Anthropology & Archaeology

Use the Library catalog (the search box on the Libraries home page, or the Books/Catalog link) to locate books and other media in the UCF Libraries. You can search by author, title, keyword, or subject.

See the streaming video Finding Books in the UCF Libraries for a demonstration of using the Library catalog, or Using QuickSearch to find books and articles simultaneously.

• To search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, search by last name, first name without punctuation; for example:
  • Campbell Joseph
  • Kroeber A L
  • Levi-Strauss Claude
• SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress subject headings. Here are some example subject headings:
  • Animal remains (Archaeology)
  • Basket making
  • Culture diffusion
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Folklore
  • Food habits
  • Human evolution
  • Israel--Antiquities
  • Mayas--Antiquities
  • Mythology
  • Petroglyphs
  • Physical anthropology
• If you are unsure of the exact title or unsure of the correct Library of Congress subject heading, try a KEYWORD search using two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find.

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The U.S. Congressional Serial Set contains the Documents and Reports from Congress, but that brief description fails to capture the richness of the content. Many publications from federal agencies on a wide range of topics were published as Congressional documents.  Rich Gause, Government Information Librarian, has created an entire Guide devoted to finding Anthropology resources in the Serial Set.

To request a book that UCF does not own (or to request a book from another UCF Campus), use Interlibrary Loan.  If you do not have an account with Interlibrary Loan, please click on "First Time User Registration" below the login form.

To search for books at other libraries, use the State University Libraries' Catalog, or WorldCat.

Most materials in the UCF Libraries are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System.  Anthropology and related materials are classified in the following areas:

C - Auxiliary Sciences of History

        CC1-960 Archaeology 

G - Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

GN1-890 Anthropology

GN700-890 Prehistoric archaeology