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These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2017
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2013
An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Seremetakis, C. Nadia. 2017
The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology
Carrier, James G. 2013
Anthropology: Current and Future Developments
Bednarik, Robert G. 2015
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Spencer, Jonathan. 2010
Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
Gardner, Katy. 2015
Handbooks provide information resources about anthropology, and guides about conducting anthropological research.
What are Qualitative Research Ethics? By Rose Wiles
What are Qualitative Research Ethics? is a short open access eBook to research ethics is qualitative research. It can be read or downloaded here.
21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook edited by H. J. Birx
21st Century Anthropology is a two-volume handbook contains authoritative summaries for topics within anthropology. It can be found on campus, under the call number GN 25 .A144 2010.
Qualitative Data Analysis by Matthew B. Miles
Qualitative Data Analysis is a guide to data analysis for the social sciences. It can be found on campus, under the call number H 62 .M437 1994.
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Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology by Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
Perspectives is an open access textbook for teachers and students of anthropology. You can download it here.
The History of Our Tribe: Hominini by Barbara Welker
History of our Tribe is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries. You can download it here.
Latest News in Anthropology by The Guardian (UK).
A group blog devoted to ‘doing anthropology in public’ — providing well-written relevant discussion of sociocultural anthropology that everyone will find accessible. Visit Anthro{dendum} .
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