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Anthro.Net
Anthropology search engine which searches an estimated database of over 40,000 reviewed web site with anthropological content.
url: http://www.anthro.net/

Anthropology Virtual Library
Excellent starting point for anthropological research on the Internet, includes both cultural and physical anthropological resources and rlated areas such as linguistics and cultural studies.
url: http://vlib.anthrotech.com/

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
"Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek and a team of 40 co-editors of the AS WWW VL Project." Comprehensive collection of resources relating to Asia. Browse within geographical areas and type of Internet resource or service eg e-journals or electronic forums.
url: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek of the Australian National University this guide is an excellent directory to Aboriginal Studies Resources on the Internet.
url: http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html

African Studies WWW Virtual Library
Collection of Internet resources for African Studies.
url: http://www.etown.edu/vl/africa.html

Demography and Population Internet Guide
Comprehensive collection of Internet resources for Demography and Population Studies. Maintainer Diana Crow, Australian National University.
url: http://demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary/

Ethnographic Studies Resources
Hosted by the US Library of Congress but compiled and maintained by the American Folklife Center. Comprehensive directory of resources in Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife
url: http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html

MAP: Media & Anthropology Project
University of South Florida, College of the Arts, Anthropology Department project for anthropological research focused on the media.
url: http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/anthropology/media/

Pacific Studies
Edited by Alopi Latukefu provides an overview of Pacific Internet resources. Particularly useful for locating information on small Pacific nations and links to research documentation from the Eastern Pacific region.
url: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html

Postcolonial Studies
A collection of links for Postcolonial Studies from Emory University. Although this website has been compiled by the English department at Emory there are links to resources in areas of cultural and area studies. The website also includes biographical and bibliographical information for major theorists.
url: http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/

Small Island Information Network
Compiled and maintained by the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada the goal of SIIN is to "...establish an easily accessible electronic information network to link people interested in small islands with each other and with information relevant to small islands." A useful resource for locating information and research about the small islands of the world.
url: http://www.upei.ca/~siin/

SOSIG: Anthropological Teaching and Research
Edited by Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing and Manchester University Library
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ethnology_ethnography_anthropology/teaching_and_research_(anthropology)/

Small island Developing States Network.
UNESCO sponsored pilot for a network focusing on small island states. The pilot includes news, bibliographies, fulltext documents and databases.
url: http://www.sidsnet.org

New Zealand and Pacific Resources for Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics
Guide to resources compiled by the University of Auckland Library
http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/departments/index.cfm?P=994

Academic & Research Websites

University of Sydney. Department of Anthropology.
Website for information about staff, courses and research in the University of Sydney, Anthropology Department.
url: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/anthro/index.html

Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies.
University of Nijmegen - Netherlands.
url: http://www.kun.nl/cps/

Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Oxford
Access to projects developed by the Institute including the HADDON ethnographic film catalogue, digital versions of some early anthropological texts, the Oxford Union List og Periodicals of Interest to Social Anthropologists and an article on Anthropological Multimedia by Marcus Banks.
url: http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/index.html

The Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC) Ethnographics Gallery, University of Kent at Canterbury
Excellent site for information and prjects on computing in anthropology. This website contains the outline and full-text of research projects (including digitised documents), searchable databases of bibliographies and theses in Social Anthropology and The Anthroglobe Electronic journal. Anthroglobe is currently free.
url: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project.
National Centre for Development Studies. Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University. Includes the full-text for reports and papers on a various issues relating to the Pacific.
url: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/

National Anthropological Archive.
"The National Anthropological Archives (Smithsonian Institution) collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline. Its collections represent the four fields of anthropology -- ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology -- and include manuscripts, fieldnotes, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video created by Smithsonian anthropologists and other preeminent scholars."
url: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/index.htm

RaceSci: History of Race in Science.
Comprehensive collection of information resources relevant to the study of the history of race in science. RaceSci Developed and maintained by Evelynn Hammonds, Associate Professor, History of Science Program in Science, Technology & Society MIT, Michelle Murphy Postdoctoral Fellow, Women's Studies Program Uris Hall, Cornell University, Stephanie Higgs Graduate Student Program in Science, Technology & Society MIT and is Sponsored by the Program in Science, Technology & Society. This website includes events and conference information, bibliographies, syllabi and links.
url: hhttp://web.mit.edu/racescience/

Reference Sources

Anthropological Index On-Line
On-line version of the Anthropological Index to the Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library ( incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute Library.) The index covers the years 1070-1998 and is continuously updated. The printed version of the index is held in the Reference collection of Fisher Library, University of Sydney at Fisher Reference 572.016 1. Anthropological Index is freely available, funded by the William Buller Fagg Charitable Trust and supported by the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent (UK).
url: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AIO.html

