Where can I find coverage information about cultures, regions or subjects included in eHRAF?
We offer HTML, PDF and Excel versions of our coverage information on our Reference Materials page.
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Where can I find ADA/Accessibility compliance information for eHRAF?
There is a link in the sidebar menu and at the foot of every page in eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology to our up-to-date ADA/Web Accessibility compliance information.
What is the current count of the contents in the eHRAF Databases?
As of April 9, 2026 eHRAF World Cultures 365 cultures 6,744 documents 790,784 pages eHRAF Archaeology 110 traditions 2,649 documents 160,592 pages
Why isn’t Culture X in eHRAF World Cultures?
As of 2020, eHRAF has 330 cultures included, which is well below the thousands of cultures that exist in the world. HRAF’s mission is to facilitate cross-cultural research with as much in-depth cultural coverage as…
How can I get OCM or OWC updates?
At this time, we do not have a system for providing updates of HRAF’s Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) thesaurus to external users. However, we are actively pursuing creating such a system which should include…
How much existing literature about a culture is included in eHRAF?
We attempt to include as much information as we can about each culture, keeping in mind that the aim of our database is to compare and contrast cultural and social life. Since the emphasis is…
Is indexing still taking place or is it a closed collection?
HRAF collections are expanded and updated annually, with new cultures added to eHRAF World Cultures and new traditions added to eHRAF Archaeology typically in the spring. You can see recent and forthcoming additions to each…
How often are the databases updated?
HRAF collections are expanded and updated annually, with new cultures added to eHRAF World Cultures and new traditions added to eHRAF Archaeology typically in the spring. eHRAF World Cultures Currently, we add 10-20 cultures annually…
Is GIS or location data available in eHRAF?
Currently, GIS data is not available in eHRAF. Although latitude and longitude coordinates are not yet available as coded data, location information can be found in eHRAF by searching using the OCM code for Location…