In the Cook Library Catalog under the Subject Beginning with search excavations archaeology. This will put you into a subject arrangement of books, where you will see a further breakdown by geographic region. This is one way to locate site excavation reports. Site excavation reports are located in different areas of the book collection because they are are arranged on the shelf in the appropriate geographic area. So for example, site excavation reports on American Indians are generally in E99 (U.S.) 5th floor stacks, where as site reports on Athens will be found in DF ( Greece), also on the 5th floor.
The Baltimore Hebrew Institute collection has a large collection of site excavation reports on the Middle East. A number of them can be found in DS110.
Another way to search for reports from a particular country, city, or culture is to do a Subject Word/s search..... excavations and jerusalem or other examples.... excavations and greece or excavations and chaco or excavations and indians of north america.
Note: Not everything that you identify using these search strategies will qualify as a site excavation report, but this is the best way to find them. If you have not already discussed how to identify a site report in class and are unsure, bring what you have found to your instructor, to make sure that it meets the requirements of your assignment.
Once you get into an area of the stacks that you have identified through a catalog search, make sure to browse around the stacks in the same area, as you may find additional reports. Some, but not all reports can be identified visually as they are often thin, have paper covers, and may be slightly taller than other books in the area.
If you have time to order books from other libraries, make sure to search the USMAI Catalog using the same search strategy, as the combined libraries will offer you a larger selection from which to choose.
