Ethnographic Research: Home

The Academic Search Complete  and  SocINDEX databases are good starting points to begin your search for ethnographic journal articles.

Search for a group or culture as a subject, using the database subject terms or thesaurus to explore group/subgroup terminology.

You can also combine a group with the terms, "culture," "subculture," "identity," or "ethnography" to find ethnographic articles.

Searching with an added term, "study," or "research" may also yield case studies or research articles.

Search by country or geographic location to select only articles about a people group in a particular location:

 

Many databases allow a searcher to limit to interviews in order to locate first person accounts:

Academic Search Complete

You can find great information in the library's reference section. Use the advanced search in the catalog to find relevant encyclopedias or reference books:

Examples of Results:

Find Reference E-Books in the Credo Database:

A good database for a country and culture overview is:

Global Road Warrior