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Selected Internet Resources on Anthropology and Ethnic Studies

General Sites

Anthropology Resources on the Internet (http://www.archeodroit.net/anthro/Contents/contents.html)
Includes links organized by subdiscipline, as well as links to university departments, institutions (associations, councils, museums, etc.), discussion and newsgroups, homepages of journals and newsletters, jobs, software, searchable databases, bibliographies, and more.
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology (http://vlib.anthrotech.com/)
Searchable site with links organized by subdiscipline and by other categories, including Applied Anthropology, job opportunities, specialized fields, theories, and education.
Voice of the Shuttle Anthropology Page (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2703)
Searchable site with links organized under the following headings: general resources; sites, projects and writings; course syllabi and teaching resources; journals; departments and programs; listservs and newsgroups; conferences.
Anthropology in The News (http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html )
Maintained by the Anthropology Department at Texas A & M, this site links to news stories of interest to Anthropologists published on the Web by ABC, CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, Nando, and other news sources. Breaking News (the past two months) is arranged chronologically. The Archive (back to May 1998) is arranged chronologically within each of the four subdisciplines.

Reference Tools

Anthropology Biography Web (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/index.shtml)
A searchable database containing almost 500 brief biographies of anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology. Biographies include links where appropriate.
American Anthropology Obituary Index (http://homepages.stmartin.edu/Fac_staff/dprice/deadbook.htm)
An alphabetical list of obituaries and death notices (with birth and death year, source, and author) published in American Anthropologist, American Anthropological Association News Bulletin, Anthropology Newsletter, and American Anthropological Association Fellows Newsletter.
Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists (WEDA)
( http://wings.buffalo.edu/academic/department/anthropology/weda/)
A searchable directory of email addresses for over 2,000 institutions and almost 5,000 individuals. Anthropology is taken in it's widest sense to include physical, earth, and social scientists and colleagues in the humanities.
Glossary of Terms in Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology and Physical Anthropology (Anthromorphemics) (http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/glossary/ index2.html)
Searchable database. Part of the UCSB Anthropology web page.

Social / Cultural Anthropology

(See also Linguistics/Folklore)

Ethnology, Ethnography and Anthropology: Social Science Information Gateway
( http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World/ethno.html)
A searchable site with well annotated links to full-text documents and websites organized by broad categories including: Teaching and Research; General and Regional Anthropology; Aesthetics and Art; Kinship, Marriage and Family; Economic and Environmental Anthropology; Politics, Law and Ritual; Folklore; Medical Anthropology; and Visual Anthropology.
WWW Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies (http://www.cwis.org/ wwwvl/indig-vl.html)
Extensive list of links arranged by broad geographic areas (e.g. Africa, Pacific, etc.) and then by subareas. Also includes general resources and "other" useful resources.
Links to Aboriginal Resources (http://www.bloorstreet.com/ 300block/aborl.htm)
Maintained by a Canadian lawyer specializing in aboriginal law, emphasis is on legal issues; however, there is also much relating to culture. Links are organized into the following categories: Canadian Links; United States; Latin America; Australia; New Zealand; International; Human Rights; Environment; Aboriginal Arts; Cultural Links; Aboriginal Law and Legislation Online.
Ethnographic Gallery: The Center for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC) (http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/)
The most valuable feature of this site is the full-text material (including field reports) to be found under Research Projects, Resources for Anthropologists, and Online Reading for Anthropologists (despite what it says here, there is material under Research and Resources not included under Online Reading).
List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology
( http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/BAE/Bulletin200/200title.htm)
This is a complete listing of Bureau of American Ethnology publications from 1877 to 1971. Annual Reports, Bulletins, Contributions to North American Ethnology, Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology, and miscellaneous publications are listed.

Physical / Biological Anthropology

Physical Anthropology Resources
(http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/%7Echan/capa/resources/webresources.html)
Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology website. Links are organized into 7 categories: Evolutionary Biology: Paleoanthropology; Primatology; Growth and Development; Skeletal Biology, Anatomy and Forensic Sciences; Human and Molecular Genetics; and Health, Diseases and Demography.
Fossil Hominids: the Evidence for Human Evolution
(http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/ )
Part of the Talk.Origins Archive (check out the Browse, Search and Links buttons at the top of the page), this site is intended to refute creationist claims that there is no evidence for human evolution by summarizing the current thinking about human evolution and the fossil evidence supporting it.

