BEHS 210: Introduction to Social Sciences
A Library Subject Guide
Research a Topic from an Anthropology Perspective
Below are suggestions for researching a societal issue or topic. These are just suggestions--feel free to try other searches if the ones below do not match your chosen issue or topic.
- Be sure to read your classroom assignment instructions carefully!
- Please note: The searches below are links that will take you into our library OneSearch database, where you'll see the results of the search. You can then begin reviewing the articles that come up and perhaps even choose a few that you can use in your assignment, if the search closely matches your topic.
- The searches below use library search techniques: AND, OR, parentheses, quotation marks, and the * symbol. For a refresher on these techniques, please see our library guide for database searching.
Search results in the library are different than in Google. Google gives you a lot of easy-to-understand, practical information. The library will give you primarily in-depth, technically-written, scientific studies. These are called scholarly articles. They can be difficult to understand at first, but if you can choose a scholarly article that relates to your topic and then review the article carefully, you can usually extract a main idea or a relevant fact or two that you can incorporate in your paper.
Racial Issues from an Anthropology perspective
- racism AND ("African Americans" OR "Black Americans") AND anthropolog*
- racism AND "mental health" AND anthropolog*
Homelessness from an Anthropology perspective
- (homeless* OR unhoused) AND "United States" AND anthropolog*
- (homeless* OR unhoused) AND women AND anthropolog*
Social Class from an Anthropology perspective
- ("social class" OR "social stratification") AND "United States" AND poverty AND anthropolog*
- ("social class" OR "social stratification") AND "United States" AND minorities AND anthropolog*
Health Care from an Anthropology perspective
- "health care" AND (affordab* OR accessib*) AND anthropolog*
- "health care" AND "United States" AND disparity AND anthropolog*
Gender from an Anthropology perspective
- transgender AND adolescents AND anthropolog*
- "gender roles" AND "United States" AND (work OR employment OR business) AND anthropolog*
Environment from an Anthropology perspective
Immigration from an Anthropology perspective
- immigrants AND "United States" AND acculturat* AND anthropolog*
- immigrants AND "United States" AND (community OR friendship*) AND anthropolog*
Sexual Orientation from an Anthropology perspective
Technology from an Anthropology perspective
- Zoom AND (business OR work) AND anthropolog*
- "social media" AND (community OR friendship) AND anthropolog*
Besides searching in OneSearch, you can also try searching in an anthropology-related library database. Here's a list of recommended databases for anthropology.