.Quick Guide to Researching Anthropology Topics

Use this guide to locate materials in the library, online databases, and the Internet related to physical, cultural, and forensic anthropology as well as archaeology.

Off-Campus Access

If you are off campus or on the WiFi you will be asked to sign-in when accessing online resources.  Please see the image below for more information. 

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Digs and Discoveries

If you find an interesting online news or magazine article related to Anthropology look through it for important names, dates, places and publication.  These clues can help you search for items in the library databases.

Smithsonian Trinomial Number

If you are researching archaeological sites in the United States you may come across references to an archaeological site number.  These unique codes follow the Smithsonian Trinomial System and are used to identify specific archaeological sites in the U.S. 

Each code has three parts: state-county-site number.  For example in Texas the code 41HI134 stands for the 134th archaeological site listed in Hill County Texas.

Subjects: Anthropology