SUBJECT AREA:  GN-GV - ANTHROPOLOGY, FOLKLORE, CUSTOMS, RECREATION

Purpose: Supports the work of students in anthropology as well as several humanities and social sciences fields. "Customs" includes social aspects of housing/dwellings, dress, holidays/festivals, etc.

Existing Collection Strength:

GN - Anthropology:
Selective (3) - This is a solid collection. Materials on specific peoples and races are classified in D-F.

GR - Folklore:
Advanced (4) - This collection is also supported by an endowment fund (Mary Mellish). Folk literature is classified in P, folk music in M.

GT - "Customs":
Areas of this miscellanea are at the Selective (2) level, costume for example. Others are Basic (1). Specific country customs fall in D-F.

GV - Recreation:
Basic (1)

Current Collecting Intensity: As above with the exception of Folklore (GR). The current collecting level for Folklore is Selective (2) with strength in journal titles and weakness in monographs. Collecting should be at the Representative level (3).

Geographic Focus: Worldwide for Anthropology and Folklore, North America and Western Europe for Customs and North America for Recreation.

Chronological Focus: All periods.

Languages Collected: Primarily English.

Formats Collected: Books and journals play almost equal roles in Anthropology (GN). Folklore (GR) also collects both books and journals, books only for Customs (GT) and Recreation (GV). A/V materials are important e.g. videos in anthropology and folklore.

Access to Journal Articles: There is a free web index, Anthropological Index Online, to articles in Anthropology. Many of the multidisciplinary electronic indexes cover the field of anthropology. A printed index, International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology, is useful for very comprehensive coverage.

Date: May 2001
Selector Responsible: Ruth Miller

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