Skip to Main Content

Anthropology - Indianapolis

Library Materials

References come in many formats including including books, reference books, Ebooks, and videos.

We are fortunate to have The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art as well as Newfields (formerly The Indianapolis Art Museum) here in Indianapolis.  Both have libraries.  For information on their use, please see their websites.

 

Searching for Information

When you're working on a research project, you need to use terms that relate to your topic to find information sources - but you also need to be flexible.  Combining multiple terms will help you find sources that are more closely focused on your specific topic. 

These are some useful terms to use for an anthropology research project. Other terms may be useful as well. Use specific words, but only use one or two word phrases - not whole sentences! Try both plural and singular forms, and try varying combinations.

 

 

  • Anthropology
  • Biological evolution
  • Cultural variations
  • Culture change
  • Economic systems
  • Ethics, ethical…
  • Ethnicity
  • Evolution
  • Fairy tale
  • Family
  • Folk ways
  • Folklore
  • Forensics
  • Gender
  • Gestures
  • History
  • Kinship
  • Languages
  • Legal responsibility
  • Legend, Urban legend
  • Linguistics
  • Marriage
  • Methods
  • Oral history
  • Osteology
  • Political systems
  • Primates
  • Religion
  • Scientific method
  • Skeletal remains
  • Subsistence
  • Superstition

Also keep in mind that while anthropology may also cover other topics such as human anatomy, physical and environmental geology, cultural geography  Native American studies, and sociology; you will want to check those research guides for information on those subjects.