Archaeology

ArchNet (http://archnet.asu.edu)
Searchable website that organizes archaeological resources available on the internet by geographic region and subject. Also links to academic departments, museums, journals, and publishers.
SAA (Society for American Archaeology) (http://www.saa.org/)
A searchable site that includes information on careers, opportunities, and jobs in archaeology, position papers and letters relating to issues such as repatriation and the sale of archaeological materials, a link to the Register of Professional Archaeologists web page, and (under Publications) full text of the SAA Bulletin (now ceased) from 1995-2000, the newly created SAA Archaeological Record, and Archaeology and Education.
Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet
(http://www.etana.org/abzu/)
Links to relevant websites and texts of site reports organized by Primary Indexes - Author, and Project or Institutional Affiliation- and Secondary Indexes, including Archaeological Site Name. Potentially very useful, but many links were not working when I used it (July 2000). **Note: Site updated in 2004, but some broken links still exist.**
Southwestern Archaeology (http://www.swanet.org/)
"Type site" for archaeology, anthropology and history of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. Includes news sources, projects, job listings, and a section on tools and technology. Currently (July 2000) undergoing major renovation.
National Archaeological Database (http://www.cast.uark.edu/products/NAGPRA/nagpra.html)
This site includes three components: National NAGPRA database legal mandates and other documents (including those pertaining to Kennewick Man); a searchable database containing over 240,000 reports on site investigations (mostly "gray literature"); and GIS maps showing the distribution of cultural and environmental resources.
American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA)(http://www.acra-crm.org/links.html)
An attempt to pull together sites of interest to CRM archaeologists including legislation and a list of SHPOs. Not well organized, but lots of links.
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/shpo/)
Includes links to both the Nevada and National Register of Historic Places, Section 106 information, Nevada and other states' Historic Preservation laws, and more.

Linguistics / Folklore

SIL International (formerly Summer Institute of Linguistics) (http://www.sil.org/)
Includes the online version of Ethnologue (a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries) as well as a linguistic glossary, various working papers, the text of SIL Electronic Survey Reports, links to other web resources, and more. Most of this can be found under "Academic Domains".
The Linguist List (http://linguistlist.org/)
Includes links to professional resources (conferences, jobs, discussion lists, etc.), language resources (including dictionaries), research, computer support, teaching aids, publishers and publications.
iLoveLanguages (http://www.ilovelanguages.com)
Though not well organized, this site provides many links to language and linguistic resources, including dictionaries.
Folklore Related Links (Berkeley) (http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/ folklore/Links.html)
A short but useful list of links to resources for Folklorists.
Resources in Ethnographic Studies (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/other.html)
Since this is part of the Library of Congress Folklore Center webpage (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/), the emphasis is on folklore, though links to some more general sites are also included.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html)
Hundreds of links to electronic texts organized mostly by motif/type, but occasionally by author, title, or country.
Myths and Legends ( http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html)
An exhaustive listing of links relating to myths and legends. "Aside from the General section, these links are organized by region and language group, with those groups which produced written accounts of their myths and legends earlier, generally appearing closer to the beginning."

Native Americans

(See also Ethnic Studies)

Native American Sites (http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html)
Provides "access to home pages of Native American Nations and organizations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians." Links are arranged by categories including Information on Individual Native Nations, Native Organizations and Urban Indian Centers, Languages, Native Media, Powwows and Festivals, and General Indian-Oriented Home Pages.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet (http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/)
WWW Virtual Library Site. Links are organized into 32 different categories including Culture, History, Artists, Activist Sites, Electronic Texts (full text of books and articles), Gaming, and Bibliographies.
Native American Ethnobotany Database (http://herb.umd.umich.edu/)
A searchable database containing over 44,000 entries describing the use of plants as medicines, foods, drugs, dyes and fibers. Entries represent uses by 291 Native American groups of 4,029 species from 243 different plant families.

Ethnic Studies

Voice of the Shuttle Minorities Studies Page (http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2721)
Searchable site with many links organized under the following categories: General Resources (includes affirmative action and diversity); African-American; Asian-American; Chicano, Latino, Hispanic; Immigrant/Refugee; Jewish; Native-American (and other indigenous and aboriginal cultures); Pacific; Other.
Electronic Resources on Diversity (http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/esources.html)
Links arranged under the following categories: General Information; African Americans; Asian Americans; European Americans; Latino/as; Middle Eastern Americans; Native Americans.
Interracial Voice (http://www.webcom.com/~intvoice/ welcome.html)
"IV is an independent, information-oriented, networking news journal, serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace. In addition to in-depth interviews with notable opinion-leaders from within the mixed-race, multiracial community, IV makes available information on the numerous interracial advocacy groups in America."
Asian Americans: an Annotated Directory of Internet Resources (http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/asianam.html)
Part of a larger site on East and Southeast Asia, there are links not only to Asian American material but to sites for each of the countries in East and Southeast Asia. Asian American links are arranged by category including Political and Social Issues, Media, History, Culture and the Arts, and Japanese Internment.
Hispanic/Latino Internet Resources (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ region/hispanic/)
Maintained by the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), headings include: Academic Resources; Community; Comida; Popular Culture; Music; and Public Affairs.

