(n.d. Center for Public Interest Anthropology, Univ of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from Internet Archive, 14 August 2011) A series of brief articles providing general, simplified information about doing ethnography.
(5th ed. Altamira, 2011) The standard handbook for the topic. Offers individual chapters on specific techniques, e.g., participant observation, direct or indirect observation, text analysis, unstructured/semistructured/questionnaire interviewing, and more.
(5 vols. Altamira, 2010) Individual volumes cover ethnographic research design, specific techniques, analysis, and reporting through a mixed methods perspective.
(2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014)
More broad than Bernard's Research methods and more contemporary in the cultural domains it covers. Includes chapters on geospatical analysis, social network analysis, ethnography of online cultures, and a useful section on applying and presenting information.
(Left Coast Press, 2008) Print only: Holman Biotech Commons Q180.55.M4 T46 2008 Provides guidance in working through the difference between conjecture and fact in ethnographic analysis.
(4 vols. SAGE, 2005) Classic article reprints describing and illustrating the origins and definitions of fieldwork, the fieldwork experience, methods and methodology, ethics and politics in fieldwork, and analysis, outcomes, and reflections. The format can be difficult to use. See also: • Approaches to fieldwork (4 vols. SAGE, 2015).
(American Anthropological Assn, 1985) Print only: Museum Library GN397.5 .V365 1985 "Best seen as a compendium of those helpful tips we all wish we had offered our students" (Am Anthropol review).
(SAGE, 2012) Somewhat more general than its title suggests, a useful work with good bibliographies. See also:
• Ethnographic methods in education (4 vols. SAGE, 2012).
Reservation tools for Vitale Digital Media Lab (Weigle Information Commons, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center): videocameras, SLR cameras, audio recorders, and more.
(University of Chicago Press, 1995 and 2nd ed., 2011)
Print only: Van Pelt/Museum/Annenberg GN307.7 .E44
A very clear exposition of how to take fieldnotes. Priced cheap too.
Also see :
• Fieldnotes : the makings of anthropology / Roger Sanjek, ed. (Cornell University Press, 1990).
• eFieldnotes : the makings of anthropology in the digital world / Roger Sanjek and Susan W. Trainer, eds. (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016).
(Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1980) Print only. Many locations. A good collection of article reprints, albeit difficult to use, is: • Observation methods (4 vols. SAGE, 2013).
(Left Coast Press, 2013)
Print only: Museum Library GN347 .G84 2013
Presents examples and practices in photovoice, film and video, GIS, and digital storytelling as ethnography. See also:
• Handbook of participatory video / Elisabeth-Jane Milne et al., eds. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012)
(SAGE, 2011) Print only: Van Pelt stacks HM500 .M57 2011 . Presents methods for community-based visual data collection and analysis. Also covers community-made video.
(2nd ed. SAGE, 2020)
Surveys many different methods, including participatory video/photography, photoelicitation, child-produced drawings, photo diaries, repeat photography, etc. See also:
• Doing visual ethnography / Sarah Pink. (3rd ed. SAGE, 2013 and earlier eds.)