Henry Buhl Library: Anthropology: Find Books

Find Books & eBooks

TIPS:

Use subject headings to locate more books on your topic.
Use the bibliographies to expand your search (tips for determining if a citation is for a book, a journal article, or a chapter in an edited book).

Here are a few search terms to get you started.

You can use these search terms as a starting point, but be sure to look for additional terms as well. This is not an exhaustive list.

Medical anthropology
Shamanism
Ethnology
Magic

Need a book the library does not own?

You can request the book through Interlibrary Loan. Info and a downloadable form are available here!

To search for books available in other libraries, try using

WorldCat -- Search the holdings of more than 10,000 libraries to locate books and identify citation information.

Library of Congress -- Access to the Library of Congress catalog and other online collections.

NOTE: Users do not need to identify a library that owns the book. Simply provide the appropriate information on the form and library staff will do the rest!