Vision

AnthroSource is the indispensable research and educational resource for anthropologists, the primary professional venue for building global communities based on anthropological knowledge, and the authoritative source for a public understanding of anthropology.

Mission

The purpose of AnthroSource is:

• To enhance the AAA publishing program and to serve as a working model of best practices for scholarly communication in the social sciences.

• To enrich anthropological scholarship and teaching through a portal that integrates existing services and tools and promotes innovation.

• To support and foster the development of global communities of interest and practice based on anthropological knowledge.

• To increase the public visibility of and access to anthropological knowledge

Comprehensive coverage

Available in early 2005, AnthroSource will provide site license access to the core collection of journals published by the AAA. For a low subscription price, the initial offering of AnthroSource will bring 100 years of anthropological material on-line to scholars and the public, including:

• A complete electronic archive of all AAA journals
• Seamless access to archival content housed at JSTOR for key AAA publications including American Anthropologist (for subscribing institutions)
• Current issues for 11 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications

Global communities

AnthroSource is more than a content collection. It is an evolving, interactive repository of research and communications tools designed to bring the most credible and relevant of anthropological scholarship together in one place and support a strong community of scholars, teachers, and students in the field. AnthroSource provides institutions with an unprecedented opportunity to meet the challenges of the digital library and to anticipate the changing needs of its user community.