Contents & Search Tips
AnthroSource

Welcome to AnthroSource, the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public, including:

  • Current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
  • An electronic archive of all AAA journals.
  • Seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications including American Anthropologist (for AAA members and subscribing institutions).
 

To search articles on AnthroSource, enter words that describe the articles you're looking for in the search box found on any page and click on the AnthroSearch button.

If you search from a publication page, such as a table of contents or abstract page, you'll be given the additional option of searching within "this issue," "this journal," or "all journals."

Capitalization

AnthroSearch is not case sensitive. For example, searches for anthropology, Anthropology, and AnThRoPoLoGy will all return the same results.

Automatic exclusion of common words

AnthroSearch automatically excludes common words such as "the," "and," and "a" (commonly referred to as "stop words") because they do not improve your search.

Stemming

When appropriate, AnthroSearch will search not only for your words, but also for words that are similar to some or all of those words. For example, searches for anthropology will also return results that include anthropologist, anthropological, etc.

Stemming is not applied to phrase searches.

Phrase searches

To search for articles containing a particular phrase, put quotation marks around the phrase. For example, enter "American Anthropologist" to locate articles containing the exact phrase.

Using Advanced Search

The Advanced Search interface allows you to quickly locate articles that match specific criteria. Use the text boxes to enter words that describe exactly what you're looking for, and then use the remaining parameters to define the scope of your search.

Find articles with all of the words

Your search results will display only those articles that contain all of the words entered into this text box, regardless of the order in which they were entered.

Find articles with the exact phrase

Your search results will display only those articles that contain the exact words, in order, entered into this text box. This is equivalent to searching for a "quoted phrase."

Find articles with at least one of the words

Your search results will display only those articles that contain at least one of the words entered into this text box.

Find articles with none of the words

Use this text box in conjunction with one or more of the above to eliminate articles containing certain words from your search.