Ethnographies at Monash Library
For information about Ethnographies, the following websites may be useful:
- What is Ethnographic Research?Ethnographic Research Centre
National Park Service
US Department of the Interior - A Synthesis of Ethnographic ResearchBy Michael Genzuk, PhD
Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research, University of Southern California
(This link is direct link to PDF file)
Finding Ethnographies
Search tips for finding the best ethnographic information at Monash University Library.
Use the name of a place, an ethnic group, AND (ethnolog* OR ethnograph*)
Note: Using the * as a truncation will search for items with all possible endings after the *. This search will find resources using the word Bali and the words ethnography, ethnographies, ethnographic, ethnology, ethnologies, ethnologic, and so on.
Instead of ethnology/ethnography, try "social life" or customs. Remember to use speech marks around phrases to search that exact phrase.
A sample search in Anthropology Plus is similar to one in Search, but arranged differently.
To find information on ethnographies more broadly, try searching for "case study" AND "cultural anthropology"
Library Search - Advance search
If you are still having trouble finding suitable ethnographies broaden your search to the place or ethnic group. Here's an example in eHRAF World Cultures database.
Remember, if you are not searching in an anthropology-specific database you should add AND anthropolog* to your search. (e.g. Hmong AND anthropolog*)
eHRAF World Cultures database search