Suggested Web Links American Sociological Association 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 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. Contemporary Social Theory and Philosophy http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html Information on contemporary social theorists and philosophers, mostly those with a "postmodern" slant. 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 Eastern Sociological Society site, with useful links, job opportunities. Electronic Journal of Sociology 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 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. Findlaw Library http://library.findlaw.com/subject.html If you need to know what the law is regarding discrimination or product liability or some other topic of interest in sociology, this is a good place to look. The site, maintained by FindLaw Corporation, provides links to federal and other credible sources. Movie Labs http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/RED_FEATHER/movielabs/000movielabindex.html This site offers study guides and worksheets to aid in the sociological analysis of such popular films as "The Wizard of Oz," "Dead Poets' Society," "Boyz'n the Hood," "Good Will Hunting," "Pleasantville," "An American President," "Sabrina," and "Zorro." The study guides list the main characters of each movie and explain how key sociological concepts, such as alienation and cultural diffusion, are exemplified. The worksheets are multiple-choice quizzes about the movie, but they offer little real challenge unless you can ignore the pre-marked answers. The Movie Labs are created at the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology, which describes itself as leftist, progressive, Marxist, feminist, postmodern, and emancipatory. National Geographic Survey 2000 http://survey2000.nationalgeographic.com The National Geographic Society's site for their Survey 2000 project. Detailed compilation of findings and many interesting displays. New York Times Web Edition 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 The Pew Internet Project site. Detailed results and project description. Public Agenda "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 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 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?" Social Science Information Gateway Social Science Information Gateway. An omnibus source offering a comprehensive index of links to multiple resources in sociology, including research methods sites, professional associations, and research centers. A good reference source for social science browsing on the Web. Society of the Study of Symbolic Interaction http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/ Professional association oriented to qualitative researchers who study social interaction. Includes links to many other related web sites. Sociological Research Online http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/ Full text articles published only online. SocioSite http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/ 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 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 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.
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