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Many Sociology Organizations list specific Internet resources.

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Socioweb
Your Independent Guide to Sociological Resources on the Internet.
Topics include Giants of Sociology, Learning Sociology, Sociological Theory, Journals, Associations, Sociology in Action, Surveys and Statistics, Topical Research, University Departments, and Writings.

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Arab Social Science Research (ASSR)

Includes a listing of Research Centers and a Virtual Library that is indexed by Country, Resource, and Topic.

Archive for Sexology
Topics includes Courses in Sexology; Other Websites ; Online Library ; World-Wide Directory.
Robert Koch-Institute in Berlin

Baudrillard on the Web
"a list of links about and by Jean Baudrillard"

Canadian Social Research Links
"My purpose in creating and maintaining this site is to provide a comprehensive, current and balanced collection of links to Canadian social program information for those who formulate Canadian social policies and for those who study and critique them."
By Gilles SÈguin

Columbine High School Shooting
[Columbine High School Shootings] - Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff
"The following listing will allow the reader to navigate through the report and obtain details for activities that occurred around the Columbine High School incident. [April 20, 1999]"
Sections include: Time Lines ; Crime Scene Diagrams ; Detailed Information ; Photographs ; General Information ; Audio ; Video.
- From CNN

Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff - Columbine High School Materials Released
"Following is a list of items pertaining to the Columbine High School Shootings of April 20, 1999 ordered released to the public by the courts."

Google Directory - Columbine High School - (dead link)
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Cornell Dynamic Microsimulation Model
"...a microsimulation model of individual and family behavior through time"

Cybersoc
Sociology and Ethnography Research of Cyberspace
"...an online resource for social scientists interested in the study of the Internet, cyberspace, computer mediated communication and online communities."
Includes Papers ; Resources ; Bookstore - "all at a discount."
By Robin Hamman

Julian Dierkes' List of Sociology Links at Princeton
Attempts to list mainly US sociology resources comprehensively. Also includes link to most complete list of US sociology departments

Dead Sociologists' Society - (dead link)
"A list of the various theorists, some biographical information, and a summary of their work"
It also includes an excellent collection of general links to many aspects of sociology and culture.

DisabilityInfo.gov
"The New Freedom Initiative's Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities"

Gang Research.Net
"...is a website dedicated to providing quality research on gangs to students, academics, public officials, the media, and the general public. While most 'gang' websites either present the views of law enforcement or give unverified or questionable information, Gang research.net seeks to dispel stereotypes and present research, original documents, and helpful links...It is the repository for documents of the Chicago Gang History Project. The site also seeks to provide analysis of the role of gangs in the information age, the wars on drugs and terror, the salience of race in understanding gangs, and the nature of post-industrial violence."
By John Hagedorn, Dept. of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois-Chicago

• The Negro in Chicago
  A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot
  By The Chicago Commission on Race Relations, 1919
  
  

Guide to Questionnaires and Surveys
"Within this web site, you will find information related to the creation of surveys and questionnaires. The information is classified into 5 topics. Each topic presents a choice of articles. Each article is about a problem that can be experienced by someone engaged in a procedure of data collection within a survey."
By FrÈdÈric D'Astous

An Introduction to Social Policy
"Social Policy is the study of social welfare, and its relationship to politics and society. It focuses on the social services and the welfare state."

MEDLINEplus: Domestic Violence
Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

Paranormal Sites
Michael Kearl, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Trinity University

PBS - Perfect Illusions: Eating Disorders and the Family (February 2003)
Web site companion to the TV broadcast. "...hosted by Lauren Hutton, is unique in its focus on the role of the family in the evolution and treatment of, and recovery from eating disorders...Perfect Illusions includes interviews with specialists in the treatment of anorexia and bulimia, and visits a support group for the parents of those suffering from eating disorders."
Sections include: Eating Disorders ; Help & Resources ; Personal Stories.

PBS - P.O.V. - Love & Diane (April 2004)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
"'Love & Diane' is a frank and astonishingly intimate real-life drama of a mother and daughter desperate for love and forgiveness, but caught in a devastating cycle."
Sections include: Film Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Resources ; For Educators.

PBS - The American Experience - Daughter from Danang (April 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
American Award Nominee - Best Documentary.
"A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are reunited after years apart...cuts between mother and daughter as the two recall the pain of their separation, and retraces Hiep's journey from Vietnam to Pulaski, Tennessee, where she is adopted by a single woman and renamed Heidi."
Sections include: Transcript ; Primary Sources ; Further Readings

PBS - The American Experience - The Pill (February 2003)
"The film The Pill and this companion Web site offer insights into topics in American history including advances in science and medicine, contraception, eugenics, social engineering, population trends, government involvement in legislating social behavior, conflicts between religious values and societal trends, feminist activism of the 1960s, twentieth century women's movements, women's changing roles in society, women and work, the evolving relationship of the medical profession to the lay public and the growth of the pharmaceutical industry."
Sections include: Film Description ; Transcript ; Primary Sources ; Further Reading ; Special Features ; Timeline ; Gallery ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

"This page lists FREE resources for methods in evaluation and social research.  The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods.  Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web.  A few, like the GAO books, are for books that can be sent away for, for free (if you live in the US), as well as read over the web."
By Gene Shackman, Ph.D.

