THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/sociolog.html

UC Berkeley Library Sociology homepage, with links to collections and resources, electronic journals, gateway systems to Sociology Internet resources, and other related sites.

http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/RelSt/Durkheim/DurkheimHome.html

The University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Durkheim Pages contain a brief biography, timeline, glossary of terms and concepts, lecture courses, and information on Durkheimian studies.

http://csf.colorado.edu:80/psn/marx/index.html

The Karl Marx/Friederich Engels Interactive Archive includes chronology, biographies, online books in library, photos, and a search for concepts or terms from their writings.  All the major works of Marx and Engels can be accessed electronically.

http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

An important Internet resource center for sociologists, this homepage contains sociological information available across the World Wide Web, including links to university departments, sociological associations, resources, calendars of conferences and other events, and research publications.

http://www.ucm.es/OTROS/isa/

Homepage of the International Sociological Association, with links and information on activities, working groups, and sociological congresses and meetings; publications; conferences; electronic libraries; and other sociological associations.

http://www.asanet.org/

Homepage of the American Sociological Association, with information about the ASA and links to meetings, conferences, and publications.

http://www.webcom.com/dread/socio.html

Sociology Server is a useful web launcher, connected to sociologically related general information servers, research centers, newsletters, associations, archive and project sites, sociology departments in the United States, and foreign sociology departments.

THE PROCESS OF INQUIRY

http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html

An invaluable resource, provided through the University of Michigan, which contains links to hundreds of federal documents and statistical resources available on the Web, under the following headings:

Agriculture
Business and industry
Demographics
Economics
Education
Energy
Federal state finances
Finance
Foreign government data sources
Foreign/international economics
Foreign trade
Health
Labor
Politics
Science
Sociology
Transportation
Weather
Government resources on the web
Comprehensive subjects
Constantly updated

http://asusd.edu/ethics

This page links to numerous resources on ethnical issues, including such topics as abortion, euthanasia, sexual orientation, world hunger, poverty and welfare, and the environment, to name but a few.  It also contains links and references to classical and contemporary theoretical works in moral philosophy.

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/

CIA's World Fact Book, providing research relevant maps and extensive information on every country in the world, including geography, economics, demography and population, social characteristics, transportation and communications, and politics.  Appendices include information on the United Nations, selected international environmental agreements, and abbreviations for international organizations, and groups.

http://www..w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Sociology/Overview.html

The World Wide Web virtually library for sociology.  Includes global links to sociologically related research centers, electronic journals and newsletters, organizations, discussion groups, as well as other WWW virtual libraries.

CULTURES

http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~dew7e/anthronet/

Homepage of the University of Virginia anthropology department, with links to anthropology journals, sites of interest to sociocultural anthropologists, and other anthropological resources.

http://www.rhas.l.se/anthro/

Homepage of the anthropology department at Lund University (Sweden), with links to a variety of resources in the area of cultural studies and anthropological work.

http://www.hollyfeld.org:0/~xastur/

The FGM Research homepage attempts to research different perspectives of female genital circumcision with links to advocacy groups, further research, and other resources related to women.

SOCIETIES

http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/

NativeWeb combines ancient teachings and modern technology to provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples with links to geographic regions, literature, historical material, newsletters and journals, organizations, and other resources and information sites.

SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION

http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/freudarc.html

This collection of links points to Internet resources related to Sigmund Freud and his works.  Included in this collection are libraries, museums, and biographical materials.

http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~kearsley/

George Washington University Theory Into Practice database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction; give overviews, examples and principles of theories, including Bandura's social learning theory.

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/%7Esssi/

Homepage for the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, with links to papers, debates, conferences, and the participatory action research network.

GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

http://www.un.org/

United Nations homepage with links to global issues, UN news, documents, departments, photos, conferences, publications, and information resources.

http://cweb.loc.gov/global/executive/defense.html

Electronically walk your way through a prime example of bureaucratic organization – the U.S. Department of Defense, with links to the office of the Secretary of Defense, DefenseLINK, Air Force, Army, Navy, and other related resources, and the Library of Congress homepage.

