You may be seeing some Anthropology 232 (Ancient Latin America) students at the desk. There are about 90 students registered.
For their first assignment, they have to compare a scholarly and a popular article on the same archaeological site or civilization (Aztecs, Maya, Zapotec, Inca, Chimor).
The best resource to use is Academic Search Complete; show them how to refine to scholarly or popular using the sidebar limiters. They also have a list of popular journals to use such as National Geographic and Archaeology (ISSN 0003-8113). Limiting the search to a particular journal works well, especially Nat’l Geog.
If they’re struggling to find a topic, we have an excellent online encyclopedia, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures to get them started: http://www.oxford-mesoamerican.com/
(On the Anthro Subject Guide under Reference resources > Archaeology)
They can do a search for a culture or site of interest and use the bibliography at the end for article suggestions. The biblio includes popular sources, esp. National Geographic, and it has the eLink for quick access.
October 15th, 2009 by Susan Atkey | No Comments »
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