Anthropology Topic GuideThe Center for Research Libraries' collection supports research and instructional needs in anthropology with monographs, periodicals, and primary source material. Primary emphasis is on ethnography and cultural and social anthropology. Government records of colonial and post-colonial periods of European empires, as well as dissertations examining the socio-economic and political institutions that evolved during colonial periods are important elements of the collection. Works on folklore and other related literary sources can also be found.