LibGuides: Sociology: Online Resources

Websites

Child Trends
Dollars and Sense
Everyday Sociology (Blog)
Genders--Presenting Innovative Work in the Arts, Humanities and Social Theories
(It appears that the online journal "Genders" ceased publication in 2014; the original website www.genders.org is no longer accessible. Thus, the link given here is to the most-recent page as stored on the Internet Archive.)
General Social Survey
Global Gateway
Human Rights Watch
Internet Crossroads in the Social Sciences

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) contains descriptions of U.S. government-sponsored, science and technology research from agencies such as DOD, DOE, DOT, EPA, and NASA. It covers work in the fields of astronomy, atmospheric science, biotechnology, computers, energy, engineering, environment, etc. You'll find reports on contracts and grants, technical memoranda, technical reports, dissertations, etc. Includes abstracts.

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Pew Global Attitudes & Trends
Pew Research Center
Program on International Policy Attitudes
Social Movements & Culture: A Resource Site
Sociology Interest Links
A google site, with links to various sociology sites and articles. (You will need to sign in with a google account, and then request access to the site.)
SocioSite
A well organized and annotated site. From the site: "It has been designed from a Dutch point of view, but it has a much broader horizon - it gives access to the European and world wide scene of academic sociology. The intention is to provide a comprehensive listing of all sociology resources on the Internet."
SocioWeb
U.S. / World Population Clock
U.S. Census Bureau
United Nations Statistics Division
USA.gov
(Available from the library’s Government Documents link)

World Development Indicators (WDI)
WDI provides time series of 575 economic and social indicators for 226 countries for the period 1960-2002. From the World Bank.

World Factbook (CIA)

Societies & Organizations

American Academy of Religion
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
The homepage of one of the major organizations in the field includes "Career Center" to information on grants and employments resources as well as links to publicly available data resources.
Amnesty International
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Association for Humanist Sociology
Boston College Center for Work & Family
British Sociological Association
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for Economic and Social Rights
Center for Equal Opportunity
Center for Social Research Methods
Center on Aging & Work at Boston College
Gerontological Society of America
Institute for Research on Poverty
Institute for Women's Policy Research
International Rural Sociology Association
International Sociological Association
Kinsey Institute
The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University was formerly known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
Law and Society Association
National Council on Aging
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
National Council on Family Relations
National Social Science Association
North Carolina Sociological Association
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Public Agenda
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation
Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation was formerly known as the Applied Research Center (ARC).
SIECUS: the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Social Science Research Council
Social Science Research Network
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Southern Sociological Society
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
UNICEF Homepage
Urban Institute
World Health Organization

Sociology

Subject Guide

Websites

Societies & Organizations