Sunday, March 8, 2009

James Peacock - from "The Anthropological Lens"

This is an e-book, accessible through Gary Library.  If you haven't used Union's e-brary before, you may need to add a bit of software and perhaps a username and password (I think we're all up to our eyebrows in usernames and passwords by now!).  But there's starting to be some very good stuff available through this portal, and it's certainly a quick and cheap way to get books, plus it offers some interesting possibilities for note-taking, since you can highlight stuff electronically and save quotes to a digital file if you want to.

So.  Here's how you get to "The Anthropological Lens:  Harsh Light, Soft Focus" through the e-brary.


Search in the "Find Books" area at the top of that page - eg. for "anthropological lens"

When the title comes up, click on the web address (the URL) that's with it.

This should get you to the book itself. You only need to read the first chapter of this, called "Substance."

If you want to use any of the fancier tools (eg. to print, highlight, take electronic notes, save the book to your personal bookshelf, etc.), you'll need to download the "ebrary Reader" software and get a username and password so that you can use it. Let me know if you have questions about that, or contact Susan Whitehead at the library (susan.whitehead@myunion.edu). She's terrific at walking people through this stuff!

Remember, it's only Chapter 1 that you need to read for our April seminar meeting.

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