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ANTH 205 Biological Anthropology: Primate observation

The study of human evolution, including the theories of evolution by natural selection and other means.

Suggested web sites

Evaluate All Your Sources

Some criteria to consider when evaluating any source you find:

CURRENCY: Is current or recent information important for your topic?  Can you find a publication date?

RELIABILITY: Where does the information/facts come from?  Can you find a list of citations or references?

AUTHORITY: Who is publishing this information?  Can you find info on their background, education, qualifications or expertise that makes them an authority?

PURPOSE: Why is this info being published - to inform, sell, entertain, persuade?  Is it biased?  Who is the intended audience?

Using the criteria above, evaluate these websites below.  Which is "better"? 

Reference sources in the library

Find Books in the Holman Library

Search for BOOKS & EBOOKS
in the Primo One Search Tool

1. FIRST: Try broad search words relating to your topic, such as:

  • orangutan
  

2.  NEXT: Try a new search.  Add words to narrow your search, such as:

communication sexual behavior
dominance social structure

 

Example searches:

  

orangutan communication
orangutan sexual behavior

3.  ALSO: Brainstorm synonyms or related terms for search words

  • Example: communication- language, non-verbal, gestures, verbalization, calls, posturing, haptic
     
  • Example searches:
    • orangutan gestures
    • orangutan verbalization

4. FINALLY refine your results by source type =  "books" 
(see image below)

Note: You can request that books be sent to the Kent, Enumclaw or Auburn SBAC campuses from the Holman Library

Article Databases

Search the common name and the scientific name of your primate in the following databases to find relevant, authoritative articles from magazines and journals. Pick articles that discuss your primate's reproduction, diet, social organization, play, territoriality, dominance, mother/infant/father behavior, sexual behavior, communication, or tool use.

Google Books

Google Books

Find previews of books

  1. Search Google Books to find full text or partial text of books online

  2. Choose books that indicate "Preview" You may not see entire text of the book, but many of the chapters may be included. You can often find great information in these chapters.

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illustration of a Google Books page, with the Preview link highlighted

  1. Are there pages missing from your preview that you would like to read?
  • Make an Interlibrary Loan Request using the following link so that the book can be sent to Green River's Holman Library for you to borrow. Note: this process may take one week
  1. To see an example of how to make a request, click below:

One Search Refine Results by Source Type = Books

Limiting to Books

As shown in the image below, you can limit the results in Holman Library One Search to just books by using the "Source Type" limiter of to the left.

  • Here you can select "Books" to view print books (held at the library) or ebooks (that you can access by clicking the link)

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screen shot of a results page, showing source types