LibGuides: Anthropology: Finding Books

Online Encyclopedias

Books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and directories that are often used to answer quick questions or provide background information about a topic before pursuing more detailed research. These are all available online, and can be accessed remotely with an activated CUNY ID card from the City College of New York.

Gale eBooks
A rich resource of several hundred online versions of print reference books divided into 18 subject categories.

Anthropology Books

Books from the catalog

Encyclopedia of anthropology /
Call Number: GN11 .E63 2006

This book is a reference item available from on the second floor of the Cohen Library.
Anthropology : the human challenge /
Call Number: GN25 .H38 2005

This book is a Reserve Item available from the Circulation Desk. To retrieve it, please have the call number of the book and your CCNY ID.
Anthropology : the exploration of human diversity / by Kottak, Conrad Phillip.
Call Number: GN25 .K67 2009

This book is a Reserve Item available from the Circulation Desk. To retrieve it, please have the call number of the book and your CCNY ID.
Cultural anthropology : a guide to reference and information sources / by Jacoby, JoAnn, 1966-:
Call Number: GN42 .J33 2007

This book is a reference item available from on the second floor of the Cohen Library.

Anthropology Books

What are Call Numbers?

Call numbers are a combination of letters and numbers that indicate the location of an item in the library. Call numbers at City College Cohen Library are organized in groups according to the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. Because they are grouped by number, this means that you can find books on similar topics in the same area of the library.

Browsing the stacks can be a useful way to find books on your topic. It may lead you down paths you hadn't considered!

The table below shows the main call numbers for Anthropology. Call numbers from A-N are on the 1st floor of Koerner library; Call numbers P start on the 4th floor.

call number	subject	call number	subject
CC	Archaeology	GN 502-517	Psychological Anthropology
GF	Human Ecology. Anthropogeography	GN 700	Prehistoric Archaeology
GN	Anthropology	GR	Folklore
GN 49	Physical Anthropology	GT	Manners and Customs
GN 281	Human Evolution	P	Philology. Linguistics
GN 300	Ethnology, Social, and Cultural Anthropology