Guides: Anthropology Research Guide: Other Research Tools

Google Scholar

Many of the article databases CUA subscribes to are accessible through Google Scholar.

If you are off campus, please make sure to set the preferences so that Google will show you the resources that Catholic University provides:

go to http://scholar.google.com
click Settings at the top menu
select Library Links at the left side menu
input "Catholic Unviersity of America" in the search box
check the box in the front of our university name, then click Save in the lower right corner.

On the search result page, the link "ViewIt@CatholicU" will bring you the full text of the article from our subscribed databases.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Online version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Electronic versions of printed dictionaries and encyclopedias in education, ethics, history (including primary source materials), religion, the sciences and social sciences. Full text available in html and pdf format.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The OED traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.

Citation Guides

American Psychological Association
Examples of how to cite journal articles, books, book chapters, etc. From the Research and Documentation web site

Chicago Manual of Style Online
A quick guide demonstrating the Chicago citation style.

Purdue Online Writing Lab
Includes sections on General Writing, Research and Instruction, and subject specific searching

University Libraries

Anthropology Research Guide

Librarian

Google Scholar

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Citation Guides