Sociology 
Sociology
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Library materials
in Sociology.
Watson Library recommended links:
Sociology and Social Sciences
Sociology General Resources:
The Scout Report for Social Sciences
American Political Science Association Online
Research Resources for the Social Sciences
American Sociological Association
Argus
Clearinghouse for Subject Oriented Resource Guides: Social Sciences and
Social Issues
Includes guides
that have been submitted by web-authors, then categorized and rated by
the well-known Clearinghouse's staff.
Galaxy
Social Sciences
Includes sociology
as well as anthropology, geography, political science and psychology.
Internet
Public Library: Social Sciences Resources
Includes links
to some reliable sociology sites.
Making
of America - Cornell University
Making
of America - University of Michigan
The Making of America
is "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from
the antebellum period through reconstruction." These sites provide full-text
access to more than 30 journal titles from the 19th century as well as
many monographs.
Research
Resources in Social Science
Provides pointers
to information and data in a variety of topics such as: survey research,
data sources, prominent sociologists, and electronic journals.
Social
Science Information Gateway
Links to sociological
disciplines, schools , theories and biographical information about notable
sociologists.
Social
Sciences Virtual Library
Contains leads to sociology sites, societies and current
news
SocioSite
The 'Subject Areas'
link provides access to fairly specialized subject categories such as 'Activism',
'Men's Issues' and 'Sport'. Scope is international.
Sociological
Tour through Cyberspace
A well-organized
outline of useful links, sometimes with accompanying commentary by the
author, a sociology professor at Trinity University in Texas. Check out
the 'Guide to
Writing a Research Paper'
WCSU
List: Sociology Internet Resources
An extensive list
of sociological links maintained by Western Connecticut State University.
WWW
Virtual Library - Sociology Links
Maintained by a
sociology professor at McMaster University, Canada and includes many international
links.
Data Resources:
Data on the
Net
Governmental, proprietary and university-based sources
of archival social science data.
Data
Resources for Sociologists
Provides a list
of publicly available data sets for primary and secondary analysis published
by the American Sociological Association.
Social
Science Data Archive
A selective list
from around the world.
Research Methods:
Bill Trochim's
Center for Social Research Methods
The Knowledge
Base is a user-friendly, comprehensive hypertext on applied social
science methods; the author is a professor at Cornell.
Statistics:
CenStats
Databases
Demographic, business
and trade statistics from the Bureau of Census.
Census2000
Newest census information.
FedStats
An easily navigable
gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Population
Reference Bureau
Includes access
to articles in the journal Population
Today as well as other articles and statistics compiled by PRB staff.
Statistical
Resources on the Web
There is a link
to useful sociology statistics on this web site which is maintained by
the Documents Center at the University of Michigan.
United Nations Population
Information Network
International, national and regional population information
and activities
Public Opinion & Survey Resources:
American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Some of the research
from the AEI deals with social issues, especially social welfare matters.
Gallup
Organization
Access to the Gallup
Poll surveys as well as other public opinion research.
General
Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System
Provides access
to GSS information which surveys U.S. households on a broad range of topics
such as abortion attitudes and television viewing habits.
Roper
Center for Public Opinion Research
Nonprofit, nonpartisan
archive of survey files dating back to 1930's; national and international.
Associations:
American
Sociological Association
Directories and
information of interest to all sociology majors as well as faculty and
practitioners.
Scholarly
Societies Project: Sociology
Links to national and international sociology societies
from the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Society
for the Study of Social Problems
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