African-American Studies

(See also Ethnic Studies)

Resources in Black Studies (UCSB) (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ subj/black.html)
Provides access to a range of data-types, organized into 14 broad categories. Covers all of the African diaspora (people of African descent in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Australasia) and is especially strong in news media, historical texts, and documents.
Universal Black Pages (http://www.ubp.com/)
"...a comprehensive listing of African-diaspora-related web pages..." Site is searchable and most links are annotated.
A Gateway to African American History (http://charter.uchicago.edu/AAH/)
Annotated links organized chronologically. Includes material on Africa, Slavery and the Slave Trade, and four historic divisions from the Civil War to the Present.
From Slavery to Freedom : The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html)
Searchable database including the text of 397 pamphlets, published from 1824 through 1909, "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." You may retrieve pamphlets by author, title, subject, or keyword.
Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism (http://www.innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html)
Developed as part of a project to save an historic house located on property owned by the National Zoo (thus the confusing introduction), this timeline contains a wealth of information. Though its author, a "documentary filmmaker and freelance radical" developed the chronology to bolster arguments about the historical value of the house in question, sources are cited, and when available electronically, linked to the text.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project (http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/)
Includes the text of selected sermons, biographical material, articles by the staff of the King Papers project, and links to other sites relating to King and the Civil Rights Movement.

Museums

WWW Virtual Library Museums Page (http://www.icom.org/vlmp/)
Links to hundreds of museum web pages organized geographically, and by selected categories (Children's Museums, Library Exhibits, Galleries, etc.). Links are also searchable by keyword (e.g. archaeology). If you can't find the museum you are looking for here, you can link to other lists of links.
Smithsonian (http://www.si.edu/)
Links to pages of individual museums, education and research centers, libraries, and archives that make up the Smithsonian. Also provides access to the text of some Smithsonian publications (e.g. Research Reports, Annual Reports, excerpts from Smithsonian Magazine).
American Association of Museums (http://www.aam-us.org/)
This site provides a wide range of resources such as information on accreditation and the Museum Assessment Program (MAP), opportunities for professional development, the Code of Ethics for Museums, job openings, and websites of interest (under Resources), including links to conservation and preservation organizations, The International Council of Museums (ICOM), and state and international museum associations.
State of Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs (http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us)
Link to both the Division of Museums and History (with further links to the Nevada Historical Society and museums around the state) and the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. The latter includes links to both the Nevada and the National Register of Historic Places, Section 106 information, Nevada and other states' Historic Preservation laws, and more.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (http://www.ncptt.nps.gov)
An NPS site that includes the text of NCPTT Notes and keyword search screens for locating PTT grants and projects, labs for analysis and testing of material, preservation websites that deal with technology and training, and training and educational opportunities.
Conservation OnLine (Cool) (http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/)
A project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, COOL is a full-text library of conservation information arranged by topic (for example, digital imaging, documentation, electronic records, pest management). Site also provides links to various conservation-related organizations and departments, mailing list archives, and conservation resources at other sites, including conservation articles and fact sheets.
The International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC) of the International Council of Museums (http://www.willpowerinfo.myby.co.uk/cidoc/)
Includes links to CIDOC newsletters (under Introduction to CIDOC), museum information standards, and museum resources on the Internet relevant to documentation specialists.

Professional Organizations

Scholarly Societies Project ( http://library.uwaterloo.ca/society/)
Searchable database of links to web pages of more than 1,000 scholarly societies. Links are also organized by subjects, including Anthropology (http://library.uwaterloo.ca/society/anthrop_soc.html) and Archaeology (http://library.uwaterloo.ca/society/archaeol_soc.html). Some museum related societies are included under Fine Arts (http://library.uwaterloo.ca/society/finearts_soc.html).

Related Local Web Sites

Professor Gary Palmer's Homepage (http://www.nevada.edu/~gbp/)
A member of the UNLV faculty specializing in anthropological linguistics, Dr. Palmer's homepage includes links to downloadable papers, course syllabi, bibliographies, material from his course in Ethnographic Field Methods (ANT427), other linguists, and linguistic related material at other institutions.