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Use OneSearch to search for books, eBooks, articles (from magazines, newspapers, and journals), streaming videos, DVDs, CDs, images, and more, all in a single search. OneSearch cross searches most CCSF Library Databases at the same time. OneSearch can be accessed from the Library website! Want to see how it works? Check out our video demo.
The library has many class items on "Course Reserve" for a short checkout period (in support of homework completion), as well as items from the AS Bookloan Program. Use the OneSearch "Course Reserves" tab to see if the library has your textbook.
Email reference is available Monday through Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters. We try to respond within two days.
Chat with the library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to meet with a librarian for in-depth help with your research.
How renegade anthropologists
reinvented race, sex, and gender
in the twentieth century
The gripping story of
a pioneering anthropologist
whose exploration of Aztec
cosmology, rediscovery of
ancient texts, and passion
for collecting helped shape
our understanding of pre-
Columbian Mexico.
Who are we? How do
scientists define Homo
sapiens, and how does
our species differ from
the extinct hominins who
came before us?
Go deep into the realm
described in the
Icelandic sagas, from
the gloomy halls of Hel
to the dazzling heights
of Asgard.
Rich clothing traditions
of the country's
ethnic-minority peoples
based on three decades
of research by cultural
anthropologist Deng Qiyao,
Databases are searchable containers of things like ebooks, magazines, journals, videos, and audios, but not webpages (which you search on the open web). Databases are owned by a few different companies, and the library pays for access to make relevant sources available for your research. The sources in the databases are rarely available for free on the open web.
When doing research in anthropology and archaeology, we recommend these options:
Access to more than 8,800 full-text journals and 7,700 peer-reviewed journal on a variety of subjects including those within STEM research, social sciences and the humanities. This is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary database.
Note: government statistics are free and publicly available, however, many other kinds of statistics require access through library subscription databases.
The databases below are a good starting point to find articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Looking for statistics embedded within these articles can be helpful. Search a keyword or two for your topic. For example, "obesity." Then combine your keyword search with a subject search ("SU Subject Term" ) for statistics.
Access to more than 8,800 full-text journals and 7,700 peer-reviewed journal on a variety of subjects including those within STEM research, social sciences and the humanities. This is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary database.
