American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org
The official website of the professional association for sociologists includes membership and subscription information, a special section for students, and listings of brochures, newsletters, and press releases available to the general public.
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html
Trinity University site with links to many resources, including government statistics, data sources, and theory groups.
Annual Reviews of Sociology Online
http://soc.annualreviews.org/
Abstracts from volumes can be searched by subject or by keywords. Offers downloads of complete text of articles for a fee.
Assessing the Theories of Sociology
http://ryoung001.homestead.com/AssessingTheory.html
Discussion of strengths and weaknesses of structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
Dartmouth College Sources
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/
A compendium on how to cite sources from a variety of media, with examples.
Eastern Sociological Society
http://www.essnet.org/
Eastern Sociological Society site, with useful links, job opportunities.
Electronic Journal of Sociology
http://www.sociology.org
Full text of articles published only online.
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html
Developed by the Olin Kroch Uris Libraries at Cornell University. Guidelines for evaluating web sites and links to many sites with more detailed information.
Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov
This central clearinghouse, maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, provides links to the websites of more than 70 agencies in the United States federal government. The statistics and other information can be searched by metropolitan area, county, state, region, or country.
New York Times Web Edition
http://www.nytimes.com
Regular news stories and other regular newspaper sections. Some pictures and audio files. Also, special news sections for Web users; online forums, allowing you to read comments on some issue—and to send a comment yourself; and search options.
Pew Internet & American Life
http://www.pewinternet.org
The Pew Internet Project site. Detailed results and project description.
Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.com
"The inside source for public opinion and policy analysis," created as a resource for journalists, offers facts (some in graphic form) for understanding various issues, as well as analyses of public opinion survey data and of public policy news and studies. One feature increasing this site's credibility is its "red flags" about potentially misleading poll results. Among the social issues addressed are abortion, America's global role, crime, education, the family, illegal drugs, immigration, race, and welfare.
Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org/
For great examples of how sociological concepts affect everyday life, search the archives of the Pulitzer Prize organization. It includes the full text of prize-winning articles on social phenomena for the past five years.
Social, Economic and Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/
A web site of The Global Social Change Research Project, this link will take you to a goldmine of further informational resources dedicated to answering the question, "Why does society develop the way it does?"
Society for the Study of Social Problems
http://www.ssspl.org/
Professional organization promoting research on and serious examination of the problems of social life.
SocioSite
http://www.sociosite.net/
Social science information system based at the University of Amsterdam. Offers links and access to a vast number of helpful sites on the Internet related to sociology. Can be used as a reference source for sociology on the Web.
Stateline
http://www.stateline.org
Statistics on crime, welfare, health care, and the environment can be called up by state or compared across states. This site was created for journalists but provides reliable data for sociological analysis.
The Sociolog
http://www.sociolog.com
The Sociolog. Links to lists of professional associations, sociology departments, university catalogs, data archives.
U.S. Census Bureau Population and Household Economic Topics
http://www.census.gov/population/www/index.html
For a wealth of demographic and socioeconomic information on the U.S. population, including access to Statistical Abstracts of the United States, check the links on this page. The Census Bureau's site also includes a page of links to data about the U.S. economy.
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Washington Post web site, with daily news and commentary. Free, but requires registration.