Archaeology: Find Articles
Sources for research in archaeology
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Primary Archaeology Databases
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Web of ScienceMaintains citation searching for high impact research journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences and includes emerging sources citation indexing from 2005.
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Anthropology PlusIndexes articles and essays on anthropology, archaeology, and related fields. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Anthropological IndexContains articles from international anthropology and archaeology journals from the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Centre for Anthropology, British Museum.
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AnthroSourceProvides full text access to selected anthropology journals from the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
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Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts - AATA OnlineConsists of abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.
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Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsIndexes articles about architecture, including archaeology.
Related Databases
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Academic Search PremierProvides selected full text, scholarly, and peer reviewed articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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AgricolaProvides citations to journal articles, government reports, and books in agriculture and related disciplines. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Art Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)Provides citations to articles and reproductions from Art Index, 1929-1984. Covers all forms of art from antiquity to the twentieth century. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Bibliography of Native North AmericansCovers most aspects of Native North American culture, history and life. Indexes works published from the sixteenth century to the present.
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GeoRefOffers citations and abstracts about the earth sciences including palaeontology. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar searches the academic, scholarly Web for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles. Searching Google Scholar from the Portland State University Library will identify full text articles available from PSU Library resources as well as open access articles from other universities and colleges.
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JSTORContains full text articles from major research journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage of most journals starts from the beginning of a journal's publication and typically excludes the most recent three to five years. Some additional content may be freely available during the Covid-19 Pandemic.