Cyberculture : a guide to library resources Contents: Starting Points The guide to Anthropology dictionaries/encyclopedias will help if you need explanations of anthropological terminology or theory. Netlingo may help with definitions of popular Internet words and definitions. To find overviews on the subject try the following: Anthropology of online communities (2002) [electronic]
[Reviews anthropological approaches to the phenomenon of Internet-based groups and collectives. Published in volume 31 of the Annual Review of Anthropology. Also available in print format] Cyberculture theorists (2007) [print]
[Introduces key ideas and concerns within cybertheory, then discusses the major concepts developed by three theorists] Introduction to cybercultures (2001) [print]
[An introduction to the major forms, practices and meanings of cyberculture] Virtual ethnography (2000) [print]
[Demonstrates the net to be both a site for cultural formations and a cultural artefact which is shaped by people’s understandings and expectations]
Finding Books In The Library CatalogueBooks can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material - for example: cyberculture
cyborgs
hackers
"information superhighway"
internet and "social aspects"
cyberspace and "social aspects"
"information society" and cultur?
"virtual reality" and (anthropol? or ethnog?)
Click here if you need help with constructing keyword searches using techniques such as truncation and Boolean operators Finding Journal Articles Using Databases Journal articles can be found through databases listed in the Databases for Anthropology guide - Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier and Sociological Abstracts are probably the best starting points. Web ResourcesThe following are starting points for resources on the Web Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
[Located at the College of Arts & Sciences at Virginia Tech., the CDDC provides one of the world's first university base digital points-of-publication for new forms of scholarly communication, academic research, and cultural analysis] Computer-Mediated Anthropology
[Located at the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of South Florida. This online resource centre examines the intersection between anthropology and computing] CyberAnthropology Page
[Compiled by Steve Mizrach this is an eclectic list of resources on the impact of anthropology and high technology] k.i.s.s. of the panopticon
[Created by Dougie Bicket of the School of Communications, University of Washington, this site is designed to provide a quick and easy guide to "cultural/critical theory and its relationship with communications and new media, including the Internet"] philbu.net
[Site arranged and maintained by Philipp Budka. Provides resources about the anthropology of cyberculture]
New Media & Cyberculture
[Communication Studies resource guide from Washington University Library]
Last update: June 2 2009 Helen Attar
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