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ANTH 468L/688L: Medical Anthropology

Web page created by Otis Chadley, Social Sciences Team, UM Libraries
Instructor: Associate Professor Judith Freidenberg

Scope: This guide will assist you in locating resources in Medical Anthropology. Due to licensing agreements, some of the electronic resources available by remote search are restricted to current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland, College Park. E-mail Otis Chadley, ochadley@umd.edu, the subject area specialist, or call 301-405-9282 for more information.

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Preparing A Bibliographic Essay

Refer to the following Website for a discussion about bibligraphic essays.

Examples of Bibliographic Essays

Citing Materials Correctly

Do not plagiarize. Use a style guide to correctly cite ideas you borrow from books, journals, the internet, or other sources. Don't borrow concepts from others without giving credit in your research. The most widely known styles guides are APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and AMA.

Which style guide handbook should you use? Ask your course instructor.

Anthropology & Medical Websites

Finding An Overview Of Your Topic

To gain an understanding of your subject, consult publications such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. Refer to anthropology related sources, as well as, general reference works. Also, use Internet Search Engines to locate information on your topic (i.e. Google and Yahoo).

Reference Sources:

  • Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (MCKREF STACKS RA 418 .E354 2004 Noncirculating)
  • Reference Shelf Online (Click Here)
  • Statistical Yearbook: United Nations Statistical Division (MCKREF STACKS HA 12.5 U63 Noncirculating)

Finding Books & Nonprint Materials

Search the Online Catalog for books and nonprint materials.

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SEE ALSO: E-Books (Complete Text of Electronic Books)

Finding Magazine Articles

(Not Scholarly)

Magazine articles are often not scholarly publications. Articles that appear in popular magazines such as Time and Newsweek are often written by individuals who are not experts on the topic under discussion. In addition, magazine reports are usually absent footnotes and bibliographies that support claims made within the articles. Use a general interest database to locate magazine articles. Search the fulltext and bibliographic databases listed below, or visit the University Libraries' Homepage (http://www.lib.umd.edu), and click on Research Port. Popular and scholarly articles are located in some of the databases below.

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Finding Journal Articles and Other Sources

(Scholarly)

Journal articles are scholarly publications. Such articles are usually written by experts on the topic under discussion. To support claims made in journal articles, writers include footnotes and bibliographies to research studies. Use a subject specific database to locate journal articles. For example, consult a medical database to locate journal articles related to medicine. Use an anthropology database to find journal articles in anthropology. Refer to the fulltext and bibliographic databases below, or visit the University Libraries' Homepage (http://www.lib.umd.edu), and click on Research Port. Next, browse the databases by subject category, such as Anthropology, Health & Medicine, Nutrition & Food Science, Public Health, and Politics & Public Policy.

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Finding Newspaper Articles

Newspapers provide timely information on a variety of topics. To identify relevant newspaper articles on your subject, use the fulltext and bibliographic databases listed below, or visit the University Libraries' Homepage (http://www.lib.umd.edu), and click on Research Port.

Finding Useful Websites

Don't use data from web sites until you consider authority, accuracy, purpose, content, currency, design, organization, and ease of use. In brief, evaluate web sites.

To locate web sites on your topic, use various internet search engines:

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Preparing An Annotated Bibliography

Writing an annotated bibliography will require you to evaluate sources. This process will help you to understand your topic better.

Conducting Off Campus Research

Everyone may search the catalog of UM Libraries and the University System of Maryland. Due to our licensing agreements, most databases and e-journals are restricted to current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland, College Park.

To search library holdings, visit our Web site at http://www.lib.umd.edu. Click on "Catalog."

To search databases and e-journals, visit our Web site at http://www.lib.umd.edu. Click on "Research Port" and review screen commands.

For more information about accessing UM Libraries resources from off-campus, visit Off-Campus Access to Library Resources.

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