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Anthropology Plus
Describes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Indexes articles two or more pages long in works published in English and other European languages. Internet version covers from the 19th century to the present.
AnthroSource
Current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Indexes works from the sixteenth century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, dissertations and U.S. and Canadian government publications. Areas covered include native American topics and issues, including education, anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, and legal and medical research. This bibliography, from Human Relations Areas Files (HRAF), contains the citations from the cumulative eight volumes of the Ethnographic bibliography of North America as well as additional new citations.
North American Indian Thought and Culture
A compilation of biographical information on indigenous peoples from all areas of North America. When complete, the database will include 100,000 pages of content, including biographies, autobiographies, oral histories, reference works, manuscripts, and photographs, presenting the life stories of American Indians and Canadian First Peoples in their own words and through the words of others. Coverage: 1677 to present.
AnthroSource
Current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications.
American Anthropological Association
This homepage covers current issues of interest to anthropologists and provides links to the homepages of Sections and Interest Groups and other Internet resources in anthropology.
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Indexes works from the sixteenth century to the present, including monographs, essays, journal articles, dissertations and U.S. and Canadian government publications. Areas covered include native American topics and issues, including education, anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, and legal and medical research. This bibliography, from Human Relations Areas Files (HRAF), contains the citations from the cumulative eight volumes of the Ethnographic bibliography of North America as well as additional new citations.
Digital Egypt for Universities
Includes information on the archaeological record, art and architecture, communication technologies, ideology and beliefs, technology and industry, contacts between peoples, social history, and the exact sciences.
Digital Sanborn maps 1867-1970
Digital Sanborn Maps is a collection of large-scale landbook maps which includes information such as the outline of each building, the size and shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, and location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Textual information includes construction details, ownership and building use.
eHRAF Archaeology
The eHRAF Collection of Archaeology, published annually by Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), is a full-text, fully-indexed archaeology database. eHRAF differs from other databases in that documents (i.e. books, journal articles, dissertations) are indexed at the paragraph-level with over 700 subject codes from the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM).
eHRAF World Cultures
The Human Relations Area Files at Yale University contain information about world cultures. The HRAF Collection currently contains nearly 1,000,000 pages of information on the cultures of the world--past and present. Only a portion of HRAF documentation are accessible on the Internet. Older material in microform which the UI Libraries has is not included.
Ethnographic Studies Resources
A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page for Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife.
Fourth World Documentation Project
A project of the Center for World Indigenous Studies.
Handbook of Paleoanthropology
Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall (eds.) ; in collaboration with Thorolf Hardt.
National Archaeological Database
A computerized communications network for the archeological and historic preservation community. NADB ("Nad-Bee") was established to meet a congressional directive to improve access to information on archeological activities nationwide.
Primate Info Net
At the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin - Madison provides access to online information resources in primatology.