Finding Anthropology Resources on the Internet, MSU-Bozeman Libraries, Spring 1997

Finding Anthropology Resources on the Internet...

Selected Anthropology-Related Sites
- General
  - Anthropology Links: E-mail, newsgroup, libraries and archives, journals, institutes and societies, university programs, museums, and more, gathered by the Society for Medical Anthropology.
  - Chicago Anthropology Exchange: "A completely student-run journal, edited and produced by students in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. It publishes articles, research reports, and reviews in all fields of anthropological inquiry."
  - History of Science Society: Provides publications, employment, research, funding opportunities, meeting information, as well as links to other research sites and academic programs world-wide.
  - Radiocarbon WEB-Info: Provides information about the radiocarbon dating method.
  - Rock Art Links - Petroglyphs and Pictographs: "A world-wide hypertextual encyclopedia showing Rock Art sites, texts, pictures..."
- Genetics
  - Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Data Base: A database compiled from information collected by the Cystic Fibrosis Genetic Analysis Consortium.
  - Human Genome Project Publications: Includes the DOE's Primer on Molecular Genetics and program reports.
  - Mutation Database Website: Aims "to facilitate communication between those interested in locus specific mutation databases and their integration into a system which allows access via computers to up-to-date lists of mutations in genes."
  - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: "This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Drs. Moyra Smith, Victor A. McKusick and their colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere... The database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information. It also contains copious links to NCBI's Entrez database of MEDLINE articles and sequence information."
- Primate Studies
  - Primate Info Net: From the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center University of Wisconsin - Madison.
  - Fossil Hominids: From Talk.Origins, a site that seeks to "summarize the current thinking about human evolution and the fossil evidence supporting it" in order to "refute creationist claims that there is no evidence for human evolution."
- Evolution
  - Biology and Evolutionary Theory: Also from the Talk.Origins Archive.
  - Evolution Homepage: A collection of links from the Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Selected Finding Aids
- Indexes, Catalogs, and Guides
  - The Argus Clearinghouse: Access to subject-oriented Internet resource guides, a series of hypertext guides covering many different subject areas, begun by the University of Michigan's University Library and the School of Information and Library Studies.
  - Yahoo: A hierarchical Internet directory/index. See, for instance, the Yahoo! Social Science: Anthropology and Archaeology subject category.
- Selected Search Engines
  - AltaVista: An Internet search engine that provides access to over 31 million pages found on 476,000 servers, and four million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups.
  - Excite: A search engine that boasts full indexing of 50 million URLs.
  - HotBot: Yet another engine.
  - Internet Search Engine Comparisons: Created by Greg Notess, a reference Librarian at MSU-Bozeman, this site compares the capabilities of some of the most popular search engines. This helps you understand how to use different search engines to ensure the best results. Greg also links you to several Internet sites that further discuss using search engines.

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Renne Library, Montana State University-Bozeman
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Last modified January 29, 1997

Finding Anthropology Resources on the Internet...

Selected Anthropology-Related Sites

Selected Finding Aids