DEVIANCE AND CRIME

http://www.fbi.gov/

FBI homepage, with links to FBI-related congressional testimony, current investigations, and crime statistics.

http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/soc/honors/deviance/index.html

Homepage prepared by Dr.Appelbaum's Soc I honors class (fall 1995), with links to deviance and crime-related issues such as gangs, professional thieves, organized and state organized crime, white-collar crime, drugs, prison, FBI, and other crime links.

http://epn.org/prospect/inequity.html

The Economic Policy Network's American Prospect Page links to articles on inequality in America with topics ranging from lower standard of living, inequitable distribution of wealth, and contract with America to lost bargaining power of American workers.

http://www2.ari.net/home/nch/

National Coalition for the Homeless page includes facts, legislative and policy issues, homeless voices, and other useful Internet resources.

http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/

U.S. Census Bureau's Statistics Abstracts of the United States, with hundreds of tables and graphs on social, economic, and international subjects.  Included links to other governmental sources of socioeconomic data, including the U.S. Census and the County and City Databook.

http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/incpov.html

U.S. Census Bureau's Income and Poverty page, with income and poverty statistics and analysis, statistical briefs on poverty areas, poverty threshholds and calculations, detailed historical tables, and links to other government sources.

http://www.sar.usf.edu/~sevenet/

Poverty and Welfare homepage from the New College of the University of South Florida has links to statistics, data, and tables on poverty, online articles and papers, and many useful reference sites.

GLOBAL INEQUALITY

http://www.city.net/countries/

City.net links to resources by country and territory in the categories of cities, country, information, culture and language, education, events, maps, news and weather, sports, and travel and tourism.

http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/soc/honors/strat/

Homepage prepared by Dr. Appelbaum's Soc 1 honors class (fall 1995), with links to global inequality, racism and stratification, global conflict by country, and links to the World Bank, United Nations, CNN, Institute for Global Cooperation, and the CIA World Factbook, maps and publications, and chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments.

RACE AND ETHNICITY

The Anti-Racism Resources homepage, that provides links to a wide variety of antiracism resources on the web.  Links to resources combating racism in general, as well as racism directed at specific groups (African and African-American, Latino/a, Jewish, indigenous peoples, Asian-American, and others).  Also connects with other politically activist sites.

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/metadata/ethconf.html

Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity offers a guide to resources related to conflict resolution, ethnicity, human rights, with information for different countries and with links to other resources in the social sciences.

http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/index.html

The human rights Web homepage offers an introduction and short history of the human rights movement and resources and organizations, legal and political documents, and what you can do to promote human rights.

SEX AND GENDER

http://www.feminist.org/

Women's Web World.  This Feminist Majority Online homepage offers links to activities and political action, news and events concerning women, publications and research, the feminist university network, and the feminist Internet gateway.  These links, in turn, will enable you to access hundreds – perhaps thousands – of sources, from government statistics and studies to women in sports to global feminism.

http://www.igc.apc.org/womensnet/

Womens Net is a nonprofit computer network for women, activists, and organizations using computer networks for information sharing and increasing women's rights through links to services, projects, Beijing 95, and other Internet resources.

http://pwa.acusd.edu/~hinman/gender.html

This page offers recent information relating ethics with gender and sexism; it contains links to suggested journals, articles and books, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, commission reports, documents, and gender-related web sites.

http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaylaw/

The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law links to reports and studies on gay and lesbian legal issues, transcriptions of proceedings, briefs filed by litigators in key cases, and essays and student work.

http://www.qrd.org/QRD/

Bisexal, lesbian, and gay resources with links to college and university groups, health, and HIV/AIDS organizations, publications, directories, related sites, and resources by region and international geographic area.

http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/soc/honors/gender

http://www-lib.usc.edu/Info/Gero/gerouri.htm

University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Center Library Web Page contains links to biological, sociological, and psychological studies of aging, government information sources, other Internet sources, and searchable databases.

http://www.islandnet.com/~wwlia/elderabu.htm

The World Wide Legal Information Association gives definitions and statistics on elderly abuse and suggestions for detection and prevention.

