Anthropology Research Guide

A guide on starting Anthropology research.

Databases of Journal Articles on Biological Anthropology

At NEIU, we have access to several databases that have collections of journal articles in Anthropology.

There are also collections of academic literature online devoted to the study of Biological Anthropology.

Books for Biological Anthropology

Books on Biological Anthropology are located on the first floor of the Ronald Williams Library. They are organized by call number in the GN 49-298 section (Physical anthropology). More specifically, books about certain topics within Biological Anthropology would be in the following sections:

GN51-59           Anthropometry
GN62.8-265      Human variation
GN269-279       Race (General)
GN280.7          Man as an animal 
GN281-289       Human evolution
GN282-286.7    Human paleontology
GN296-296.5    Medical anthropology

Reference sources

Websites for Biological Anthropology

There are lots of online resources that offer visualizations on biodiversity, human origins, and evolution.