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Water: Water in the Social Sciences
Featured Books
Anthropology and Climate Change by Call Number: QC981.8.C5 A63 2009ISBN: 9781598743340Publication Date: 2009-05-15
Globalization, Water, and Health by Call Number: WA 675 G562 2005ISBN: 9781930618572Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Gender, Water and Development by Call Number: HD1691 .G43 2005ISBN: 9781845201258Publication Date: 2005-10-14
Water Resources by Call Number: TC409 .A73 2010ISBN: 9781597264945Publication Date: 2010-08-26
Celebrating the Source by ISBN: 9789719429241Publication Date: 2009-10-16
The Meaning of Water by Call Number: HD1697.G74 S767 2004ISBN: 9781859737538Publication Date: 2004-04-24
Water by Call Number: CB482 .S65 2010ISBN: 9780060548308Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Research tips
Books about the social aspects of water can be found in the UW Library Catalog. Useful keywords might include:
Water supply
Water resources
Water management
Water use
Combine these phrases with keywords such as social aspects, religious aspects or cultural studies.
Ritual and symbolic uses of water may be found searching:
Water and civilization
Useful Article Databases for Water in the social Sciences
[UW restricted]
- AnthropologyPlus This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles & other sources in the fields of anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore and more. - AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles published by the American Anthropological Association. - Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
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For Western language materials on Asia. Does not include full text. - Communication Source This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles in communication, mass media and related fields.
- eHRAF World Cultures
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A systematically organized collection of thousands of books and articles on cultures from all regions of the world
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles from humanities and social sciences, 1907-1984. - Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
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Covers articles from the Islamic World - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
- PAIS International Index
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Social and public policy literature from periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Collection of humanities & social sciences electronic journals & 20,000+ ebooks. - PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Index to psychology journals
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles in the field of sociology, including international literature and other related disciplines.