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Anthropology

This is a general guide to resources for anthropology research.

How to cite your sources

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) Style Guide now uses to the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style author-date style as its citation and style guide for publications.

  • The Quick Guide will help get you started with basic publication types.

  • You can find the full-text of the style guide in print or online.

The Society for American Archaeology Simplified Guide for Citations guide created by the University of British Columbia Library for most common citation forms in archaeology.

The Society for Historical Archaeology Publications Style Guide is another resource.

Here are some other citation resources: 

Writing and research methods

Zotero

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Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, annotate, and share research. It helps you track all your sources and build bibliographies in minutes! It's also collaborative, so if you're working on a project with multiple people you can all save your sources in one place!

Zotero 7 was just released with a new logo.

  • Step 1: Download Zotero for your IOS, Windows, OR Linux
  • Step 2" Download Zotero Connector for your preferred browser (Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Safari comes preinstalled)
  • Step 3: Register for Zotero online so you can access your files on your desktop and remotely

Check out Zotero's extensive documentation to see how it works!