Introduction to Library Research in Anthropology: Second Edition Tapa dura - 1997

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1998. Comprehensive scholarly revised second edition text presents a self-instructional reference tool for logically and systematically accessing anthropological literature, and a basic text for library instruction programs for undergraduate and graduate anthropology students.The first section outlines the historical development of the discipline, identifies the informational needs of anthropologists, and describes the structure and organization of libraries as sources of anthropological information. A variety of research strategies and methods for conducting library research are explored as well. The second section consists of nineteen chapters describing the various kinds of research tools available to the anthropologist. Included are descriptions of scope, arrangement, and content for hundreds of reference works, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, subject and regional bibliographies, guides to specialized libraries and archives, indexes and abstracts,… Leer más