American Anthropological Association (AAA) Delivers One-StopElectronic Resource for Research and Study

[Rachel Lee <rachel.lee@ucpress.edu>]

AnthroSource (sm) - the premier online resource for anthropology - now
available to libraries, AAA members, and the public

American Anthropological Association (AAA), the world's largest 
organization of anthropologists, and the University of California 
Press, its publishing partner, today announced the release of 
AnthroSource (sm), the premier online resource for anthropology now 
available at http://www.anthrosource.net.

This pioneering electronic scholarly resource provides access to the 
complete full-text archive of all peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, 
and bulletins published by the AAA - over 100 years of published 
scholarly research across 31 publications - and access to current 
issues of 11 AAA journals. Available to libraries at a low subscription 
price and to AAA members as a benefit of AAA membership, AnthroSource 
serves the research, teaching, and professional needs of 
anthropologists by providing users with a centralized electronic 
access point to the core scholarship in the field.

"AnthroSource is a long overdue addition to the suite of electronic 
resources available to anthropologists," said Bill Davis, Executive 
Director of the AAA. "We envision AnthroSource as the nexus for 
anthropological scholarship - a resource that will revolutionize the 
way that anthropologists, researchers, and students work."

In its first release AnthroSource is a dynamic content resource. 
Powered by Atypon Systems, the technology provider behind Blackwell 
Synergy and CrossRef, AnthroSource combines core AAA journal content 
with a powerful search engine and a robust delivery platform that 
allows users to personalize their research experience with options 
such as saved searches and email alerts. 

The AAA plans to greatly expand the content available in subsequent 
releases of the product.  AnthroSource will eventually provide 
scholars with a venue to access and exchange information such as 
bibliographic data, reference materials, conference proceedings, 
dissertations, multimedia objects, audio, and video. AnthroSource 
will also include articles from journals published by other 
organizations and provide access to unpublished gray literature with 
relevance to anthropological research.

"AnthroSource is much more than a content collection," said Rebecca 
Simon, Assistant Director for Journals Publishing at the University 
of California Press.  "It is an evolving, interactive repository of 
research and communications tools designed to unite anthropological 
scholarship in one place and support a strong community of scholars, 
teachers and students in the field." 

Individual scholars are invited to join the AAA to receive 
AnthroSource as one of its many membership benefits.  For more 
information on this exciting product, including full pricing, and 
free trial access for librarians, please visit 
http://www.anthrosource.net.

About the American Anthropological Association (AAA)

Founded in 1902, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is 
the world's largest organization of anthropologists and largest 
single publisher of anthropological journals.  The AAA's unparalleled 
and long-standing reputation as a publisher of seminal 
anthropological scholarship uniquely positions the Association to 
guide the development of AnthroSource. The AAA currently publishes 31 
publications annually, and has over 10,000 members.  For more 
information about the AAA, please contact Ghita Levine at 
glevine@aaanet.org or 703.528.1902 ext. 3039. 

About the University of California Press

The University of California Press produces 52 journals annually, 
including the 19 journals of the AAA.  One of the oldest scholarly 
publishers in the United States, the Press commands a distinctive 
repertoire of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, with 
concentrations in anthropology, history, sociology, cultural studies, 
law, and area studies.  For additional information, please contact 
Rachel Lee at rachel.lee@ucpress.edu or 510.643.4366. 

About Atypon

Since 1996, Atypon Systems Inc. has provided software and services to 
the information industry.  Atypon's electronic publishing software, 
Literatum, manages content for electronic journals for major websites 
such as Blackwell Synergy, Annual Reviews, the University of 
California Press, and CrossRef.  Atypon's customers range from 
non-profit organizations to the world's leading publishers. 

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