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Anthropology: Find books

A guide for students studying Anthropology.

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Start at the TCU library homepage, and select, "Catalog":

You can use the options on the left to narrow down by subject, date, etc.:

Subject options are shown with "Social Sciences" selected as the option for searching

Anthropology Books @ TCU

Anthropology books are located on the first floor of the library in the GN section. You can use the following table to come to the library and browse by subjects within anthropology:

GN 1 - 890 Anthropology
GN 49 - 298 Physical Anthropology. Somatology
GN 51 - 59 Anthropometry
GN 62.8 - 265 Human variation, including growth, physical form, skeleton, nervous system, skin, etc.
GN 269 - 279 Race (General)
GN 280.7 Man as animal. Simian traits versus human traits
GN 281 - 289 Human evolution
GN 282 - 286.7 Fossil man. Human paleontology.
GN 296 - 296.5 Medical anthropology
GN 301 - 674 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
GN 357 - 367 Culture and cultural processes, including social change, structuralism, diffusion, etc.
GN 378 - 396 Collected ethnographies
GN 397 - 397.7 Applied anthropology
GN 406 - 517 Cultural traits, customs, and institutions
GN 406 - 442 Technology. Material culture, including food, shelter, fire, tools, etc.
GN 448 - 450.450.8 Economic organization. Economic anthropology
GN 451 - 477.7 Intellectual life, including communication, recreation, philosophy, religion, knowledge, etc.
GN 478 - 491.7 Social organization
GN 492 - 495.2 Political organization. Political anthropology
GN 495.4 - 498 Societal groups, ethonocentrism, diplomacy, warfare, etc.
GN 502 - 517 Psychological anthropology
GN 537 - 674 Ethnic groups and races
GN 550 - 674 By region or country
GN 700 - 890 Prehistoric archaeology

Books in Frog Scholar

To find books using FrogScholar, use the down arrow to expand "Material Type" from the options on the left, and then choose "Books":

Keywords for Anthropology

When choosing words to use for your search on anthropological topics, choose words that are related to the root concept of your paper or topic. Examples include: rites, traditions, folklore, taboo, symbolism, religion, rituals, sacrifice, death, healing, etc. Using at least one of these words in conjuction with other words in your search will help you find more relevant results.