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)
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
free software program that enable people to talk over the internet without any long distance charge (and with privacy)
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 (upgrade)
free videoconferencing software (all chat rooms are in one place)
free software system for coordinating and conducting large-scale,team-based analysis projects that integrate qualitative and quantitative techniques
free qualitative software program developed to assist researchers create, manage, and analyze semi-structured qualitative databases (Windows)
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
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)
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781-961-3909 |
ResearchWare, Inc.,P.O. Box 1258, Randolph MA 02368-1258 support@researchware.com |
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HyperQual2 |
602-892-9173 |
Raymond V. Padilla (raymond.padilla@asu.edu) |
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61(3)459-1699 or |
805-499-0721 (Sage/Scolari) |
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413-256-8835 |
qualis@mcimail.com |
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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)
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Insignia software |
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Connectix software |
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Department of Health and Human Services |
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free medical resources |
File Tranfer Software
Fetch (Macintosh)
Fetchsoft (DOS/Windows)
WSFTP (Windows)
Voice Recognition Software
Dragon PowerSecretary (Mac)
Dragon Naturally Speaking (Windows)
Videocam Connections World Wide
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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 |
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Europe, North America, and World Locations |
Teaching Tools
seeks to make enhanced teaching materials available electronically to help convey what anthropology is all about
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World Wide Web Library - Anthropology (click on the icon above)
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online bibliography searching |
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Department of Anthropology of the University of Geneva, Switzerland |
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Ethnographics Laboratory USC (visual anthropology focus) |
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Naked Scientific Archaeology and Co-Ed Physical Anthropology Page |
Deaf Resource Library (Yale)
Peabody Museum (Yale)
Univ of California, Berkeley, Library Anthropology Collection
Yahoo's Directory - Anthropology and Archeology
Education Policy Analysis Archives (educational policy)
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Electronic Journals Collection
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Society for Applied Anthropology/AAA listserve |
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ANTHRO-L |
General Anthropology listserve |
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CAE-L |
Council on Anthropology and Education listserve |
Reviews and References Concerning Qualitative Research, Software, and the Internet
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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.) |
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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. |
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Lutins, Allen - compiled a list of anthropological resources on the internet |
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Schwimmer, Brian - review and evaluation of anthropology on the internet |
also available in Current Anthropology, Volume 37, Number 3, June 1996 p.561 |
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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.