Research Guides: Anthropology (UNH Durham): ANTH 640

Additional Databases to Consider

Depending on your specific topic, population of interest, approach, etc., consider one of the following specialized databases. For even more optons, check out the complete Database list or talk with a librarian.

Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
An international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. It covers their history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures. It includes material published by Western orientalists, social scientists and Muslims writing in European languages.
Religious and Theological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology. Listing a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other World religions. Provides English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Dates of coverage: 1450-current

Nexis Uni
Formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic. Full-text database of news, business, legal and government information. News resources include international and national newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and broadcast media transcripts.

Family Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles on marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas from the most important journals in the discipline.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Contains all of the content available in LGBT Life with Full Text as well as full text for the most important and historically significant LGBTQ+ journals, magazines regional newspapers, as well as monographs and books. It includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Facilitates research-level interdisciplinary search. Use the Basic Search to locate articles in high-impact scholarly journals in science, social science, arts, and humanities. Use the unique Cited Reference search for articles that cite an article you already know of, so you can track citations forward in time.

Selected Online Reference Resources

Search for definitions and descriptions from an online collection of high quality reference sources in sociology.

Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.) This link opens in a new window
Appears in substantial segments each year, both online and in print. The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world.
Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.) This link opens in a new window
Sets out the present state of knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a source for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society This link opens in a new window
Provide users with a "gender lens" on society by focusing on significant gender scholarship within commonly recognized areas of social research.
Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World This link opens in a new window
Looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and looks forward. From A-to-Z, this work covers the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world. Published 2011

CREDO reference
Access a selection of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.