Primary Ethnographies

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Primary Ethnographies

• Books, dissertations, archival materials.
• References in handbooks, found in library
  catalogues, bibliographies of articles.
• There will be 3 or 4 famous (key) ethnographers
  often cited by others on a group.
• For Northern cultures, look at Aberdeen
  collections of microfiche (Native American
  series, Arctica series) and the collection of the
  National Museum of Canada (Mercury Series)

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Handbooks

• Handbook of North American Indians
• Handbook of American Indian Languages
• Handbook of South American Indians
• Handbook of the Indians of California
• Handbook of Middle American Indians

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Cambdrige Encyclopedias

• Latin America
• Hunter-Gatherers
• Russia and the Soviet Union
• Japan

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Authoritative Websites

• Cultural Survival
• http//www.culturalsurvival.org
• Royal Anthropological Institute
• http//www.therai.org.uk/
• SIL Ethnologue
• http//www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

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Keyword searches

• RAI Anthropological Index to the British Museum
• http//aio.anthropology.org.uk/aio/AIO.html
• ZETOC British Library Title Index
  http//zetoc.mimas.ac.uk
• Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
  http//wos.mimas.ac.uk/
• International Bibliography of Social Sciences
  http//www.bids.ac.uk
• British Index to Theses http//www.theses.com/

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Bibliographic Style

• Follow the format in the course guide.
• Marks deducted for incorrect style or sloppiness.
• Every comma and full stop is important.

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Sample assignment passed out next
weekAnnotated bibliography of scholarly books,
articles in journals and edited booksNOT list
of websites