The following web pages provide additional information about geographic information systems and their utility to all kinds of research, not just anthropology. Many of them include detailed, succinct introductions with images and slide shows, and others present tutorials and links to online classrooms that teach users how to start learning GIS. These sources are provided for you to surf at your leisure, if so inclined.

Popular GIS software company: www.esri.com
Internet guide to GIS: www.gis.com
USGS GIS pages: www.usgs.gov/network/science/earth/gis.html
www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html
GIS center: ase.tufts.edu/gis/home/start.htm
GIS workshop: ncasi1.nerc.tufts.edu:443/projects/gis/workshop/level01/01.html
Center for Applied Spatial Analysis, University of Arizona: www.casa.arizona.edu