Anthropology

Collection overview

Collection strengths include the social, cultural and behavioural aspects of anthropology.

Geographical focus is on worldwide, although not comprehensive, coverage of anthropology.

Collection location

Most books are located on the 2nd floor North Block.
All anthropology items available on open access will either display the location:
- SOCIOLOGY - as they are co-located with the Sociology Collection - with the classmark prefix 3 eg SOCIOLOGY North Block 2nd Floor (3) KCU Cri, or the location
- HEALTH with the prefix 3 eg HEALTH North Block 2nd Floor (3) HB Bue
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 3rd floor South Block , with classmarks beginning I13.1
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Goldsmiths Library – South Block 4th Floor Display Bays . For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor South Block.
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Area collections of Latin American Studies and United States Studies
Geography collection
Health Studies collection - abortion, physical anthropology
History collection – social history
Politics collection – European Union
Special Collections: especially the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature
Many major dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor, as well as in the Sociology collection on the 6th floor

Classmarks for Anthropology

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg SOCIOLOGY North Block 2nd Floor (3) KCU Cri

Note – anthropology of the American Peoples will be found in the United States and Latin American collections.

African ethnology	KO	Magic	KII
Cultural studies	KEW	Material culture	KER
Death customs	KGM	Methodology	K4
Ethnicity	KED	Physical anthropology	HB
Ethnology	KO-KS	Polynesian peoples	KPP
Family	KCW	Postmodernism	KEWP
Fieldwork - geographic	KEBG	Sexuality	KCU
Folklore - European	KL	Shamanism	KIIS
History of anthropology	KE3	Subcultures	KCGN
Human evolution	HBC	Visual anthropology	KEBV
Hunter gatherers	KGG	Witchcraft	KIE
Internet and Society	KDTI

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Anthropology holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. Of particular interest to Anthropology researchers is the library of the British Museum Centre for Anthropology see http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ethno/ethservlib.html. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk