (1985-1996)
Online coverage from ECO (2000- )
Published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, aimed at a wide readership with emphasis on topical issues, films, applied anthropology, controversy, etc. Also publishes research reports, book and film reviews.
Antiquity
CC1 .A7 v. 1- (1927-)
Contents and abstracts from 1994
An international journal that presents original research and debate. Book reviews. Information on mapping, dating, and techniques is provided in a Notes & News section.
Cultural Anthropology
GN301 .C85 v.4- (1989-)
Online coverage from JSTOR (1986-1997.)
Also available from WilsonSelectPlus (2/1998- )
Published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. Cross-disciplinary forum for cultural studies. Includes articles and reviews. In WilsonSelectPlus enter "Cultural Anthropology" in a search box and select "Source" in the pulldown box beside it. In a second search box, enter your topic.
Current Anthropology
GN1 .C8 v.1- (1960-)
Online coverage from JSTOR (1959-1999)
Online coverage from Univ. of Chicago Press (2/1997- ) Covers new trends in social, cultural, and physical anthropology as well as ethnology and ethnohistory, archaeology and prehistory, folklore, and linguistics. Has book reviews. Many of the contributions are accompanied by critical comments by other specialists.
Online coverage from Catchword - six issues March 2000 to December 2004.
Online coverage from the Wiley Online Library (1996- )
A review journal of issues in biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, archaeology, functional morphology, social biology, bone biology, genetics, and ecology.
GN 281 .J63 v.1- (1972- )
Online coverage from Science Direct (v. 1-).
Covers all aspects of human evolution with central focus on paleo-anthropological work, covering human and primate fossils, and comparative studies on living species.
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
(Incorporates Man)
GN1 .M2521x v. 1 (1995-) (Man 1901-1965, new ser. 1966-1994)
Online coverage from JSTOR (v. 1-5, 1995-1999)
Online coverage from Ingenta (v.6-10, 2000-2004)
Covers traditional social anthropology with topics such as kinship, cognition, gender issues, and anthropological concepts. Book reviews.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Online coverage from JSTOR (1983-1997). WilsonSelectPlus ( 7/1999- )
Online coverage (6/1997- )
Publishes groundbreaking original scientific research, reports, review articles.
Online coverage (Feb 2000- ) "As well as original research articles on social anthropology, the journal includes critical notes and a substantial book review section."
World Archaeology
CC1 .W6x (1969- ) Online coverage from JSTOR (1969-2001) Online coverage from Catchword (2000- ) Covers archaeology on a worldwide multiperiod basis. Each issue is dedicated to one theme of current interest, and the papers adopt a broad comparative approach.