Sociology-Related and
Other Interesting Sites
The American Sociological Association (click
here)
The main professional organization for
sociologists.
Contains current job listings in the Employment Bulletin, funding
opportunities, membership information, annual meeting
specifics,
and other important information.
The World Lecture Hall
(Sociology) (click
here)
An
extensive collection of course materials (syllabi,
lecture notes, class exercises, data sources) and other information
relating to a wide variety of courses and topics in sociology: Social
Theory,
Statistics, Urban Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Women in Society, etc.
Information Resources for Women's Studies --
UC Santa Barbara (click
here)
Many fine links to sources of
information/data on women
and women's studies.
Many
nonprofit organizations and public
agencies are in need of faculty and graduate and undergraduate students
to help design research projects, carry out research, and to engage in
related activities. This is a good place to find out about such
organizations that may need your expertise.
National Association for Ethnic Studies (click
here)
A good source for all kinds of data on
African-Americans,
Asians, Chicanos/Latinos, Native Americans, and others.
Social Science Links
via U of L Library (click
here)
Lots
of good social science information and data sources
are available here through links from a U of L Library Web Page.
The Federal Interagency Council
on Statistical Policy (click
here)
Very useful, all-in-one-place,
listing of links to more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal
Government having statistics of interest to the public.
The U. S. Department of Justice/Bureau
of Justice
Assistance (click here)
A variety of
sources, links, and information related
to crime and criminal justice.
The
Sociology Department of Queens College, C.U.N.Y.
(click here)
Among other things, this site offers quick downloads
of the General Social Surveys for all years from 1972 until
1993.
Also has downloadable software that prepares the GSS surveys to
be used in SPSS. Very handy!
A convenient
source to download tons of population
statistics and information by census tract, Zip Code, city, state, and
for the U. S. (e.g., What is the current population of
Louisville?
How many people are below the official poverty line in Chicago? What is
the percentage of the various races in Shelby County, Kentucky?)
The
All-In-One Search Page (click
here)
A great site with many, many sources of information!
As a few examples: search (via numerous search engines) for almost any
kind of information or data; locate e-mail addresses
for friends and colleagues in the U.S. and around the world; get
instant
maps of street addresses across the U. S.; find old friends and
other people (e.g., How many people in the U. S. are named Herbert
Wilson,
or have the same name as you?) by getting their street addresses and
phone
numbers in the white pages for the U.S.; search for famous (and
not-so-famous) quotations; look up anagrams; see which businesses
in Chicago sell natural foods, and much more.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
(click here)
A fine place to locate and download
lots of information
and statistics about the U.S. labor force, economic
conditions,
employment figures, and related items. You can also find data
organized
by region and state.
Just
about anything you
would want to know about almost anything. You can search the Library's
vast holdings. You can also access specialized collections
allowing you to do such things as view Civil War photographs taken by
Matthew
Brady and others, electronically page through comic book collections,
read
ex-slave narratives, and find literally millions of other data.
National
Science Foundation -- Sociology Program
(click here)
A leading funding source
for sociological research. This site contains information regarding
current
funding possibilities, submission guidelines and forms for projects,
summaries
of past projects, and much more.
A leading think
tank for urban
sociological research. Many references to past and current projects,
sources
of data, etc.
Do you need a string of random digits, fast? Here is
an excellent site that will provide as many as you want (you specify
the range of the values and the number of strings you need) immediately
over the Web. These digits are more truly "random" (they are based on
radioactive decay processes) and more convenient to use than
conventional printed tables of random numbers. Very useful for picking
true random samples, doing a virtual "coin flip," etc.
The Department of Sociology at
Princeton University
(click
here)
The Sociology
Department at Princeton
maintains a large number of links to sites of sociological
interest.
Very handy and useful.
The
General Social Survey (click
here)
This is the home page for the General
Social Survey. One can search the GSS codebook for specific topics,
extract and download data, and link to other research-relevant sites.
Annual Review of Sociology (click
here)
The Annual
Review of Sociology
contains articles that aim to summarize the state of knowledge in
selected
areas of sociology. The topics vary from year to year. Abstracts of all
ARS articles for this and previous years are available on-line here.
Highly
recommended.
Max
Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
(click here)
This well-known institute in Cologne,Germany houses
many scholars who do social research. There is an extensive
set of research projects going on all the time. The general theme of
the
Institute is an examination of the conditions under which modern
societies
may solve their problems through collective action. Many publications
are
available.