The American Anthropological Association's 

Anthropology Resources on the Internet Web Page 

is one of many links to this source of information.
 

Computer Programs Used in Ethnography

Useful Freeware and Free Web Resources

CU-SeeMe (CU-World)

CU-SeeMe

free black and white videoconferencing software available from Cornell University (chat rooms are at different reflector sites)

Eudora (PureVoice)

a free email software that allows you to attach voice messages to email - and play the taped message back slowly for transcription

PGPfone

free software program that enable people to talk over the internet without any long distance charge (and with privacy)

SchoolStat

free software to graphically demonstrate probability distributions (not with OSX)

Prototype Category: Constellations

free prototype database system designed to catalog, describe, and organize digital data

iVisit

iVisit (upgrade)

free videoconferencing software (all chat rooms are in one place)

AnSWR

free software system for coordinating and conducting large-scale,team-based analysis projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques

CDC EZ - TEXT

free qualitative software program developed to assist researchers create, manage, and analyze semi-structured qualitative databases (Windows)

Zoomerang

Survey Suite

free web survey tool, enables you to create your own user-friendly web surveys - maintained on the web, automatically sorts the data and provides a bar chart display of your results

Dialpad

free software to make telephone calls from your computer at a free or reduced rate

Skype

free Internet telephone software, allows you to make telephone calls from one computer to another (for free)

TAMS open source qualitative software for the analysis of textual themes


Free Email and HomePage Services

E-mail : HotMail
Home Page: AngelFire
E-mail: Juno (Windows only; completely free - no monthly charges to connect)
E-mail: Yahoo


Commercial Computer Programs for Ethnographic Data Analysis (contact information)

HyperRESEARCH

781-961-3909

ResearchWare, Inc.,P.O. Box 1258, Randolph MA 02368-1258

support@researchware.com

HyperQual2

602-892-9173

Raymond V. Padilla

(raymond.padilla@asu.edu)

NUDïIST

61(3)459-1699 or

805-499-0721 (Sage/Scolari)

The Ethnograph

413-256-8835

qualis@mcimail.com

Atlas.ti

805-499-1325

info@scolari.com


Commercial Computer Programs for Ethnographic and Qualitative Data Analysis (categories)

word processors, Metamorph, Orbis, Sonar Professional, The Text Collector, WordCruncher, or ZyINDEX

Word/phrase hunt or text retrieval

askSam, Folio VIEWS, Tabletop, and MAX

Organizing and sorting text systems or textbase management

HyperQual2, Kwalitan, QUALPRO, Martin, and The Ethnograph

Find and display coded data or code-and-retrieve programs

AQUAD, ATLAS/ti, HyperRESEARCH, NUDïIST, and QCA

Theory generation

ATLAS/ti, MECA, and SemNet

Theory testing

(See Weitzman and Miles (1995) for more discussion about these categories and a review of each of these software programs for qualitative data analysis.)


Commercial Software to Run Windows or PC Software on a Mac (G3 preferred)

Softwindows

Insignia software

Virtual PC

Connectix software


Internet Searcher Pages

AltaVista

Excite

HotBot

Yahoo


Internet Reference Pages

Libray of Congress

Smithsonian Institution

The Federal Web Locator

The New York Times Navigator

Xplore


Directory Assistance Pages

Four11

LookupUSA

MapsOnUs

MapQuest

Switchboard

Zip2


Collections of Freeware and Shareware

Father of Shareware

TUCOWS Collection of Internet Software


Selected Government Web Pages

Census Bureau

Department of Education

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

Individuals with Disabilities Act

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Labor

Geological Survey

NASA

NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative

National Park Service


Practical References

(while in the field)

Currency Converters

MedicineNet

free medical resources


File Tranfer Software

Fetch (Macintosh)

Fetchsoft (DOS/Windows)

WSFTP (Windows)

Look@Me

pcANYWHERE 32

Timbukto Pro


Voice Recognition Software

Dragon PowerSecretary (Mac)

Dragon Naturally Speaking (Windows)

Download Demo Site

IBM Via Voice

Via Voice Download Via the Web

IMB Voice Type Dictation Software (Gold)


Videocam Connections World Wide

Bill's Random Camera

EarthCam

Live Cam Pictures World Wide (and then select pictures worldwide).

provides a list of locations from Antarctica to the United Kingdom at Nicole's AnthroPage

Peeping Tom

Europe, North America, and World Locations


A few of the Most Useful Ethnographic Sites Include:


Teaching Tools

Experience Rich Anthropology project

seeks to make enhanced teaching materials available electronically to help convey what anthropology is all about


Anthro TECH Site of the Week

World Wide Web Library - Anthropology (click on the icon above)


Online Bibliographic Searching

Anthropological Index Online

online bibliography searching

Professional Organizations

American Anthropological Association

Society for Applied Anthropology

Society for Medical Anthropology

Society for Visual Anthropology

Academic Organizations

Anthropology Resources

Anthropology Resources at the University of Kent

Association of Social Anthropologists

Department of Anthropology of the University of Geneva, Switzerland

Ethnographics Laboratory USC (visual anthropology focus)

Royal Anthropological Institute

San Francisco State University Anthropology Department

UCSB Anthropology Web Site

UpDate

Collections

Anthropology (Texas A&M)

Naked Scientific Archaeology and Co-Ed Physical Anthropology Page

Nicole's AnthroPage

University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

William Calvin's Books and Articles

Directories

 

Anthropology and Archaeology Corner

Deaf Resource Library (Yale)

HELLENIC CIVILIZATION - Ariadne Network Gopher

Library of Congress (LC MARVEL) (Anthropology Collection)

Peabody Museum (Yale)

Polynesian Voyaging Society - University of Hawaii

RiceInfo (Rice University CWIS) (Anthropology Collection)

Texas A&M Anthropology Collection

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Anthropology

Univ of California, Berkeley, Library Anthropology Collection

Univ of Kent at Canterbury, Social Anthropology Archive

University of Texas - Dallas (Anthropology Collection)

World Wide Anthropology Resources

Yahoo's Directory - Anthropology and Archeology

Film Resource

Documentary Educational Resource


On-line Journals

 

Cultural Dynamics

Education Policy Analysis Archives (educational policy)

Journal of Political Ecology

Journal of World Anthropology

Journal of World Systems

The Qualitative Report

Committee on Institutional Cooperation Electronic Journals Collection


Selected Anthropological Listserves

ANTHAP home page

Society for Applied Anthropology/AAA listserve

ANTHRO-L

General Anthropology listserve

CAE-L

Council on Anthropology and Education listserve


Reviews and References Concerning Qualitative Research, Software, and the Internet

Fetterman, David - ethnography and the internet page, provides updated version of the equipment chapter of his new edition of Ethnography Step by Step.

Fetterman, D.M. (1989). Ethnography: Step by Step. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (13th printing). (See forthcoming new edition.)

Fischer, Michael (1994) - provides an excellent discussion about applications in computing for ethnographers

Fischer, M.D. (1994). Applications in Computing for Social Anthropologists. London, England: Routledge.

Fetterman, D.M. (1996). Book Review. American Anthropologist, 98(2):16-17.

Lutins, Allen - compiled a list of anthropological resources on the internet

Schwimmer, Brian - review and evaluation of anthropology on the internet

also available in Current Anthropology, Volume 37, Number 3, June 1996 p.561

Weitzman, Eben and Miles, Matthew (1995) - provides an excellent presentation of computer programs for qualitative data analysis

Weitzman, E.A. and Miles, M.B. (1995). Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Software Sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

© Fetterman 1998.