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How to Find Articles
Use an anthropology database like Anthropology Plusto find articles about your topic
Databases can help you find articles written from a certain perspective (in this case, anthropology)
Anth 3G students: Searching a database can be particularly useful if you have found relevant articles by physicians and development workers, but haven't found articles written by anthropologists.
Learn how to combine keywords using Boolean ("exact phases", AND, OR, NOT)
Advice on coming up with better keywords / search terms
Databases for Anthropology
Anthropology Plus
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Use this database to find scholarly journal articles in Anthropology.
AnthroSource
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Use this database to find scholarly journal articles in Anthropology. Articles are from peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
Other databases that may be useful
Web of Science
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Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.
JSTOR
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Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.