Anthropological Literature.
An index to periodical articles and essays in Anthropology compiled by the Tozzer Library, Harvard University. The published online by the research Libraries Group. This index is available for use by University Sydney Staff and students only. Passwords are available from the Anthropology Librarian. (email at bottom of page)
url: http://eureka.rlg.org/

The AnthroGlobe Bibliographies
"This collection of specialist online bibliographies is compiled and updated by Editors of the AnthroGlobe electronic journal (ISSN 1481-3440). Since Dec 2000 the AnthroGlobe bibliographies are hosted by Coombsweb: The Asian Studies Server, a scholarly information system of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia."
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_index.html

Documentary and Ethnographic Film: A Short Bibliography of Books and Articles in the UC Berkeley Libraries
url: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/documentarybib.html

Bibliography of Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
url: http://database.anu.edu.au/rspas/hug/pngagbib/

Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberly Region.
Copyright Nicholas Thieberger 1996. "The production and publication of the printed version of this data was supported by the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, under a grant from the Commonwealth Schools Commission, the WA Arts Board and the Western Australian Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority."
url: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/oldWA/contents.htm

Mura: Online Catalogue of AIATSIS Library
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Catalogue includes information gateways to Legislation and other sources relevant to ATSI issues.
url: http://unicorn.aiatsis.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat

Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists (WEDA)
Excellent directory developed and maintained by the Anthropology Department at the University of Buffalo. Search by persons name, institution, research interest or by geographical location.
url: http://wings.buffalo.edu/WEDA/

Haddon: the Online Catalogue of archival ethnographic film footage 1895-1945
"The HADDON Project was coordinated by Marcus Banks and Tina Stoecklin at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and supported by the Economic and Social Research Council." The project is currently maintained by Marcus Banks. HADDON contains HADDON catalogue contains records of over 1500 films and lengths of film footage shot between 1895 and 1945.
url: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/isca/haddon/HADD_home.html

Guide to the Collections of the Human Studies Film Archives
Smithsonian Institution Website "The Human Studies Film Archives is an internationally recognized center devoted to collecting, preserving, documenting and disseminating a broad range of ethnographic and anthropological moving image materials."
url: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_toc.htm

AIATSIS Fact Sheets, Guides, Etc.
Includes the Annual Bibliography which covers entries for books, articles in books and periodicals, conference papers, manuscripts and theses that have been added to the Library catalogue. This version supersedes the printed Annual Bibliography of previous years. It is available for downloading in PDF format. The printed edition is held in Fisher Library 016.572994 3, Health Sciences 016.572994 3, and Nursing 305.89915016 AUS. Check catalogue for holdings.
url: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/lbry/fct_shts/fct_shts_hm.htm

ARD- Anthropological Review Database
Compiled and maintained by University at Buffalo, Department of Anthropology "...fully searchable, database of reviews of anthropological books, audiovisual materials, software & multimedia, exhibits, tourist sites, conferences, and on-line resources."
url: http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/

Resources for the Anthropological Study of Food Habits
Comprehensive resource for many aspects of the anthropological study of food and nutritional habits around the world
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/

International Commission on the Anthropology of Food
http://erl.orn.mpg.de/~icaf/

CIKARD: Centre for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture.
Based at Iowa State University the goal of CIKARD is to "...collect indigenous knowledge and make it available to development professionals and scientists." Browse within subject categories or keyword search the CIKARD Database for citations. Subject areas of interest to Anthropologists include Indigenous management systems, traditional medicine, ecology, ethnobotany and sustainable agriculture. Some full-text information is available at the CIKARD site.
url: http://www.ciesin.org/IC/cikard/CIKARD.html

Centre for Pacific Studies Literature Databasse
From the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands this database contains bibliographic references to articles in over 100 academic journals relating to Oceania.
url: http://www.kun.nl/cps/

Anthropology in the News
News from a variety of sources (print and Internet) in the broad areas of Socio/Cultural Anthropology, Bioanthropology, Linguistics and Archaeology. Anthropology in the News is compiled and maintained by the Anthropology Department, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University.
url: http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html

Anthropology Today Calendar of Events.
From the Royal Anthropological Institute Anthropological Events and Coferences around the world from now until the year 2001.
url: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/rai/AnthToday/calendar.html

Anthropology Biographies
Brief biographical information for prominent Anthropologists developed by anthropology students at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. Does not include many Australian Anthropologists.
url: http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/