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/scip/categ.html

Senior Computer Information Project offers online information on senior issues, including links to advocacy, health, housing, income, finance, legal, lifestyle, organizations, and clubs.

POLITICS AND STATE

http://www.lib.isu.edu/gov.fedgov.html

Louisiana State University library lists U.S. federal agencies on the Internet from executive, judicial, legislative, and independent to quasi-official, as well as other indexes.

http://www.cais.net/fmg//fpac.htm

This is a list of political action committees (PACs) homepages on the Internet, ranging from progressive/left-wing to conservative/right-wing, as well as ethnic, feminist, environment, policy, Christian, and other public interest groups.

http://csf.colorado.edu/dfax/

Communications for a Sustainable Future, DFAX offers links to online publications on nuclear proliferation news, military and arms transfer news, international peacekeeping news, and reports from the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

http://informanage.com/micconversion/

Informanage International links to articles, news, publications, and organizations on the mi, and organizations on the military-industrial complex, conventional nonproliferation, nuclear weapons, military conversion to peacetime use, and other related topics.

http://www.crossover.com/

Homepage of Crossover Technologies, whose high-tech interactive games are designed to educate people about current issues.  While online, you can be a "political insider" and play presidential campaign 1996; examine the federal budget as you "reinvent America," and debate issues such as affirmative action, the role of the United States in world affairs, abortion, and other issues.

FAMILIES

http://www.getnet.com/~pvi/women?sources.html

Domestic Violence Resources on the Net offers information and statistics with links to organizations working to stop domestic violence: National Organization for Women, United Nations Justice Network, and a directory of state coalitions.

http://www.cmhcsys.com/guide/pro06.html

The homepage of Mental Health Net provides a guide to Internet resources on marriage and the family.  Includes links to the child/family interactive network, children youth family education research network, domestic abuse and violence, the family recovery project, the national parent information network, and partners against violence.  Also includes links to journals in the field, professional organizations, and centers.

http://www.hytimes.com/specials/downsize/glance.html

This 7-part New York Times series on the "Downsizing of America," which ran March 3-9, 1996, provides an exhaustive and detailed look at changes in the nature of work in the U.S. economy during the past 20 years.  Includes results of public opinion polls and analysis of governmental data on the sorts of jobs that have been lost- and the jobs that have replaced them.  You must first register (free) to access the information.

http://stats.bls.gov:80/blshome.html

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics offers regional information, data, surveys and programs, publications, research papers, and key word search of all BLS web pages.

http://www.igc.apc.org/labornet/

IGC's LaborNet offers computer communications, news, information, and resources for a democratic labor movement with links to national lists of associations, unions, institutions, and to the Strike Page with international listings of strikes.

EDUCATION

http://www.pan.ci.seattle.wa.us/seattle/dhhs/youth/headstrt/what.htm

Head Start homepage describes the goals, benefits, and importance and success of the national project.  City of Seattle Public Access Network, Department of Health and Human Services.

http://www.cgcs.org/

This page contains columns and editorials discussing desegregating schools, educational standards, and a variety of topics in urban education, as well as resolutions on Proposition 187, Affirmative Action, and school lunch.  Council of the Great City Schools.

