LibGuides: SOC 201 Cultural Anthropology Research Guide: Internet

How to Cite...

EndNote is a Web-based tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including ASA (American Sociological Association) and AAA (American Anthropological Association.) EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community. Use your 8-digit PLNU ID card number to access EndNote Web.
Also look at these online resources for ASA citation help:
American Sociology Association web site
OWL ASA Resources

American Anthropological Association Style Guide - A PDF of the AAA guide.

Recommended Internet Sources

InfoMine
A directory of sites for the academic community. Note the two subsections of Cultural Diversity and SocSci & Humanities

Here you will find some useful websites for Cultural Anthropology. Place the cursor over the link for web site's content description. If you have suggestions for additional links, please contact your librarian.

Folklife Sourcebook
From the Library of Congress American Folklife Center.
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology
Anthropology section of Voices of the Shuttle project from University of California Santa Barbara.
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Sources suggested by the American Anthropological Association.
National Anthropological Archives/Human Studies Film Archives
Collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology. Collections represent four fields of anthropology – ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology – and include fieldnotes, journals, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video created by Smithsonian anthropologists and other preeminent scholars.
The Virtual Library of HIstory: Archaeology and Prehistory: Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Directory of sites relating to general anthropology and cultural anthropology.

Evaluating Websites

Diana Hacker's web site provides the following as a guide to web site evalution:

Authorship

Does the Web site or document have an author? You may need to do some clicking and scrolling to find the author’s name. If you have landed directly on an internal page of a site, for example, you may need to navigate to the home page or find an “about this site” link to learn the name of the author.
If there is an author, can you tell whether he or she is knowledgeable and credible? When the author’s qualifications aren’t listed on the site itself, look for links to the author’s home page, which may provide evidence of his or her interests and expertise.

Sponsorship

Who, if anyone, sponsors the site? The sponsor of a site is often named and described on the home page.
What does the URL tell you? The domain name extension often indicates the type of group hosting the site: commercial (.com), educational (.edu), nonprofit (.org), governmental (.gov), military (.mil), or network (.net). URLs may also indicate a country of origin: .uk (United Kingdom) or .jp (Japan), for instance.

Purpose and audience

Why was the site created: To argue a position? To sell a product? To inform readers?
Who is the site’s intended audience?

Currency

How current is the site? Check for the date of publication or the latest update, often located at the bottom of the home page or at the beginning or end of an internal page.
How current are the site’s links? If many of the links no longer work, the site may be too dated for your purposes.