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Anthropology : Help/Writing
This guide presents resources and tips useful for students in anthropology classes. Topics covered include Ethnology, Archaeology, Folklore, Human Evolution, and Primates. There is also basic information about places to find statistics, images, and maps.
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1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3283
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Writing/Citation Assistance
- Citation Style Guide for the American Anthropological Association: The AAA Style was discontinued as of September 2015. The AAA now recommends using the Chicago (Author-Date) Style. See below.
- Citing References/Citation Manager Help Web Site (Using a citation manager is a good way to automate your collection of citations and can also help with creating a bibliography.)
- UW Madison Writing Center
The Writing Center "helps undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines become more effective, more confident writers. We believe that writing is a powerful tool not only for communicating existing ideas but also for discovering new ones."
Books/Guides for Anthropological Writing and Research
Books about anthropology can be located by using a number of different databases.
- Try the UW-Madison catalog to see what our libraries own.
- Try WorldCat to find books and other materials owned in libraries across the U.S. as well as many countries around the world.
Are you looking for book reviews? Try this library guide to Finding Book Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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After writing culture : epistemology and praxis in contemporary anthropology by Call Number: GN345 A33 1997 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0415150051 -
Anthropology off the shelf : anthropologists on writing by Call Number: GN307.7 A59 2009ISBN: 1405189207To link to the Library Catalog record: http://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/ocn262893281 -
Chicago manual of styleCall Number: Z253 U69 2017 (College Library & Law Library)ISBN: 9780226287058Also: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/home.html -
Composing ethnography : alternative forms of qualitative writing by Call Number: GN307.7 C66 1996 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0761991646 -
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Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination by Call Number: H62 H2566 1998 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0761959742"A practical and comprehensive guide to researching, preparing, and writing a literature review, a major component of research projects. It is an essential tool not only for postgraduate students but also for undergraduate and novice researchers across the social science and humanities." -
Ethnographic Writing Research by Call Number: GN307.7 B57 1999 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0867094869Publication Date: 1999-04-06
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FieldWorking : reading and writing research by Call Number: GN346 S86 2007 (Memorial Library & iSchool Library)ISBN: 0312438419 -
How to write a successful research grant application : a guide for social and behavioral scientists by Call Number: HG177 H683 2011 (Steenbock)ISBN: 1441914536Publication Date: 2011 -
Literature review : six steps to success by Call Number: LB1047.3 M33 2009 Memorial Library & Merit Library)ISBN: 9781412961349 -
Manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers by Call Number: LB2369 T8 2007 (Memorial Library, Social Work Library & others)ISBN: 0226823369 -
Tales of the field : on writing ethnography by Call Number: GN307.7 V36 2011 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0226849643Publication Date: 2011There is also an older 1988 edition. -
Theses and dissertations : a guide to planning, research, and writing by Call Number: LB2369 T458 2008 (Memorial Library & Merit Library)ISBN: 1412951151 -
Writing archaeology : telling stories about the past by Call Number: CC82.6 F34 2006 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 1598740059 -
Writing culture : the poetics and politics of ethnography : a School of American Research advanced seminar by Call Number: GN307.7 W75 1986 (Memorial Library, College Library & Art Library)ISBN: 0520057295 -
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes by Call Number: GN307.7 E44 1995 (Memorial Library & others)ISBN: 0226206815Publication Date: 1995-08-15In this companion volume to John van Maanen's Tales of the Field, three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. -
Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article by Call Number: H61.8 B43 2007 (College Library & iSchool Library))ISBN: 0226041301Freshman English for graduate students -- Persona and authority -- One right way -- Editing by ear -- Learning to write as a professional -- Risk / by Pamela Richards -- Getting it out the door -- Terrorized by the literature -- Writing with computers -- A final word. -
Writing literature reviews : a guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences by Call Number: 001.4 G139w (iSchool Library Reserves)ISBN: 1884585663 -
Writing the new ethnography by Call Number: GN307.7 G66 2000 (Memorial Library & College Library)ISBN: 0742503399 -
Library Instruction Links
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Association of College and Research Libraries - Anthropology and Sociology Section (ACRL-ANSS)The Anthropology and Sociology Section brings together librarians and information specialists to discuss common issues, publish news, bibliographies, and reviews of important resources; and communicate with organizations devoted to scholarship in anthropology, sociology, and related fields.
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Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students"The ANSS Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students has the perspective of the research processes, knowledge base, methodologies, and search tools used in anthropology and sociology."