This and other research guides are on the ACC Library web page,
http://library.sunyacc.edu, under Research Guides & Tutorials.

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We also recommend consulting these time-saving ACC Library research guides:
          - Finding Information on Archaeology and Anthropology,
          - Travel Destinations: Books & Articles, and
          - Travel Destinations: Web Sites. 

 Books & Videos:                                      ACC Library Web page > Finding Books

To find books and multimedia items, use the online catalog. The ACC Library offers more then 130 books on Egypt. 

To find books on two overlapping topics, use the Boolean search word and.  You may also use a wildcard ending to words (a technique called truncation) by replacing the end of the word with an asterisk. Examples: Middle East and antiquities, or Egypt and art* (art* finds art, artist, artwork, etc.) To find travel guides, use “guidebooks and Egypt”.

  
Reference books:                                                                               Main floor

 This book will be extremely useful:

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (vols. 1-3)    REFERENCE DT 58 .O94 2001

These are useful for current political and cultural information on Egypt:

These reference books have archaeology and anthropology information on Egypt:

Gale Virtual Reference Library:

This database offers full-text chapters from over 80 reference books. (The ACC Library owns many of these reference books in printed format also.) Among the 80 books it searches are: Countries and their Cultures and Geo-Data. Go to: ACC Library Web page > Finding Books > Reference > Gale Virtual Reference Library. Note: This is a subscription database. ACC students, faculty and staff may log in from off-campus with their campus network user names and passwords.

Articles and Article Databases:

 The ACC Library subscribes to these anthropology and archaeology journals, located in the Periodicals area on the main floor of the library: National Geographic, Anthropology  Newsletter, Cultural Anthropology, Antiquity and Archaeology. 

Use online article databases to locate articles. Which you use depend on your topic. Consult a librarian for recommendations.

To reach the online databases,go to ACC Library’s Web page:
• Under Finding Articles, click on General Databases or Subject Databases.
• To search these databases from home, follow screen directions to log in.

General Databases include:
● Academic Search Premier: Good place to start. Over 8000 journals are indexes; more than half are full-text.
● WilsonSelectPlus: Completely full-text, with 1.1 million articles since 1994 from 1400 journals.
● JSTOR: full-text; 117 journals covering the arts, sciences and social sciences.
● New York State Newspapers: includes New York Times full-text.
● Opposing Viewpoints, CQ Researcher, more.

 Egypt Web sites:  

Save time and effort by starting with these useful sites:

Eternal Egypt: http://www.eternalegypt.org/ - Multi-media site from the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, covering 5000 years of Egyptian history, culture and civilization. Offers maps, timelines, artwork, much more.

British Museum’s Ancient Egypt page: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Egyptian Presidency page (anthem, news, more) http://www.presidency.gov.eg/

Librarians’ Internet Index http://lii.org - This subject directory lists thousands of librarian-approved Web sites. Search by terms Egypt or Ancient history for dozens of quality Web sites.

Google http://www.google.com - Use Advanced Search to search with very specific terms. Search by this phrase: “Arab Republic of Egypt”

Online Newspapers for Egypt :  http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/egypt.htm

Statistics:

 Statistical Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html Web sites with statistics on social sciences, business, science, health, demographics, more. Covers local, state, national, international statistics. From University of Michigan Documents Center.

Also see the ACC Library's new research guide on Finding Statistics.

Archaeology information:

 • Archaeology site at About.com: http://archaeology.about.com

 • Anthropology Online, from Wadsworth Publishing Co.: news, textbook links, more: http://academic.cengage.com/cengage/discipline.do?disciplinenumber=15 

 • Univ. at Albany Libraries’ Anthropology Web links: http://library.albany.edu/subject/anthropology_main.html

Updated July 2008/JM