Archaeology & Paleoanthropology

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JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.

Annual Reviews Online (ANO) Full Text
ANO provides a comprehensive series of full-text reviews in biomedical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.

ABIA
ABIA is a bibliographic index on South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology.

Anthropological Index Online
Indexes periodical literature on languages, linguistics, culture, archaeology, ethnography, religion and civilisation.

Engineering Village Selected Full-Text
Search GeoBase and GeoRef on a single platform. Subjects covered include geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography and geomechanics.

ACLS Humanities E-Book Full Text
The Humanities E-Book Collection consists of nearly 2,000 full-text titles covering archaeology, history, art history, literature, musicology, political science and religion.

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FORENSICnetBASE/LAWENFORCEMENTnetBASE contains the full text of hundreds of books on forensic science, law enforcement and criminal justice.

Gale Databases Full Text
These cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

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APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995.
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Web of Science
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Encyclopedia of Anthropology
>Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Encyclopedia of Religion
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.

Check the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Dictionary of Earth Sciences and the Oxford Companion to the Earth. Dictionaries and encyclopedias for other relevant subject areas are included for Art & Architecture, Biological Sciences, Classics, Earth & Environmental Sciences, History, Mythology & Folklore, Religion & Philosophy, and Science.
World of Earth Science
World of Forensic Science

High impact journals

The following Archaeology and Anthropology journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Archaeology and Anthropology:

American Anthropologist 1888-2000, 1988- and in print at Call Number P301/A512
American Antiquity 1935-2004, 1993- (Gale databases)
American Ethnologist 1974-2000
American Journal of Archaeology 1897-2002 and in print at Call Number P913.05/AME
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 1918-
Annual Review of Anthropology 1972-2002, 1972- and in print at Call Number 301/A615
Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 2000-
Britannia 1970-2004 and in print at Call Number P942.005/BRI
Comparative Studies in Society and History 1958-2002, 1997- and in print at Call Number P905/COM
Current Anthropology 1999-2006 and in print at Call Number P301/C976
Ethnomusicology 1953-2003 and in print at Call Number P781.7/E84
Evolutionary Anthropology 1992-
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 1997-
Journal of Human Evolution 1995- and in print at Call Number P573.2/J86
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society is in print at Call Number P930.1/P923p
Quaternary International 1995-
Revue des Etudes Grecques is in print at Call Number P880.5/REV

Websites and Internet resources

About.comArchaeology A commercial site with many links to useful information and a blog written by a retired archaeologist.
Abzu A guide to open access web information related to the study of the Ancient Near East and ancient Mediterranean world.
AcademicInfo's Anthropology gateway
American Folklife Center's Ethnographic resources for folklore, anthropology, ethnomusicology and the humanities.
Anthro.Net contains reviewed websites and bibliographic references for anthropology, archaeology, history and other Social Sciences.
Anthropology Review Database Over 1400 refereed reviews and links to journals and sites from the University of Buffalo.
AnthroTECH WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
Archaeology on the Net
ArchNet WWW Virtual Library: Archaeology
Athena Review Guide to archaeology on the Internet. This portal site is arranged chronologically and geographically, and favours primary source sites. Also hosts a full-text e-journal.
AURANET Australian Rock Art Research Association site
Archaeology Data Service Created by the University of York's Department of Archaeology, with a focus on British archaeology.
Australian Archaeological Association Web links relevant to archaeology.
BUBL (Bulletin Board for Libraries) academic links for Anthropology and Archaeology
Geoscience Australia All about Australian topographic mapping, geodesy and other essential geographic information.
HOT paleoLINKS From the Institute of Paleobiology (Poland) this portal site has links to journals, institutes, museums, online collections and relevant software.
National Archeological Database Provides access to comprehensive information about archaeological activities and sites in the United States.
NetSERF A collection of internet medieval resources.
SA Historical Archaeology Database Flinders University students record South Australian archaeological data from cemeteries, buildings and monuments.
Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website University of Pennsylvania Museum's bibliography and archaeological (skeletal and metal) databases.
Texas A&M University's Department of Anthropology's page with current news stories and useful links.
Tutorials on becoming an internet anthropologist, anthropology and kinship and social organization.
UNE Research Guides for Classics and Indigenous Studies.
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology