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American Civilization Homepage

http://www.infi.net/amcivilization/

The American Civilization Web site is designed as the point in cyberspace to discuss, define, and articulate a vision for the future of American Civilization. You can upload your own views on topics discussed, which will be updated daily and summarized in a monthly journal.

American Sociological Association (ASA)

http://www.asanet.org/

The ASA is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. On their Web site you will find membership information, several online bulletins, employment listings, and much more of interest to professional sociologists.

Association for Humanist Sociology

http://www.kutztown.edu/~ehrensal/ahshome.html

Humanist sociologists strive as professionals, as scholars and as activists to uncover and address social issues, working with others to lessen the pain of social problems. This site includes a mission statement, conference schedule, and membership information.

The Canadian Journal of Sociology (CJS)

http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~cjscopy/cjs.html

The CJS is a rigorously peer-reviewed, quarterly journal published at the University of Alberta. Online you will find abstracts of past and forthcoming issues, selected articles and reviews, and subscription and submission information.

Center for Rural Studies (CRS)

http://www.uvm.edu/~cdae/crs/

The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) is a nonprofit, fee-for-service research organization which addresses social, economic, and resource-based problems of rural people and communities. This combined Web and Gopher site provides information on CRS's five main research areas: Agriculture, Human Services, Economic Development, Energy, and Environment/Natural Resources.

Center for the Study of Online Communities

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/csoc/

The Center for the Study of Online Community seeks to present and foster studies that focus on how computers and networks alter people's capacity to form groups, organizations, institutions, and how those social formations are able to serve the collective interests of their members. Includes papers on related topics.

Centre for MediaSociology (CeMeSo)

http://www.vub.ac.be/SCOM/cemeso/index.html

The Centre for Media Sociology, a research center attached to the Free University Brussels, primarily investigates the role of the media in the transformation of the public sphere. Specific fields of scientific interest include: intercultural communication, racism & minorities, media, and the fourth estate.

Centre for Social Theory and Technology (CSTT)

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/stt/home.htm

The CSTT is a new leading research center for social, information, and organization theory sponsored by the departments of management and sociology/social anthropology at Keele University in Staffordshire, UK. Find details here on research projects and publications.

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

http://www.ciesin.org/

The CIESIN is developing ways to help you access and use data and information that will help you understand the impacts of global environmental change and support sustainable development. At this Web site you will find information on current projects, information resources, and much more.

CTHEORY

http://www.ctheory.com/

CTHEORY is an international, electronic review of books on theory, technology, and culture. Sponsored by the Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, reviews are posted periodically of key books in contemporary discourse as well as theorizations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape. It is possible to search for online articles by date submitted, but not by subject.

The Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive

http://dawww.essex.ac.uk/

The Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive at the University of Essex houses the largest collection of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom. Several different search engines are available at this site to access the collected data, as well as information on internship programs.

European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER)

http://www.ruu.nl/ercomer/index.html

ERCOMER studies issues of growing cultural complexity and problems of social integration and social exclusion, primarily from the European perspective. This site details the Centre's research efforts, publications, and conferences. Includes a full annual report from the 1994-1995 academic year.

Filmakers Library

http://www.filmakers.com/

Filmakers Library distributes award-winning documentaries on social issues, global concerns and academic subjects, such as psychology and anthropology, to educational institutions and libraries.

The Future of Children

http://www.futureofchildren.org/

The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being, with special emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation, translating existing knowledge into effective programs and polices, and promoting constructive institutional change. Online articles and subscription information are given at this Web site.

Gallery of Social Structures: Network Visualization

http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/~lk/netvis.html

The Network gallery documents work in progress in our efforts to visualize social structures. The aim is to develop experience about how automatic procedures can be combined with aesthetics to ease insight into usually complex phenomena. This site provides research summaries and demonstrations, a bulletin board service, and more.

The Human Rights Web Home Page

http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/hrweb.html

This informative site provides a history of the human rights movement, links to organizations involved in the fight to promote human rights, and information on what you can do to be involved. Also includes legal and political documents from organizations such at the United Nations.

The Institute for Propaganda Analysis

http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/ipa.htm

The Institute for Propaganda Analysis was created in 1937 to educate the American public about the widespread nature of political propaganda. This site details the Institute's publications and research.

International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)

http://thecore.socy.scarolina.edu/insna.html

This page contains information about the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) and related subjects. Here you will find Social Networks information, reference sources and links to related home pages. They hope that future additions to these pages will include areas for automated data collection.

International Sociological Association (ISA)

http://www.ucm.es/OTROS/isa/

The goal of the Association, as stated in these pages, is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of their school of thought, scientific approaches or ideological opinion, and to advance sociological knowledge throughout the world. Online you will find research summaries, conference information, abstracts, links to national sociological groups, and more. Pages available in English, French, and Spanish.

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

http://www.scj.albany.edu:90/jcjpc/

This online journal serves the criminal justice/criminological community by publishing reviews of all types of popular culture artifacts and original essays pertaining to the intersection of popular culture and criminal justice. Here you will find the full text online, along with an index searchable by author. Of course, submission information is also given.

The Journal of Latin American Perspectives

http://wizard.ucr.edu/~asampaio/lap.html

Latin American Perspectives is a theoretical and scholarly journal for debate and discussion on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. The journal offers a multidisciplinary view of the most powerful forces shaping the Americas, such as economics, political science, international relations, history, sociology, and culture.

Journal of World-Systems Research

http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html

The Journal of World-Systems Research is an electronic journal dedicated to scholarly research on the modern world-system and earlier, smaller intersocietal networks. At this Web site you will find subscription information and archived copies of past issues.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

http://www.ncjrs.org/

This site provides detailed information on the U.S. criminal justice system, encompassing several different government organizations. Includes a searchable index of topics and research information.

Population Index

http://opr.princeton.edu/popindex/

This quarterly bibliography publication from Princeton University is now available online. The entire published database for 1986–1995 is available and can be searched by author, subject matter, geographical region, and year of publication. Also find out how to subscribe to the printed version of the Population Index.

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

http://www.prb.org/prb/

PRB is dedicated to providing timely, objective information on U.S. and international population trends. This site includes publications, membership information, and the chance to query the 1995 World Population Data Sheet as prepared by PRB.

Population Studies CenterUniversity of Michigan

http://www.psc.lsa.umich.edu/index.html

PSC is one of the outstanding demographic research and training institutions in the world, located at the intersection of social science and demography across the nation and world. Included at this Web site are a searchable data archive, research papers, a publications listing, and many related links.

Society for Applied Sociology

http://www.indiana.edu/~appsoc/

The Society for Applied Sociology, founded in 1978, is an international organization for professionals involved in applying sociological knowledge in a wide variety of settings. Here you will information on conferences, membership, and publications.

Sociological Research Online

http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/socresonline/

This is the Web site for a new online sociological journal (first issue March, 1996). Contains full articles, reviews, calls for papers, and more. This project is partially funded by the British Sociological Association.

Sociology Gopher Resources

gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/global/socsci/soc

This Gopher server at the Library of Congress provides links to dozens of other sociology-related Gopher servers and institutes world-wide. A good starting point for sociology research.

The SocioWeb

http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

This site provides resources for sociologists, such as conference schedules, calls for papers, university job listings, research topics, and much more. One additional area included here not included in more "professional" sites is a forum for undergraduate research.

SOCNET

http://www.mcmaster.ca/socscidocs/socnet.htm

SOCNET provides a sorted index of sociology courses and curricula resources on the Internet. Here you will find links to online courses covering nearly any topic that relates to sociology.

U.S. Agency for International Development

http://www.info.usaid.gov/

This site provides information about the U.S. government's aid programs world-wide: who is being helped and how, the reciprocal benefits of foreign aid, and general information on developing countries. Includes many summary graphs of the information presented.

U.S. Civil Rights Code

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch21.html

This site at Cornell Univeristy provides the full text of the U.S. Civil Rights Code browsable by part in HTML format, not just a text listing. Includes a WAIS searchable index.

United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)

gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/11/ungophers/popin/

This Gopher server is funded by the United Nations to improve the flow of population information world-wide, and to encourage, initiate and facilitate exchange of population information and experience among population and information experts. Includes research information and links on many demographics-related subjects.

United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale University

http://www.library.yale.edu/un/unhome.htm

The United Nations Scholars' Workstation, developed by the Yale University Library and the Social Science Statistical Laboratory, is a collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and pointers to print and electronic information. Subject coverage includes disarmament, economic and social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, peacekeeping, and population and demography.

University of Chicago Press Sociology Catalog

http://press-gopher.uchicago.edu:70/1s/Subjects/Sociology

This page is the entry-point into U of Chicago's Gopher-based online catalog and ordering system for sociology texts. Search by author and subject or read the whole catalog, including book summaries.

World Neighbors

http://www.halcyon.com/fkroger/wn.html

World Neighbors is a US-based non-profit organization working at the forefront of worldwide efforts to eliminate hunger, disease and poverty in Asia, Latin America and Africa. This Web site contains information on how you can join their efforts, as well as description of World Neighbors projects searchable by country.

Worldwide Demography Resources

http://www.esrc.bris.ac.uk/Subjects/demog.html

Provides links to demographic resources based on the Internet, including data archives, mailing lists, discussion groups, research centers, and more.