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The Vitruvian Man (c.1485)

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Anthropology (Oxford English Dictioinary):

1. The science of man, or of mankind, in the widest sense.

This seems to have been the original application of the word in Eng. but for two and a half cent., to c 1860, the term was commonly confined to the restricted sense b. Since that date, it has sometimes been limited, by reaction, to c.

b. The science of the nature of man, embracing Human Physiology and Psychology and their mutual bearing.

The sense in which {alenis}{nu}{theta}{rho}{omega}{pi}{omicron}{lambda}{goacu}{gamma}{omicron}{fsigma} was used by Aristotle, and Anthropologia by Otto Casmann 1594-5 in his Psychologia Anthropologica, sive Animæ Humanæ Doctrina; and Anthropologia: Pars II. hoc est de fabrica Humani Corporis. This author seems to have first used the term.

c. The ‘study of man as an animal’ (Latham). The branch of the science which investigates the position of man zoologically, his ‘evolution,’ and history as a race of animated beings.


 

 
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    Albertsons Library provides access to over 230 research databases and indexes via its "Articles, Databases" link on the library's homepage: http://library.boisestate.edu

    We have created several subject-specific lists of databases germane to your topic. For Anthropology, the following databases cover the spectrum of anthropological research and scholarship:


    Abstracts in Anthropology

    • Cultural Anthropology
    • Physical Anthropology
    • Archaeology
    • Linguistics

    Anthropological Index Online

    • Index to current periodicals in the Anthropology Library at the British Museum.

    AnthroSource

    eHRAF Archaeology

    • Full text articles available.
    • Cross-cultural database containing information on the world's prehistory.

    eHRAF World Cultures (collection of ethnography)

    • Full text articles available.
    • Cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life.



    Interdisciplinary databases that may cover anthropological research:

    JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive

    • Full text articles available.
    • Cross-discipline scholarly database.

    ProQuest Dissertations

    • Comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary dissertations and theses.

    BioOne

    • Biosciences database covering biology, ecology, and environmental sciences.
    • Research includes evolution, anthropology, natural history, palaeontology, zoology, etc.

    Project Muse

    • Full-text database which includes some articles on anthropology and culture studies.

    ScienceDirect

    • Full text articles available.
    • Over 2000 science, technology and medical journals.

    Academic search premier

    • Full text articles available
    • Cross-discipline scholarly database

    ArticleFirst (All subjects)

    • Cross-discipline scholarly database

        

       

       
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