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  • eHRAF World Cultures
    This is a cross-cultural database containing full-text ethnographies on ethnic, cultural, religious and national groups from around the world. Need help getting started? Try: eHRAF Tutorialsl
  • Ethnographic Video Online
    Intended to be a visual encyclopedia of human behavior and culture, online in streaming video. Contains classic and contemporary documentaries; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films. Includes footage from every continent and hundreds of unique cultures. Thematic areas include: language and culture, kinesthetics, body language, food and foraging, cooking, economic systems, social stratification and status, caste systems and slavery, male and female roles, kinship and families, political organization, conflict and conflict resolution, religion and magic, music and the arts, culture and personality, and sex, gender, and family roles.
 

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Covers journal articles; reports; commentaries; edited works; obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, & linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies - 885,000+ articles from 2,5000 journals indexed.
 
Full Text database covering over 20 journals and newspapers from the American Anthropological Association and additional content.
 
Index covering over 2 million journal articles from over 100 countries and 90 languages; Over 3,000 journals are indexed regularly and over 7,000 books added annually - Includes social science literature in disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, as well as a wide range of interdisciplinary fields.
 

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology
    This four volume set provides a good introduction to the major issues and methods used in the cross-cultural study of human behaviour, culture, and society.
  • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
    Over 200 entries covering the major theoretical schools and terminology. Senior undergraduates who have already completed introductory Anth courses will get more from this resource than those who are new to the discipline.
  • The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
    A wealth of information about the hunter gatherer way of life! The section on North America even includes discussions about the peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador. Particularly useful for Anth/Arch 3590.
  • Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology
    This dictionary contains 80 entries covering the most important concepts that have shaped the discipline of cultural anthropology.
  • Reference Universe
    This database allows you to search the complete indexes of more than 10,000 reference books so you can quickly find the right article to begin your research.

Biographical Sources

Atlases

  • Atlas of World Cultures
    This resource includes a set of 40 maps to help locate over 3500 groups, tribes or peoples. It is the ultimate resource for locating the cultures described in the ethnographic literature. Well worth the trip to the Map Library!
  • Atlas of Man
    A bit dated, but still quite useful for locating the world's cultural groups on the map.
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