Research Guides: ANTH 210: Medical Anthropology (BMC): Scholarly Articles & Journals

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Anthropology Plus
Use this database to find scholarly journal articles in Anthropology.

Multidisciplinary Databases & Academic Search Engines

AnthroSource
Use this database to find scholarly journal articles in Anthropology. Articles are from peer-reviewed journals published by the American Anthropological Association.
Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports in all disciplines. Linked to Tripod.
JSTOR
Access to millions of journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in most academic disciplines. For journals, coverage is from first issue through three to five years ago.
ProQuest Social Science Database
This database, formerly known as "ProQuest Social Science Journals" provides citations and abstracts to articles from about 450 social sciences periodicals. Full-text/images are available for over 200 of the periodicals indexed. Coverage from 1994 to present.
PubMed
Free database of biomedical and related life and behavioral sciences journal articles. Includes MEDLINE index and links to PubMed Central open access articles when available.
PubMed Central
Provides full-text access to life sciences journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Coverage dates vary by journal.
Web of Science
Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.
Worldcat.org
Publicly available version of Worldcat, a catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

Journals

These journal links take you to the contents for an individual journal. This can be useful if you are browsing as you search for or refine your topic.
All of these journals are included in at least one additional place - JSTOR, Tripod articles search, or Proquest Social Sciences.

Journals that focus on Medical Anthropology:

American Journal of Public Health
Anthropology and Medicine
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
International Journal of Health Services
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law
Journal of Health & Social Behavior
Journal of Public Health Policy
Medical Anthropology
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Medicine Anthropology Theory
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Social Science & Medicine

General Anthropology Journals:

American Anthropologist
American Ethnologist
Current Anthropology
Ethos
Human Organization