Evolving Internet Reference in Anthropology: What Our Patrons Want and How We Can Help Them Find It

Reference work in anthropology has evolved in a variety of directions with the growth of the Internet and World Wide Web. This discussion of that evolution stresses the ways in which existing Internet resources can be used to answer eight of the most common categories of reference questions in this extraordinarily broad and diverse discipline. These categories were identified through an informal survey of anthropology reference librarians and subject specialists. (C) 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.