RELIGION

http://www.kosone.com/people/ocrt/

Ontario Centre for Religious Tolerance attempts to promote the understanding and tolerance of minority religions, expose religious hatred and misinformation, and supply information on controversial religious topics to help you reach your own decisions.  Includes descriptions of 34 faith groups, from Asatru to Zoroastrianism, discussions of religion in the media, and links to other internet sites of religious interest.

http://www.kosone.com/people/ocrt/cults.htm

Definitions of cult, denominations, and sects; types of cults; discussion of the anticult movement.

http://wheel.ucdavis.edu/~btcarrol/skeptic/cults.html

The skeptics' dictionary from University of California Davis gives definitions of cults and links to anticult movements, religious tolerance pages, and other related resources.

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

http://pwa.acusd.edu/~hinman/euthanasia.html

Discussion topics and term paper topics, recent article summaries, Internet links, survey of philosophical works on euthanasia.

http://www.cais.com/vikings/nami/

Homepage of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, with links to articles and information on the mental health problems of the homeless, veterans, and other groups; conferences and meetings; disorders and illnesses; medications; and research.  Also provides connections with other mental health networks and services, including the Internet Depression Resources List.

THE MASS MEDIA AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

http://www.cnn.com/

CNN homepage: links to news, sports, politics, weather, technology, entertainment, and style.  Constantly updated.

http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage

University of Oregon College of Education Media Literacy On-line Project homepage.  Includes links to hundreds of electronic and print mass media and communication resource sites around the world, including research and studies.

http://www.ntu.ac.sg/ntu/lib/commun.html

Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) School of Communication Studies.  An extensive, global listing of more than 100 media resources, including programs in communications studies and journalism, schools and colleges, mass media and communication law(with the1996 U.S. Telecommunications Act), and discussion groups.

http://www.nytimes.com/

New York Times homepage.  Access to daily editions of the newspaper, with good searching capabilities; links to numerous other sources, including the NYT Navigator, which connects with hundreds of media-related resources.  You will need to register, but registration is currently free.

http://pathfinder.com/@@UAY@vAUAPuotUg0q/time

Time World Wide provides graphically oriented access to current and past issues of Time magazine by topics, as well as discussion groups.

POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND ENVIRONMENT

http://www.prosus.nfr.no/english/

This page is produced by the Research Council of Norway (Section for Environment and Development); its purpose is to monitor and foster sustainable development.  It contains links to numerous other sites, including research, publications, conferences, networks, organizations, authorities, and the Rio Conference and Treaty.

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/linkages/

Homepage provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.  It is an electronic clearinghouse for international meetings on environment and development.  Links to such sites as Fourth World Conference on Women, Habitat II, and the International Conference on Population and Development.

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/linkages/cairo.html

Homepage for the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development includes full-text documents from the conference, follow-p actions, press releases, and statistics and fact sheets.

http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/soc/honors/environment/

Homepage prepared by Dr.Appelbaum's Soc I honors class (fall 1995), with links to data, research, and organizations concerned with endangered species, deforestation, ozone depletion, global warming, waster management and recycling, oil spills, and organizations and activities pointing toward solutions.

SOCIAL CHANGE, COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT

http://oneworld.org/oda/bod_sept.html

A bi-monthly newsletter of the British Overseas Development Administration, with links to descriptions of self-help and development projects around the world organized under such categories as women, education, health, democracy, and community.

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jamesher/index.html

Homepage of the New Social Movements Network, with papers on such topics as community organizing, grassroots environmentalist strategies, and new social movement theory.

http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~myers/cbsm/

Homepage for the ASA section on collective behavior and social movements, with links to numerous activist social movement organizations on every imaginable topic and across the political spectrum.  Also includes links to an electronic directory of the section newsletter, other ASA sections and sociology-related professional organizations, and sociology department web pages.

http://www.creative.net/~actupgg/

This is the homepage for ACT UP (San Francisco chapter), with links to articles on HIV/AIDS treatment, and related sites; other ACT-UP groups; and action alerts.

http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/elab/oconnell/sewa.html

A small homepage for India's SEWA (The Self- Employed Women's Association), a highly progressive grassroots social change organization that engages in advocacy, runs a bank within extends credit to women who otherwise would lack access to small-business loans.