[Anthropgrad] Temporary free access to eHRAF database

[Anika Koenig]

Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit organization at Yale 
University, would like to provide you with temporary free access to 
its eHRAF World Cultures/Archaeology databases.  The eHRAF databases 
are ideal for research and teaching, especially for those researching 
either individual societies or conducting cross-cultural studies on 
particular subjects.

TEMPORARY ACCESS TO HRAF'S CROSS-CULTURAL DATABASES:
eHRAF World Cultures: 
<http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/>http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu
eHRAF Archaeology: http://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu
username: ehraf
password for April/May 2009: 25Navajo6
(feel free to forward the above-listed password to your colleagues)

DATABASE DESCRIPTIONS:
The eHRAF World Cultures/Archaeology are Web-based, multi-cultural 
databases for scholars, researchers, and students with an interest in 
cultural diversity. The annually-growing eHRAF databases are unique 
in that the information is organized into cultures, ethnic groups and 
archaeological traditions and the full-text documents (books, 
articles, and dissertations) are subject-indexed at the paragraph-level.

The eHRAF World Cultures database contains nearly half a million 
pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life with 
diverse topics ranging from bringing up children to religious beliefs 
to causes and cures of diseases. The eHRAF Archaeology database 
includes "classics" such as the Mayan and Scythian cultures. eHRAF 
serves as excellent research and teaching tool for cross-cultural 
studies. As a multi-cultural database, eHRAF appeals to many academic 
disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, and any 
other discipline with an interest in cultural diversity.

UPCOMING SAA MEETING
Are you attending the upcoming 74th annual meeting of the Society for 
American Archaeology (SAA) in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 
22-26th?  If so, HRAF would like to invite you to stop by the HRAF 
booth # 305 for a demonstration of the eHRAF databases.

SEMESTER-LONG TRIAL:
If you and your students would like to try eHRAF for an entire 
semester, why not contact HRAF for a free semester-long trial?  A 
semester-long trial can be set up by the institutions library either 
via password or IP authentication and would enable all users to 
access the eHRAF databases from all on- and off-campus locations 
during a semester.

Now academic institutions can enjoy savings up to 70% in membership 
dues.  Please contact me if you would like to find out more on 
membership, or for any other questions regarding the eHRAF databases.

Sincerely,

Christiane Cunnar
Member Services
Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University
755 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: 1-800-520-HRAF or 203-764-9401
Fax: 203-764-9466
Email: christiane.cunnar at yale.edu
Web: www.yale.edu/hraf