This document provides an overview of how to conduct anthropology research using La Trobe University Library resources. It discusses key anthropology databases like Anthropology Plus, AnthroSource and JSTOR that contain journal articles and other materials. It outlines the research process of determining search terms from your topic, searching databases, evaluating results, and referencing sources using the Harvard style. Tips are provided on building effective search strategies using keywords, wildcards and phrase searching. The importance of referencing to avoid plagiarism is also explained.

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ANT1CAG: Introduction
to Library Anthropology
Databases and Referencing
Caroline Ondracek
Anthropology Contact @ the Library
[Coordinator ASSC- Curricular Services]

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Finding resources for your anthropology research
 Journal articles and some other resources are
indexed in Library Databases
 Key databases for anthropology:
 Anthropology Plus
 AnthroSource
 JSTOR
What's a library
database?
https://www.youtube.com/v/M0vwZVQuI_4

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Where to go on the Library website - latrobe.edu.au/library
General search on the Library
homepage:
• Multi-topic search
• Results include print books,
eBooks, journal articles, videos
and more
• Log-in for more options
• Request print books from other
campus libraries
LibGuides: Anthropology,
Referencing Styles tutorial,
and more
• Journals are searchable by
title - both online and print
• Databases - look for the
database by title or by subject
area
• Access the REFERENCING
TOOL

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What’s the process of planning and conducting research?
1) Determine the key concepts or ideas in your assignment topic.
2) Use the key concepts or ideas in your topic and think of search words or terms to use
in the databases/search engines (think of synonyms and alternate terms).
3) Search for articles on the Library homepage or choose a database.
̶ Use the Library Guide for help:
http://latrobe.libguides.com/anthropology
4) Read the abstract first: is it relevant to your assignment?
If yes - locate the full articles or PDF – use
5) Write your assignment and REFERENCE!

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Example Topic
“How can corporate anthropologists help launch new brands?”
Each topic has 2 or 3 main concepts/ideas- these are:
E.g. corporate anthropologists brands
Determine the key concepts or ideas of the topic:

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Think of synonyms and alternate spellings:
Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3
corporate or
corporations
OR
AND anthropologist/s
OR
AND brand/s or branding
OR
business/es
OR
anthropology
OR
promotion
OR
firms or
customer/s or
consumer/s,
etc.
anthropological marketing or
products or buyer
behavio/ur, etc.?
Define your search terms:

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Search tips
Truncation: A truncation symbol added to the end of a term allows you to find word
variations or alternative spellings.
• Australi* = Australia, Australian, Australians
Wildcards (use for alternative spellings) are used to substitute a symbol for a single
letter (character) of a word
• organi?ation = organisation or organization
Phrase searching: This requires terms be searched in the exact order specified within
the “quotation marks”.
• “drug use”

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Back to Databases!
• Using the databases tab, select one of the key
databases for anthropology:
 Anthropology Plus (EBSCO) – easy to use
 AnthroSource – can search or browse the journals (32 full text Anthro
journals)
 JSTOR - Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities
and social sciences.
Pick a
subject area

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Searching the databases: Using Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)
• Using Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)
• Full text (contains PDF articles)
• Has basic and advanced search functions (easy to use)
• Limit by data published; limit by material type
• Drill down by
further subjects
(limiting your search):
• Save your search history

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Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource
 Using AnthroSource – American Anthropological Association
̶ Searches over 30 key anthropology journals- full text PDFs
̶ Basic search
̶ Advanced search
̶ You don’t need AND, OR in the fields
• All of the words-
automatically
adds AND
• Exact phrase- like
using “quotation
marks”

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Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource
After your initial search, limiting your search by publication, author etc.
Use “search tips” for assistance

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Searching the databases: Jstor
• Using JSTor
• Full text (contains PDF articles)
• Has basic and advanced search functions (easy to use)
• Searches journals, primary sources and books= lots more general social
sciences/arts content NOT just anthropology content
• Build a search
• ((((brands or products ) OR (products)) AND (marketing)) AND (cultural
anthropology)) AND disc:(anthropology-discipline)
• Limit by resource type, publication date, subject area= anthropology

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Searching the databases: Jstor
• Using JSToR

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Find the article
Urban, G & Koh, K 2013, ‘Ethnographic research on modern
business corporations’, Annual Review of Anthropology, vol.
42, Oct., pp. 139-158.
Enter the journal
name in search bar
of the Journals tab.
View versions if
multiple versions are
found
To access the online version “View Online”,
choose a database, provide your La Trobe login &
password then find the year, volume, issue and
page numbers.

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Referencing: Why reference?
Why do we need to reference?
 To acknowledge others’ work
 To show your lecturers that you
have done your research
 So readers of your work can find the
information you cited
 To avoid plagiarism
Not sure why we
reference?
Academic
Referencing Module

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Referencing – What?
Referencing must be applied if you are:
 Summarising
 Paraphrasing, or
 Quoting
Someone else’s ideas / arguments / findings / data /
images / diagrams / figures / etc.
For further information:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/learning/academic
-integrity/referencing-help

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What is plagiarism?
https://youtu.be/1nbeER1zTGg

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Referencing – When and where?
(NB. The above citations are not in Harvard style.)
2-part system:
•In-text citation - includes authors’ surnames and date of publication
•Reference list - must be in alphabetical order (of author surname if
available)

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Harvard referencing style
Harvard Referencing Tool here:
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-tool/harvard

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Citation in text: Where you summarise, quote or paraphrase the
author/s, usually you cite the author name/s and date at the
beginning of the sentence:
Mead (1975) argued that establishing that posed expressions are universal
does not mean….
or the middle:
In their study of supply routes in Alaska, Samson and Daft (2012) found that
30% of traders….
or end:
The number of applications to nursing schools in England has increased by
twenty-five per cent (Sprinks & Ford 2010, p. 11).
More about Harvard style

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Reference list: at the end of your assignment with all the details
and must be in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
For example: Author’s names, year of publication, journal title or
book title, title of the article or chapter, etc.
Reference List
Barnard, AJ 2011, Social anthropology and human origins,
Cambridge University Press, New York.
Shrivastava, P 1995, ‘Purity and power: anthropology from
colonialism to the global hierarchy of value’, Reviews in
Anthropology, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 288–312.
More about Harvard style

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Where to go for help:
• In person: Library Help Desk at your campus library
• Phone Ask La Trobe: 1300 La Trobe (1300 52 87623)
• FAQs: latrobe.libanswers.com/ AND LibGuides: latrobe.libguides.com/
• Online Chat: latrobe.edu.au/chat/ 11:00 – 14:00 during semester
• Search help: latrobe.edu.au/library/assignment-thesis-support/search-tools/search
• Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vbVc80ZY0
• Anthropology Library Guide: http://latrobe.libguides.com/anthropology
• Your on-line library: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library
Caroline Ondracek
Coordinator Learning & Teaching-
Library
ASSC – Anthropology
C.Ondracek@latrobe.edu.au
9479 5435