Shielded from Justice
Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States
"This report examines common obstacles to accountability for police abuse in fourteen large cities representing most regions of the nation."
Human Rights Watch

Social Change
Social, Economic and Political Change
"This site looks at long term, large scale changes in social, political and economic systems at the national and international levels.  The principal aim is to present information that can be used to explain historical change, growth and development.  For example: why did industrialization first occur in Europe; and what is globalization and how is it happening.  This site presents links to sites with theories, approaches, data and research about the change process."
Categories include: Theory ; Data ; National Profiles ; History ; Research ; Organizations ; Links ; Bibliographies ; Software.
By Gene Shackman, Ph.D.

Social Movements and Culture
"This site provides a space for the study of social movements in the U.S., including those movements as linked to transnational and global movements. Our emphasis is on recent and contemporary movements, but we also aim to provide materials on earlier movements...The site currently consists of links to on-line articles, bibliographies, course syllabi, conferences, a glossary of terms for movement analysis, and sets of links to historically-oriented and contemporary sites categorized by movement type. A listserv on social movement cultures, as well as other interactive elements are planned for the future. We hope the site will prove useful to a variety of scholars, activists, and activist-scholars."
By T.V. Reed, American Studies Program, Washington State University

Social Policy Virtual Library
The International Social & Public Policy Research Information Gateway
"...is an information gateway providing access to a variety of web resources of interest to social policy researchers. Updated regularly, it provides links to sites of major organisations, libraries, research institutes, publications and journals as well as access to on-line databases and data sources, other information gateways, social policy mailing lists and discussion groups. It also provides information on research opportunities and funding and access to resources for teaching social policy and related subjects."
By Dr. Theodoros N. Papadopoulos, University of Bath

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
"SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist."

Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
"I am most interested in the potential of this cyberspace medium to inform and to generate discourse, to truly be a "theater of ideas." This page features commentary, data analyses (hey, we've become a "factoid" culture), occasional essays, as well as the requisite links, put together for courses taught by myself and my colleagues.
Professor Michael Kearl's meta listing was one of the earliest  sociology directories on the Internet and is still one of the best.

Sociologist At Large
Sections include: What is Sociology ; Suggested Readings ; Career Choices ; Famous Sociologists ; Social Institutions ; American Sociological Associations ; Women's & Men's Issues ; Sociology of Family ; Sociology of Religion ; Current Research.
By Robert G. Young

Sociologist: Dead and Very Much Alive
Links to over 50 sociologists
From the entertaining SocioSite by Albert Benschop, University of Amsterdam

Sociology
"This site provides original articles, an extensive annotated link library,
and free newsletter all written or selected by a Guide with a doctorate in
sociology." 
About.com directory by Kathy S. Stolley, Ph.D.

Sociology Central
"Site offering free resources for students and teachers of Sociology (pre-University level). Also includes extensive links and book reviews."
By Chris Livesey

Sociology Corner - (dead link)
A nice collection of resources, especially dealing with the Internet & computers.

Sociology in China (SIC)
"This page would provides information related to sociological studies in the People's Republic of China, such as the research institutes of Sociology, professional researchers, research projects, and the possible research collaborations."
Edited by Minjie Zhang

Sociology of Death and Dying
Kearl's Guide to Sociological Thanatology
A very well organized site including sections on Death in the Natural Order, Death Across Cultures and Time, Death's Impacts on Social Order, Bids for Symbolic Immortality and Longevity, and Death and Social Institutions.
Michael Kearl, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Trinity University

Sociology Internet Resources - (dead link)
Topics include, Culture & Society, Ethnicity, Women, Family, Criminology, Theory, Research & US Census
J. Bannister, Western Connecticut State University 

Sociology Timeline and Sociology Calendar
From 1600-
By Ed Stephan, Western Washington University

Sociology Web Hawg Internet Links
"A collection of sociological internet resources from the University of Wisconsin Colleges Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology."

Sociology Weblinks
Academic links from The University of Southern Indiana.
Maintained by Rhonda Priest

Women's Law Initiative (English or Spanish)
"...to provide easy-to-understand legal information to women living with or escaping domestic violence."
Sections include: Info on Domestic Violence ; Info for Teens ; Info for Immigrants ; Safety Planning ; Internet Safety ; State Info ; National Links & Resources ; National News.

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
Topics includes Centers of Research, Directories of Resources, Discussion Groups, and Electronic Journals, Databases, Curricula Materials, Theories, Newsletters and much more.
Now maintained by Dr. Carl Cuneo, Dept. of Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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