- Academic Info – Social Science Gateway
Academic Info, from the University of Washington, provides high quality Web
resources for the social sciences. Enter in a search or browse by category.
http://www.academicinfo.net/subsoc.html
- Intute: Arts and Humanities
Intute: Arts & Humanities (IA&H) is a free online portal with a catalog of 18,000 indexed
Web sites covering the breadth of humanities and arts subjects. The researcher using IA&H
should be aware that this portal is a British site, and therefore the majority of the sites
referenced will be British. However, the site is recommended as a starting point for all
audiences, including undergraduates and faculty, interested in humanities and arts subjects.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/
- Research Resources for the Social Sciences (RRSS)
Organized into 18 categories (anthropology, demography, economics, political
science, etc.), RRSS provides extensives links to web sites of interest primarily
to students and professionals in the social sciences.
http://www.socsciresearch.com/
- Social Criticism Review
A collection of links to selected readings in social criticism by authors
who may differ from what is often heard in the mainstream media. They cover
many issues: progress, science, technology, protest, sustainable development,
economics, globalization, multinationals, environment, war, poverty, media,
genetic engineering, individual countries, and much more.
http://www.socialcritic.org/
- Social Science Data Archives
The SSDA Web site provides links to a wide variety of topics and in the "About
Databases" portion expedites access to massive information not available
in traditional formats.
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/Databases.html
- Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Another large Web site that features numerous Anthro links and is maintained
by The American Anthropological Association.
http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm
- Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this gateway site includes a very large
collection of Web resources relating to Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore,
and Folklife.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html
- Native American Home Pages
This site provides access to the home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and to other sites
that provide solid information about American Indian issues.
http://nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html
- NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/
- African Voices
This site, from the Smithsonian, dynamically presents cross-sections of the
history, culture, and art of Africa. The history section offers an interactive
timeline providing text and some striking images to narrate Africa's history
beginning with the first evidence of human ancestors and continuing to
the present day. The themes section features images and text on topics
such as wealth and work in Africa, the Kongo Crossroads, and Global Africa.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
- WebEc - WWW Resources in Economics
WebEc is an extensive collection of resources organized by subject areas
(i.e. General Economics, Micro- and Macroeconomics, Financial Economics,
Labor and Demographics, etc.).
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/
- EconData
Click on the ten best sites or the data collection links. This features data
collections such as statistical compendia, regional analyses and socioeconomic
forecasts.
http://Econdata.net/
- Internet Public Library - Economics
Examples of the many sites found here include the U.S. Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA), USA Today's Economy Track, and OANDA (the currency converter).
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/bus3000.html
- About.com - Economics
This economics guide, run by John Irons, is part of the About.com Web site.
It addresses general interest issues and does a good job covering new economic
events on the Internet.
http://www.economics.about.com/finance/economics/
- Dismal Scientist
This site offers macro and regional data with analysis plus general commentary.
http://www.dismal.com
For related Web sites, see the Business & Management, Statistics and Government categories.
Please see Geography, Maps & Flags
- WWW Virtual Library – International Affairs Resources
This section of the WWW Virtual Library presents over 1800 annotated links
that cover a range of international affairs topics or are dedicated to a
specific organization, country or region of the world.
http://www.etown.edu/vl/index.html
- INCORE Internet Country Guides
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) is a web resource
that focuses on providing scholarly information on ethnic conflicts in a
few selected countries. Each country guide typically includes an annotated
list of topical web sites, reports, news sources, maps and more, often from
familiar sources such as CIA World Factbook, Amnesty International, and numerous
United Nations web sites. Conflict management/peace studies.
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
- Nations of the World
From the Law Library of Congress. Includes global and international resources.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
- Official Governmental Web Pages by Country
In addition to offering several sites relating to specific countries, this
page includes links to the official sites of the United Nations, the European
Parliament, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, etc.
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/official.htm
- Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
Prepared by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, this site contains
education, health, political, social and economic information from approximately
85 countries. Users can search for information about a country, compare social
and political life, and/or learn about current events affecting specific
countries.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
For related Web sites, see the Government category.