South Pacific Islands Web Atlas.
Produced by the GIS Unit, Geography Department, The University of the South Pacific. Includes Economic and Population data.
url: http://www.usp.ac.fj/gisunit/pacatlas/

Moving Images of the Pacific Islands: An On-line Database.
Searchable database available at the Center for Pacific Island Studies, University of Hawai'i The database comprises over 2,362 entries for films about the Pacific Islands. There is information about the films, and where to locate a copy if interested.
url: http://www.hawaii.edu/oceanic/film/

Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology.
Special publication of the American Anthropological Association, no. 23. Edited by Joan Cassell and Sue-Ellen Jacobs
url: http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/toc.htm

Papua New Guinea Records 1883-1942. Microfilm Collection.
National Archives of Australia Research Guide.
url: http://www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs148.html

Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians in NSW
National Archives of Australia. Mainly historical information.
url: http://www.naa.gov.au/publications/research%5Fguides/guides/chinese/pages/cover.htm

American Anthropological association Style Guide and Electronic Submission Information.
url: http://www.aaanet.org/aa/styleguide.htm

Professional Information

Australian Anthropological Society
Information about the Society and membership.
url: http://www.aas.asn.au/

Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.
International organization dedicated to comparative studies of Pacific topics
url: http://www.asao.org

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Information about membership and publications. Links to the current issue of Anthropology Today (Held University of Sydney Fisher Library 301.05 64 1985+), Anthropology Today Calendar of Events and Anthropological Literature Online.
url: http://www.therai.org.uk

American Anthropological Association
Well organised site providing information on membership, Annual Meeting registration, List of Meetings of interest to Anthropologists (mainly American), Ethics, Section and interest groups, publications and an Internet Resources directory which includes a listing of Societies for specialist branches of Anthropology including medical and visual anthroplogy.
url: http://www.aaanet.org/

European Association for Social Anthropologists
General and conference information.
url: http://www.easaonline.org/

Society for the Anthropology of Europe
Information about the Society, an Electronic discussion group H-SAE and Internet resources for the anthropology of Europe.
url: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~sae/sae/index.html

Society for Medical Anthropology
Section of the American Anthropological Association. Links and general information.
url: http://www.medanthro.net/

Anthropology in Action
Professional resource for Anthropologists concerned with "...health social and community work, education, organisational change, development and other fields of policy and practice." Previously the British Association for Social Anthropology in Policy and Practice
url: http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/anthropologyinaction/

Association for Feminist Anthropology
url: http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~afaweb/

Multimedia and Instructional Material

South East Asian Images and Texts Project (SEAiT)
Searchable digital image archive, created at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Southeast Asian Studies. "Note: Currently, the SEAiT image archive only contains photos from the Philippines. As the project expands, photos from other Southeast Asian areas will be added."
url: http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/seait/

Kinship Tutorial & Social Organisation: An Interactive Tutorial
Created by Brian Schwimmer, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba. The tutorail includes notes on use and and instructional design. Please read copyright notice.
url: http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/kintitle.html

The Wild Ducks
An On-line multmedia documentary by S. Pockley about his father's travels in Central Australia in 1933. Wild ducks includes a description and navigational aid.
url: http://www.acmi.net.au/FOD/

Experience-rich Anthropology.
Site dedicated to "Enhancing the teaching and learning of anthropological concepts by widening student experience using anthropological field materials. Support is provided by a consortium of UK universities led by CSAC (Centre for Social Anthropolgy and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury) which is developing "experience-based" teaching units over 3 years with the support of UK HEFCE funding.
url: http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/ERA/

Anthropology Tutorials
Tutorials on physical and cultural anthropology developed by Palomar College in the United States. The tutorials cover both physical and cultural anthropology Palomar College also has an excellent directory of Anthropological Internet resources.
url: http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/

Full-text Documents

Fourth World Documentation Project
Created and maintained by the Center for World Indigenous Studies this site aims "....to present the online community with the greatest possible access to Fourth World documents and resources. The Fourth World Documentation Project is an online library of texts which record and preserve our peoples' struggles to regain their rightful place in the international community." This site contains full-text documents from many regions and from International organisations. There is a separete section for Treaties, Agreements, and Other Constructive Arrangements.
url: http://www.cwis.org/fwdp/fwdp.html

Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies.
Articles from postcolonial studies journal Published by the College of the Humanities and Social Sciences North Carolina State University, ISSN 1098-6944. Also includes links to other academic sites for post colonial and postmodern studies.
url: http://152.1.96.5/jouvert/

Working Papers State, Society and Governance in Melanesia.
From the National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, The Australian National University. Many papers are available in PDF format for downloading.
url: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/