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Archaeology & Anthropology

Archaeology & Anthropology subject guide

AATA Online

>> Go to AATA Online

  • Subject coverage: Art and Archaeology; literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage
  • Size/ scope: over 100,000
  • Type of content: abstracts
  • Level of access: abstracts only, no full text, register for separate login.

You need to register separately with this database to gain access to content

Academic Search Ultimate

>> Go to Academic Search Ultimate

  • Subject coverage: Science; social science; education; psychology; language and linguistics; arts and literature
  • Size/scope: over 17,000 titles
  • Type of content: journal articles, book reviews, conference proceedings
  • Level of access: Full text of over 10,000 titles.

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Archaeology Data Service (ADS)

>> Go to ADS

  • Subject coverage: archaeological data including ArchWay, ArchSearch, CBA publications online, Society of Antiquaries Library, the digital archives of many archaeological projects and links to unpublished PhD theses
  • Type of content: CBA publications, digital archives, PhD thesis
  • Level of access: some full text available.

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Art & Architecture Complete

>> Go to Art & Architecture Complete

  • Subject coverage: art, architecture, design
  • Size/scope: over 1,000 titles
  • Type of content: journal articles, books, images
  • Level of access: full text of over 600 titles.

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BAR Digital Collection

>> Go to BAR Digital Collection

  • Subject coverage: all periods from prehistory, through classical archaeology, to 20th century archaeology
  • Size/scope: over 500 titles
  • Type of content: e-books presented in data rich monographs, edited collections of paper, excavation and site reports and conference proceedings
  • Level of access: some full-text access; the Library subscribes to the British Series only.

BAR Help Pages

BioDigital Human - Interactive 3D Anatomy Platform

>> Go to BioDigital Human

Guide and Videos

  • Subject coverage: interactive 3D software for visualizing anatomy, disease and treatment
  • Type of content: includes images, quizes and textbook type material
  • Level of access: full access when registered with a BU email. Once you have signed up with your BU email and created a password, you can access BioDigital directly.

To access this resource select BioDigital Human from the blue ribbon towards the top of the page. You will need to use your BU email address to set up your account.

British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB)

>> Go to BIAB

  • Subject coverage: Archaeology of Britian and Ireland
  • Size/scope: 200,000 references to publications
  • Type of content: Information about books and journal articles
  • Level of access: Abstracts only, no full text.

Canadian Heritage Information Network

>> Go to Canadian Heritage Information Network

  • Subject coverage: a gateway giving access to a range of databases and services of interest to archaeologists, conservationists and those concerned with museums and related fields. These databases include the Conservation Information Network (CIN), Curatorial and Historical Index of Publications, Heritage Law Bibliography and Museology Bibliography (BMUSE)
  • Level of access: some full text available.

Conservation Information Network

>> Go to Conservation Information Network

  • Subject coverage: conservation and restoration of cultural property
  • Size/scope: 190,000 bibliographic citations
  • Type of content: abstracts
  • Level of access: abstracts only, not full text.

Digimap

>> Go to Digimap

  • Registration: Registration is required under the terms of the Digimap licence. The registration process includes accepting the terms and conditions of the licence. Further information on the registration process can be found here.
  • Subject coverage: maps and map data of Great Britain
  • Size/scope: six collections: Ordnance Survey with all current OS maps. Geology Digimap  with maps from the British Geological survey.  Historic Digimap with historic Ordnance Survey maps. Marine Digimap with UK marine and coastal zone map data. Environment Digimap with Land Cover maps from 2007, 2000, & 1997. Aerial Digimap offering aerial photography from Getmapping Plc
  • Type of content: maps
  • Level of access: data is available either to download to use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD, or as printable maps generated by Digimap online.

>> Licence FAQs

>> Digimap blog

EBSCO Host Databases

>> Go to EBSCO Host Databases

This is the hyperlink to the EBSCO database set configured to search in every database we have access to.

Medline Complete

>> Go to Medline Complete

  • Subject coverage: medical database focusing on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, toxicology, anthropology and biology. Uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing to search citations
  • Size/scope: 5400 academic journals indexed, 2100 full text journals incorporated
  • Type of Content: academic journal articles
  • Date range: 1865 onwards
  • Level of access: some full text available.

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JSTOR

>> Go to JSTOR

  • Subject coverage: multidisciplinary database
  • Size/scope: 1,500 academic journals indexed
  • Type of content: academic journal article
  • Date range: 1780-
  • Level of access: some full text available.

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PsycINFO

>> Go to PsycINFO

  • Subject coverage: psychology
  • Type of content: academic journal articles
  • Date range: 1872 onwards
  • Level of access: some full text available.

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PubMed

>> Go to PubMed

  • Subject coverage: multidisciplinary database focusing on medical and life sciences
  • Size/scope: includes over 18 million citations from Medline
  • Type of content: academic journal articles
  • Date range: 1948 onwards
  • Level of access: some full text available.

ScienceDirect

>> Go to ScienceDirect

  • Subject coverage: health, science and medicine
  • Size/scope: 1700 Elsevier journals. The service includes access to Medline with links to the content of Elsevier journals
  • Type of content: academic journal articles
  • Date range: 1872 onwards
  • Level of access: some full text available.

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Scopus

Go to Scopus

  • Subject coverage: Sciences and social sciences
  • Size/scope:Citation database indexing 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers, open access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series, patent records and scientific web pages. It contains over 33 million records
  • Type of content: Citation data
  • Date range: 1841-present
  • Level of access: Some links to full text available.

Web of Science

>> Go to Web of Science - Select UK Federation from Institutional Sign In and search for Bournemouth University

  • Subject coverage: Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences
  • Size/scope: Citation databases that allow searching for a specific article by subject, author, journal or author address. It is also possible to search for articles that cite a known author or work
    Web of Science consists of:
    Science Citation Index 1899-present
    Social Sciences Citation Index 1898-present
    Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present
    Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1990-present
    Biosis Previews Archive 1969-2008
    Medline 1950-present
    Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators
  • Type of content: academic journal article
  • Date range: 1945-
  • Level of access: Some links to full text.

>> User Guide

>> Cross Search Workbook

Wiley Digital Archive

>> Go to Wiley Digital Archive

  • Subject coverage: history of science, STEM, natural History, and the connections between scientific, cultural and geopolitical history
  • Size/scope: a continuous program of new databases comprised of unique or rare historical primary sources
  • Contents: British Association for the Advancement of Science (years covered: 1830-1970), New York Academy of Sciences (years covered: 1803 – 2013), Royal Anthropological Institute (years covered: 1763-2016), Royal College of Physicians (years covered: 1205-1980), Royal Geographical Society (years covered: 1478-1953)
  • Type of content: manuscripts, field notes, maps and charts, photographs, illustrations, monographs, ephemera, newspaper and periodical clippings, and reports and grey literature
  • Level of access: full text access.
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