- The Center for Responsive Politics
The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research
group that specializes in campaign finance. Find information about
campaigns, specific politicians, corporations and the political action
committees (PAC's) that support them.
http://www.crp.org
- CRS Annotated Constitution
An online, searchable version of the US Constitution available from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University. This version of the Constitution links to Supreme Court opinions, the United States Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations; it provides enhanced navigation of the text through linked footnotes and tables of contents.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/
- FactCheck.org
This site allows students to verify the accuracy of political ads, speeches and press releases. It also
covers current issues like Supreme Court nominations, the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. While no source
is completely free from errors, this site offers students another perspective to evaluate political issues.
http://www.factcheck.org/
- Government Performance Project
The Government Performance Project (GPP) is the nation’s only source for comprehensive and
independent information about state management performance. Includes a “Grading the States”
feature that evaluates state performances based on four categories – money, people, infrastructure,
and information. The GPP is sponsored by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
http://results.gpponline.org/
- GPO Access
A valuable resource for anyone wanting access to easily searchable text of the Constitution.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
- IGC (Institute for Global Communications)
This megasite is targeted to the social activist . Links to PeaceNet, EcoNet,
LaborNet, ConflictNet, and WomensNet can be found here as sites for about
400 members such as Amnesty International and Greenpeace.
http://www.igc.org/igc/
- Votesmart
Information on policy issues, elected officials, voting districts, voting
records and state election results.
http://www.vote-smart.org/
- Who are My Legislators? Wisconsin
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/waml/
For related Web sites, see the Government category
- Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
A nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.
http://www.agi-usa.org
- BUBL LINK : 301-306 Sociology
Created by the BUBL Information Service (Strathclyde University), this site
provides Web resources for Sociology cataloged according to Dewey Decimal
Classification.
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=2824
- Child Trends
Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization under the National Institute
of Health and Human Development (which collects and disseminates research
relevant to child issues), offers a thematically organized Web site that
covers a wide scope of childhood issues particularly interesting to researchers
and policy makers.
http://www.childtrends.org
- Global Distribution of Poverty
This site hosts the Global Poverty Mapping Project, which "seeks to enhance current
understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical
conditions of where the poor live." Provides data in a variety of ways that will appeal
to an array of learners and researchers interested in obtaining and using information
about poverty, food security, and inequality.
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
Contains information relating to the institute’s own research and public policy work
in a wide range of social and economic areas. Various publications (fact sheets, news
stories, reports, briefs, tools, conference proceedings) can be viewed and printed
(PDF format) free or ordered as hard copies at reasonable prices. Features a “Status
of Women in the States” report series (including Wisconsin).
http://www.iwpr.org/
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
This site contains historical material documenting the experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered people. It contains over two million individual pieces, including more than 16,000 books,
3,600+ titled collections of archived periodicals, 100,000 photographs, 2,300 linear feet of subject
files, and thousands of audio/visual materials, posters, paintings, protest signs, buttons, and other
memorabilia and realia of all sorts.
http://www.oneinstitute.org/
- A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
This creative Trinity College web site provides numerous links to sociological
web resources, as well as an interactive version of the game Sociology Jeopardy.
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html
- SocioWeb
Enter in a search or browse this gateway site by category.
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/
- Transparency International
This web site provides resources to understand and combat corruption. It describes itself as a politically nonpartisan
organization. The site defines corruption as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Most of the articles found
in this collection are timely and available without charge. A good starting point to begin exploring this global issue.
http://www.transparency.org/
- Urban Institute
This site provides analysis of policies and programs related to social, civic, and economic issues. It publishes reports
that cover a variety of urban topics in both the United States and abroad.
http://www.urban.org/
- Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women (VAW), a section of the National Women’s Health Information Center, provides information on a variety
of violence issues facing society from domestic or interpersonal violence against women to bullying children and elder abuse.
The site is easy to navigate. It includes data on violent acts against women and is a resource for information and help in
dealing with personal violence.
http://www.4woman.gov/violence/
- Youth at the United Nations
Deals with a wide variety of global youth issues and provides access to a library of UN documents related to youth.
http://www.un.org/youth
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