LibGuides: Anthropology: Research Websites

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Country Data

Country data is usually composed of statistics and reports which can include economic indicators, political context, human rights, exports, and other information. These can typically be found through a variety of government and international organization websites. A few recommended resources are listed below.

CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 265 countries and regions through the CIA's perspective.
UN Human Development Reports
193 country reports on human development indicators such as gender equality, access to education, standard of living, and climate change pressures.
International Data (FRED)
Compiled by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and includes many worldwide economic indicators, with links to individual series (such as GDP and CPI) for each country, as well as a detailed description of the data. Descriptions are searchable by title, country, subject, and keyword.
Food and Agricultural Indicators (FAOSTAT)
Country reports on food access, average supply of protein, anemia, access to clean water, land use, and agricultural production compiled by the UN.
IMF Country Information
Reports on the 191 countries in the International Monetary Foundation including trade data, GDP, and inflation.

Anthropology Websites

These websites are recommended by your librarian to help you with your assignments and provide perspectives not always found in our paid library subscriptions.

AAA Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-racism resources in the field of anthropology collected by the Anthropology Association of America (AAA). Includes resources on teaching anthropology such as the Anthropoliteia #BlackLivesMatter Syllabus project.
American Folklore Society Folklife Wiki
The Folklore Wiki is a collective information-sharing enterprise that over time will become a comprehensive knowledge base about folklore and the field of folklore studies.
American Museum of Natural History
The Anthropology Division has acquired over 500,000 objects representing the peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific Islands. Over 250,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects representing the peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific Islands have been digitally imaged and are accessible online.
Cambodian Community History & Archive Project (CamCHAP)
The Cambodian Community History & Archive Project is a multilingual (English/Khmer), multimedia website presenting a historical ethnography of the Cambodians in Long Beach. Through photographs, historical documents, audio recordings, and video clips, this website situates the community’s growth within a particular historical moment at international, national, and local levels. A project of CSUDH and CSULB.
The Digital Archaelogical Record (tDAR)
tDAR is the digital repository of Digital Antiquity, a collaborative organization dedicated to enhancing preservation and access to the digital records of archaeological investigations. Hosted by Arizona State University, tDAR is supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Science Foundation , and a grant jointly funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Higher Education Funding Council for England of the United Kingdom acting through the Joint Information Systems Committee.
ESJOA (Electronic Student Journal of Anthropology)
A CSUDH student journal in anthropology
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program (CMHI) is an Active Research Archive and on-going Recording Program of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, devoted to the recording and dissemination of information about all known ancient Maya inscriptions and their associated figurative art