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The eHRAF Collection of Ethnography is a unique cross-cultural database with full-text ethnographies that are subject-indexed at the paragraph-level for precise retrieval of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. These materials are relevant to the various social science disciplines as well as the humanities and health sciences.

The HRAF Collection of Ethnography collection began to be built in 1949 in paper. From the 1950s until 1993, the annual installments of the HRAF Collection of Ethnography were distributed on microfiche. In 1993, with installment 42, microfiche production ended. Materials since 1994 (as well as retrospective conversions and updates of existing materials) are available in electronic form only (CD-ROM installments 43-49 & Web installments 43-current). Cultures in the microfiche and electronic versions are not covered in the same ways; the electronic versions include more recent source materials and not all the older sources are retained.