Introduction to Teaching eHRAF

Carol R. Ember & Christiane Cunnar, editors

Teaching eHRAF is an innovative, interdisciplinary teaching esource for universities, colleges, and high schools aimed at providing faculty with ideas about how to use the eHRAF World Cultures/Archaeology* full-text databases in their curricula.

Currently most of the exercises have been written by faculty and HRAF staff, focusing on general anthropology, general archaeology, medical anthropology, and research methods ranging from easy (Level I) to difficult (Level III).

We invite faculty to look through the various exercises to see whether they fit their teaching needs. Please note that even though some of the exercises might not fit a particular course topic, they can still be used as “templates.” HRAF staff would be happy to assist with ideas in customizing the Teaching eHRAF exercises to fit the needs of your class.

As Teaching eHRAF grows, we hope that it will become a “place of exchange” for teaching materials in many disciplines. We encourage professors and instructors to submit teaching materials for Teaching eHRAF and we welcome diversity in style, theme, and level of difficulty.

*Using the exercises requires access to the online eHRAF World Cultures/Archaeology databases. If your institution is a member you should have automatic log on; if not you might be asked for a password.

For password information or a semester-long trial, if you want to submit a student exercise, and comments, please contact Christiane Cunnar, HRAF, at christiane.cunnar@yale.edu or call her at 1-800-520-HRAF, or directly at 203-764-9401.

To familiarize yourself with the eHRAF World Cultures/Archaeology databases and their unique indexing and search systems, we recommend that users view the eHRAF User Guides.