Sociology Links

Criminology/Deviance

American Society of Criminology listservs, links, databases, etc.
Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System real "Law and Order"
National Criminal Justice Reference Service a huge site; you name it, they've got it.
Justice Department Crime Statistics with data and on-line services available.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data a great site for data.
United Nations Criminal Justice Network (UNCJIN) crime and justice from the organization at that most macro level (at least until the Federation of Planets becomes reality!).
Hate Crime Statistics run by the FBI.
Federal Bureau of Prisons includes a weekly population report, inmate information, and (this is the web) more.

Culture

Cultural Studies Central natural mix of literary, sociological, and anthropological approaches.
The Urban Legends Archives a nice source of urban folklore (remember the story of the lady who tried to dry her wet poodle in the microwave? never happened!)
Manchester Institute for Popular Culture mostly cultural studies; very hip design, naturally.
Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center very slick, lotta fun.

Demography

U.S. Census Population Division big data for research big and small.
Population Studies Center one of the biggies, out of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
CIESIN's U.S. Demography lots of cool stuff, e.g., "Public Use Micro Data Samples," "County City Data Book," "Statistical Abstract Supplement," and "The National Economic, Social, and Environmental Data Bank." Enough facts around which to wrap <u>any</u> theory.
Demographic and Health Surveys USAID funded project which collects demographic, health, maternal and child health and socioeconomic data in developing countries.
State of the Nation's Cities data on thousands of variables for 77 U.S. cities.
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996 mainly national and state level statistics on health, education, economics, transportation, and more.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research the leading non-profit center for the study of public opinion maintaining the world's largest archive of public opinion data.
Demography & Population Studies - WWW Virtual Library an extensive index of sites

Economic Stratification

Census Bureau Household Economics Division current and historical poverty data.
Poverty Thresholds, 1998 thresholds by size of family and number of children, from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Gender

Feminist Theory Website over 30 countries featured, profiles of writers, a diversity of fields
Femina a searchable site on women's news, interests, research, etc.; a particularly good source of links to sites on domestic violence.
Women's Studies Resources lots of sites with specific subcategories.
Kearl's Tour: Gender and Society a fun and interesting cyberspace tour on the topic of gender as a social construct and gender inequality; a lotta links along the way.
The Glass Ceiling Commission an award-winning site evidencing the glass ceiling for women, i.e., "the invisible, artificial barriers that prevent qualified individuals from advancing within their organization and reaching full potential."

International/Comparative Resources

The Institute of Social Science based in Tokyo and a good source of research on Japan.
World Area Studies Internet Resources a lot of stuff on virtually every country.
Political Economy of the World System development studies in a world-historical context.

Methods

ASA's Section on Methods
Center for Applied Social Surveys tackles practical problems of survey measurement.
http://www.stat.ucla.edu/textbook/ a nice elementary stats source.

Race and Ethnicity

Kearl's Tour: Race and Ethnicity another fun and useful tour.
The ERaM (Ethnicity, Racism, and the Media) Programme
African American Webliography from down the road at LSU, a good starting point for resources.
Selected Tables from the U.S. Census for African Americans and there's more where that came from.
LatinoWeb same as above concerning Latino/a issues.
The People's Paths Home Page promoting cultural exchange, emphasis on Native Americans.

Social Psychology

American Psychological Association here too.
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism the place for people into studying the meaning of gestures, posture, clothes, accents, or anything related to "identity work" and "negotiating the definition of the situation."
International Network for Social Network Analysis newsletter, links, info; a net of networks!
KrackPlot: A Social Network Visualization Program draw your own sociogram (and entertain your dorm hallmates, or, make them uncomfortable; it depends on their position!)
Center for the Study of Group Processes research on small group interaction
Analyzing Social Interaction where you can do just that using an easy on-line program that is based on Dr. David Heise's Affect Control Theory. Think life is unpredictable? Think again.
Control Systems Group—focus on Perceptual Control Theory a cousin of ACT.
Social Psychology Network though more representative of psychology's social psych. than that of sociology (vive le difference!)

Theory

Classical theory selections of Durkheim, Marx, Weber, Simmel, and Parsons from students at U. of Chicago; so there's at least one good outcome, it seems, about giving comprehensive exams to graduate students (poor things).
the k.i.s.s. of the panopticon an internet center for cultural studies, both cutting edge and classic (features the link, "Does Cultural Studies Suck?").
The Dead Sociologists Society largely theory oriented
The Marx / Engles Library Marxian scholars unite! a good bibliographic source.
The Durkheim Pages Emile's own totem, biography and bibliography alike.
George Herbert Mead Site his own "me" (who knows what his "I" would've thought?).
Norbert Elias and Process Sociology much on <i>The History of Manners</i> and more, all the way from Sydney.
The McDonaldization of Society with news, research and discussion on Ritzer's thesis.
Sociology of Knowledge great source of texts on-line on the topic.

Urban and Community Studies

Kearl's Tour: Race and Ethnicity another fun and useful tour.
Center for Community Economic Development working particularly with Asian, Black, and Latino community based organizations in Boston around housing, employment and training, small business, and area revitalization. HUD-funded COPC project.
The Sprawl Net collecting information, ideas, and opinions about the contemporary sprawling landscape
Bifurcation Properties of Dynamic Urban Models project brief on research using computer models to look at structural change in cities.
New Liberty Village an online forum for social invention, alternative tools and housing, and utopian planning.
The ERaM (Ethnicity, Racism, and the Media) Programme

Data and Text Resources

General Social Survey gotta love it, and to do with as you choose.
Statistical Resources on the Web loads of sites, good source of concrete info, ready to go.
Social Science Information Gateway direct connections to information—not sites.
Research Resources for the Social Sciences: a variety of things for a variety of disciplines in the social sciences
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center geographic mapping of data right on-line.
Data on the Net includes a searchable database of approximately 800 data sites.
Social Science Journals On-line and you can cut n' paste too (careful out there!)
Virtual Facts on File a major reference center; on-line encyclopedias, maps, dictionaries, electronic texts, demographics, religion, history, and on.
Social Science Computer Review
American Religion Data Archive

Sociological Web Site Centers

You'll find some overlap with sites listed here, but there's plenty more to discover, many of which may be more suited to your purposes.

Yahoo Sociology Page similar to the above, well-organized.
Socioweb also similar, with conference announcements and electronic discussion groups
The Blackwell Publishers Sociology Resource Center with a good list of discussion groups
Social Science Information Gateway based in the U.K.

Sociological Organizations and Departments

Get in the loop! Here are some organization sites, moving roughly from macro to micro: