SOCIOLOGY 212: Fall
2004
Cultural Anthropology
Using Blackboard
As a member of this class, you are enrolled in a course section in Blackboard, a course management software system. Blackboard provides you with a common website where you can view the course syllabus, retrieve assignments, and communicate with classmates.
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Blackboard Help Pages ~ from Elmhurst College
Internet Resources About Cultures
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
- Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
- Is It a Popular Magazine or a Scholarly Journal?
Starting Your Internet Search
- 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.
- BUBL ~ Another listing of select web sites on a number of topics. You can browse by Dewey Decimal Number (DDC) as well as execute a search or browse subject areas.
- Voice of the Shuttle ~ Focusing on the humanities and social sciences, this database lists a large number of Minority Studies web sites.
- Anthropology SuperSite ~ from Allyn & Bacon
- Multicultural Resources ~ from Elmhurst College, a comprehensive list of ethnic/cultural Web sites
- SEARCH ENGINES TO TRY:
A Select List of Internet Resources
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.
| Cultural Anthropology | Ethnic Studies | Women's Studies | Linguistics |
| Physical Anthropology, Evolution, and Primates | Culture Shock | Religion | Subsistence Patterns |
Cultural Anthropology
- Abya Yala Net (indigenous people of Mexico, Central and South America) - part of Native Web
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- Cultural Anthropology Sites from About.com
- 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)
- 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
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Ethnic Studies
- African and African American collections at UC Berkeley
- Asian DOC Electronic Newsletter
- Asian Studies Network Information Center (ASNIC) - University of Texas
- Handbook of Latin American Studies Online - from the Library of Congress
- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
- Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - University of Texas
- WWW-Virtual Library: Aboriginal Studies
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Women's Studies
- Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project
- Female Infanticide
- Guide to Issues Facing Women in Third World Countries
- Hindu Womens Universe
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Linguistics
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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
- Talk.Origins Archive (creation/evolution controversy)
- Yerkes National Primate Research Center
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Culture Shock
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Religion
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Citing Information
College Writing and Citing: Sociology - Web resources selected by EC librarians
Finding Information Using Library Resources
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.
Articles and Databases
| Lexis-Nexis Academic | Choose News, then look at both General News and World News to find information from a variety of sources. This tool can also be used to access transcripts from radio and TV programs. |
| Newspaper Source | A selection of domestic and foreign newspapers and other media news sources, including television and radio programs. |
| Chicago Tribune | Search full text articles from 1985-date. Also provides access to the historical archive of the Tribune. |
| New York Times | Search full text articles from 1999-date. Available on campus only. |
| Academic Search Elite | A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources, many in full text. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them. |
Print Resources About Cultures
- 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)
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide (R 305.4203 G816)
- 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.
Created
1999 by Elaine Fetyko Page
Last updated
1 September, 2004
by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant
Reference Librarian
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