Culture names can be selected from a list of OWC terms in order to restrict your
search to specific cultures of interest. You may combine your Add Cultures selections with
Subjects or Keywords in the Advanced Search form. 
Using only the Add
Cultures function and leaving the rest of the search form blank will only retrieve abstracts
of documents as would otherwise be found on Publication Information pages.
Enter the eHRAF World Cultures interface and find the navigation bar at the top of the page.
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Click on
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Locate the Add Cultures box on the left-hand side of the page.
Note that this will read "Add Traditions" for eHRAF
Archaeology.
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Click on
to browse for and select one or more cultures to add
to you search. Alternatively, you can click the "Add All" button to select all
cultures; or, if you plan on also adding subjects and keywords to your search,
leave this form untouched to search all cultures by default.
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When you click on , a smaller window will pop up. Browse the list of
cultures using either the A-Z index, By Region or By Country buttons.
Feel free
to visit Browse Cultures to familiarize yourself with the menu structure and the
cultures available in eHRAF before constructing an Advanced Search. -
Click inside the check boxes to mark the cultures you wish to add to your
search. Choosing a top level category, such as a country name in the By Country
view, will enable you to select all cultures from that region at once.
Note that
alphanumeric OWC identifiers are always displayed beside culture names
throughout eHRAF. Click on any OWC identifier to open a pop-up window with
further information about that culture.
