{"id":5411,"date":"2011-09-28T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/enews\/?p=5411"},"modified":"2019-01-08T01:18:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T01:18:19","slug":"trial-database-ehraf-world-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/2011\/09\/28\/trial-database-ehraf-world-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Database: eHRAF World Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.library.oregonstate.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu\/ehrafe\/index.do?browseSelect=null&amp;topSelect=1&amp;context=main\"><em>eHRAF World Cultures<\/em><\/a> is an online cross-cultural database  containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the  world. eHRAF is unique because each culture contains a variety of full-text  source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and  organized according to HRAF&#8217;s comprehensive culture and subject classification  systems: the <em>Outline of World Cultures (OWC)<\/em>, and the <em>Outline of  Cultural Materials (OCM)<\/em>. These retrieval systems extend search capability  well beyond keyword searching, allowing for precise culture and subject  retrieval, even in a foreign language. As a multicultural database, eHRAF  appeals to many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities,  medicine, and any other area with an interest in cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>This OSU Trial runs through 3\/31\/2012.<\/p>\n<p>Please tell us what you think.  Comments on this resource can be  submitted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/osulibrary.orst.edu\/collection_development\/electronicresources\/evalpub.htm\">electronic resource evaluation form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the world. eHRAF is unique because each culture contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF&#8217;s comprehensive culture and subject classification systems: the Outline&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/2011\/09\/28\/trial-database-ehraf-world-cultures\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1302512,1303471],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-databases","category-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/libraryenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}