• Books in Miller Library:
  
  
  • Reference:
    
    
    • Online:
      
      
      • AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
      • ARTstor
      • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
      • A Dictionary of British History
      • A Dictionary of World Mythology
      • Encyclopaedia Britannica
      • The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
      • The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
        
        
    • Print:
      
      
      • Archaeological Method And Theory: An Encyclopedia
      • Archaeology Of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia
      • The Atlas of World Archaeology
      • Encyclopedia Of Archaeology
      • Encyclopedia Of Historical Archaeology
        
        
• Books in the main collection:
  
  
  • Subject search:
    
    
    • uses Library of Congress classification system
    • archaeology (general) = CC
    • for individual countries, see D, F, GN
    • start with these major headings and then skim the subheadings, e.g.:
      
      
      • archaeology (88 subheadings, 234 entries found)
        • see 27 related subjects, e.g. antiquities (1218 entries found)
          
          
      • Schliemann, Heinrich 1822-1890 (9 entries found)
        
        
        
  • keyWord search in the title, contents, series, etc., e.g.:
    
    
    • archaeology (523 entries found)
    • Schliemann, Heinrich (12 entries found)
      
      
• Author search, e.g.:
  
  
  • Schliemann, Heinrich 1822-1890 (4 entries found)

• Books outside Miller Library:
  
  
  • Other libraries:
    
    
    • U of MD libraries
    • U of DE
    • Library of Congress
      
      
  • WorldCat
    • most distinguished database of catalogued books in the world
    • searches over 52 million records held by academic libraries worldwide
      
      
  • For books not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
    • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

• Multidisciplinary:
  
  
  • Academic Search Premier
    • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including archaeology
    • coverage 1985+
    • mostly full-text
      
      
  • Anthropological Index Online (AIO)
    • The Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
    • indexes journals in the fields of physical anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, cultural ethnography, material culture, and linguistics
    • coverage 1957+
    • citation-only
      
      
  • JSTOR
    • 440+ scholarly journals, including archaeology
    • complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
    • full-text
      
    
    
• WilsonWeb
  • 3,500+ general and academic journals, including archaeology
  • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
  • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
  • 1,750 journals are full-text
    
  
  
• Check journal titles in Journal Finder, the library's list of full-text electronic periodicals
  
  
• For articles not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
  • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

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• National Archeological Database
  • National Park Service, Department of the Interior

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• New York Times (1851-2001)
  • the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form

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• Archaeology
  • BBC page on archaeology, with links to a variety of subjects: human remains, virtual sites, marine archaeology, the history of archaeology, and DNA research, among others
    
    
• ArchNet: WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology
  • one of the best all-around sites on archaeology
    
    
• Council for British Archaeology: the Gateway to British Archaeology Online
  
  
• Guide to Underwater Archaeology Resources on the Internet
  • links to resources and tools for underwater archaeology
    
    
• QUIPU - Dedicated to Researchers of Andean Archaeology (San Diego State)
  
  
• Google Directory: archaeology links
  
  
• Yahoo! Directory: archaeology links

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