eHRAF World Cultures

eHRAF World Cultures
Michelle Chronister • LIS458LE • July 21, 2007
Agenda
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What is it?
Why use it?
How is it organized?
Browse eHRAF
Questions
– at any time - also later via Moodle or email
(mchroni2@illinois.edu)
What is eHRAF World Cultures?
• Formerly known as eHRAF Collection of
Ethnography
• Cross-cultural database organized by
ethnic and cultural groups
• Subject indexed at the paragraph level
• Full-text documents, mostly primary
sources
Why use eHRAF?
• Find information about specific groups
– e.g. the Kuna peoples of Panama
• Find cultural information across groups
– e.g. about marriage rites or kinship practices
• Find cultural information about a specific
part of the world
– e.g. Eastern Africa or Thailand
How is eHRAF organized?
• Cultures
– A-Z Index
– Regions
– Countries
• Subjects
– A-Z Index
– Major Subjects
– Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) Code
Browse by Country
• Click on “Browse” → “Cultures” → “Countries”
• Scroll down to “Iraq” and click on “Kurds”
Kurds
Kurds
Kurds
Browse by Subject
• Click on “Browse” → “Subjects” → “OCM Code” → “600699”
• Clink on “Kinship Terminology”
Browse by Subject
Search eHRAF
Hopefully you better understand what eHRAF is, how it is
organized, and therefore will be able to search it better in the
future.
*Contains great help for using different search features.
Additional Resources
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Tutorial on HRAF from the Education and Social Science Library at
UIUC
– http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/hraf.pdf
– Updated version should be posted soon
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Visual Tutorial from eHRAF
– http://www.yale.edu/hraf/guides/VisualTutorial2008.pdf
– Long, but contains much more detailed information
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List of cultures covered
– http://www.yale.edu/hraf/collections_body_ethnoallformats.htm
– Detailed information about coverage by culture in print, microfiche, and
online
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History of HRAF
– http://www.yale.edu/hraf/about.htm
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Dues and fees
– http://www.yale.edu/hraf/collections_body_ethnodues.htm
Thanks!
Questions?
mchroni2@illinois.edu
Photos and screenshots from eHRAF World Cultures
website - http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ehrafe/