(Sponsoring Membership, Regular Associate Membership, Consortia Membership, and Trial information can be found here.)

Independent Researcher Membership

Independent researcher membership is available for single-use access to eHRAF World Cultures or eHRAF Archaeology over a 6-month or 12-month time period.

This category of membership is for independent researchers unaffiliated with a HRAF member institution who want to use the eHRAF databases for research, but not for teaching. Applicants must provide HRAF with their educational background, affiliation, a statement of how eHRAF will be used, and an explanation of why eHRAF cannot be used through an existing member institution. Member agreements must be signed by the database end user, even if dues are payable by another party (including gifts).

* individuals in middle income or lower income countries may inquire about discounted dues

Course Membership

Course Membership is available for access to a subset of the eHRAF World Cultures collection that belong to the Probability Sample Files (PSF). The PSF consists of 60 largely nonindustrial societies that meet certain data quality controls, one randomly chosen from each culture area. Some additional culture collections will be made available in this subset to facilitate teaching in conjunction with our eHRAF Workbooks.

This category of membership is available for instructors (not currently affiliated with a member institution) who wish to utilize eHRAF World Cultures for teaching a course. Course Membership is open to instructors affiliated with new or reactivating member institutions with at least a year’s gap between institutional membership and the request for course membership.

3-Year and 5-Year Membership

HRAF offers 3-year membership and 5-year membership options for new members with discounted dues. Learn more here.

Long Term Membership

HRAF offers long term memberships at a discount over current regular associate member dues or current consortium dues. The following discounts are offered:

• A 10-year membership for 9 years of prepaid dues
• A 20-year membership for 18 years of prepaid dues

Small Research Institute Membership

Small autonomous research institutes are eligible for annual memberships.

Public Library and Museum Membership

Public libraries and museums are eligible for annual memberships, with a sliding scale of dues based on the population served.

Native American Institutional Membership

As an organization dedicated to disseminating cultural information and research on human diversity, we greatly value diversity in our membership base. We offer special member dues for Native American and First Nations institutions in the United States and Canada. Not in the USA or Canada? See if you qualify for our special country membership. Contact us with your country name here.

Special Country Membership

As an organization dedicated to disseminating cultural information and research on human diversity, we greatly value diversity in our membership base. We offer reduced member dues for institutions in countries listed by the World Bank as Low-Income, Lower-Middle-Income, or Upper-Middle-Income, provided that the institution is not an international organization and the total library budget for material expenditures at the institution is less than US $500,000 annually.