ANTH 701: ANTHROPOLOGY INTERNSHIP PREPARATION

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

Scope: This guide will assist you in locating print and electronic resources related to internships. 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.

OUTLINE

• Internship Web Sites
• Local Organizations
• National and International Organizations
• Anthropological Organizations
• Helpful Online Databases
• Writing Grants, Proposals, and Annotated Bibliographies
• Conducting Off Campus Research Through Your Personal PC

INTERNSHIP WEB SITES

• Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH). This site will assist you with finding housing in the D.C. area.
  
  
• InternshipPrograms.com. Searchable list of internships and a place to post your resume.

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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Washington Information Directory. MCK REF F192.3.W33. Directory of governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the Washington area. Includes URLs for organization web pages.
  
  
• Washington. MCK REF F192.5.W3

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Encyclopedia of Associations. The most comprehensive directory of associations, professional organizations, and think tanks. Available electronically as part of Gale Ready Reference Shelf. Print copy is located at MCK REF QCKREF HS17.G32
  
  
• Yearbook of International Organizations . Print copy is located at MCK REF JX1904.A42

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Anthropological Association. Promotes the science of Anthropology through publications, conferences, committees, organizations, job announcements, and resume posting services.
  
  
• Society for Applied Anthropology . Advances the Anthropology profession through forums, committees, conferences, organizations, job listings, and publications.
  
  
• American Anthropological Association Guide MCK REF GN43.A2G81

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HELPFUL ONLINE DATABASES

• Anthropological Literature is a major indexing and abstracting service for anthropology. It is prepared at Harvard's Tozzer Library, one of the best anthropology libraries in the world. ANL does NOT contain the full text of journal articles. To access off-campus, use the Libraries' Research Port.
  
  
• Academic Search Premier is a cross-disciplinary database of popular and scholarly journal articles. Approximately one third of the articles are available full text online. To access off-campus, use the Libraries' Research Port.
  
  
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is a large database covering news, business, legal and other types of information. The full text of all of the articles (with few exceptions) are available online. Academic Universe is particularly good for current articles from newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. To access off-campus, use the Libraries' Research Port.

WRITING GRANTS, PROPOSALS, AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• University of Maryland's Office of Research Administration and Advancement maintains an excellent website which includes a detailed Proposal Handbook as well as other grantwriting resources.
  
  
• First-time Grantwriter's Guide to Success. MCK Folio LC243.A1 K56 2002
  
  
• Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing. MCK REF HG177.5 .U6G44 1993
  
  
• Proposal Planning and Writing. MCK Folio HG177.5 .U6M56 2003 and MCK REF HG177.5 .U6M56 1998
  
  
• A useful guide to writing annotated bibliographies has been prepared by the University of Wisconsin as part of their Writers Handbook.

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CONDUCTING OFF CAMPUS RESEARCH THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL PC

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.

Other than "Research Port," you may access library resources through your WAM Account or VPN (Virtual Private Network). For details, visit http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/wam.html.

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