The Web sites listed below are intended as starting points for researching cultures on the Internet. Be sure to evaluate each Web site before using the information in your project. Your textbook, Humanity: an Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 6th ed. has an online companion site with Web resources relating to each chapter. Allyn & Bacon, the publisher of your other textbook, also has a Web site with resources for anthropology study. See also the Web resource page for Multicultural Resources for other ethnic/cultural Web sites of interest.

Using and Evaluating Information Sources

• The Spider's Apprentice: How to Use Web Search Engines
• The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
• How to Evaluate the Sources You Find
• Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals

• Librarians Index to the Internet - This site includes descriptions and evaluations of Web pages and directories. This is a good place to start for information on social topics. Type the name of the issue in the the search box to find web sites.
• INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - Social Sciences and Humanities - This site has a subject browsing area as well as a search box to find information on specific topics.
• SEARCH ENGINES TO TRY:
• www.altavista.com
• www.google.com

Cultural Anthropology

• Abya Yala Net (indigenous people of Mexico, Central and South America) - part of Native Web
• The Anthroglobe (multimedia journal)
• Center for World Indigenous Studies
• Fourth World Journal
• Kinship and Social Organization: an interactive tutorial
• Library of Congress Country Studies - online version of the book series (use Illinet Online to find the books)
• Cultural Anthropology Sites from About.com
• Researching Anthropology on the Web
• World Bank - information on various regions of the world
• World Factbook (maintained by the CIA)
• World Health Organization
• WWW Virtual Library: Culture
• WWW Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies - developed by the Center for World Indigenous Studies

Ethnic Studies

• African and African American collections at UC Berkeley
• Asian DOC Electronic Newsletter
• Asian Studies Network Information Center (ASNIC) - University of Texas
• Ethnic Studies - from USC
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online - from the Library of Congress
• Internet Guide for China Studies
• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - University of Texas
• Links to Aboriginal Resources
• WWW-Virtual Library: Aboriginal Studies

• Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project
• Female Infanticide
• Guide to Issues Facing Women in Third World Countries
• Hindu Women Resource Center

Linguistics

• Endangered Language Groups
• Endangered Native American Languages
• Linguistics Resources
• Stabilizing Indigenous Languages

Physical Anthropology, Evolution and Primates

• Anthropology in the News
• Center for Evolutionary Psychology - UC Santa Barbara
• Human Genome Diversity (HGD) Project
• Genetic Science Learning Center
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
• Population Biology, Evolution and Biomath Educational Index
• Talk.Origins Archive (creation/evolution controversy)
• Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Culture Shock

• Culture Shock
• Take the Shock Out of Culture Shock

Religion

• Comparative Religion Resources
• Mysticism in World Religions
• Religious Tolerance
• Shamanism

Subsistence Patterns

• Anthropology Learning Portal
• Hunter Gatherers in Southern Africa
• The !Kung of the Kalahari Desert

Citing Information

College Writing and Citing: Sociology - Web resources selected by EC librarians
 

NOTE:
Links to some of the library resources listed below will not work when this page is accessed from off-campus. To use these resources, please go to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College technology login and password. If you do not know your E.C. login and password, please see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC.

• American Immigrant Cultures (R 305.800973 A512i)
• Countries and Their Cultures (R 306.03 C855)
• Culturgrams (R 909.82 C968)
• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (R 306.4460973 E56)
• Ethnic Families in America, 4th ed. (R 305.8 E84 1998)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (R 305.8 G151)
• Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands (R 395.52 M882k)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (R 305.8003 W927)

Check Illinet Online for books on specific groups or on anthropology in general.