World Wide Web Resources in Sociology/Anthropology & Related Fields

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World Wide Web Resources in Sociology, Anthropology & Related Fields

Sociology (including Social Work & related fields)
Web Directories & General Sites
Professional Associations
Academic Departments
Institutes & Research Centers
Government Agencies
Subject-Specific Sites
General Sources
Aging
Children/Family
Crime/Drugs
Method & Theory
Population
Poverty/Homelessness/Social Work
Religion
Sex/Gender
Social Movements
Social Stratification/Inequality
Advocacy Organizations
Anthropology (including Archaeology & Folklore)
Web Directories & General Sites
Professional Associations
Academic Departments
Museums
Research Institutes & Agencies
Subject Specific Sites
Cultural Anthropology
Linguistics
Folklore
Archaeology
Physical Anthropology

Sociology Sociology Sociology

Web Directories & General Sites

General	Subject
Internet Crossroads in the Social Science	Criminal Justice Links
Internet Resources for Sociology	Social Policy Virtual Library
Research Resources for the Social Sciences	Social Work Search
Social Science Information Gateway	Web of Justice (Criminal Justice Links)
Social Science Virtual Library	WWW Virtual Library: Demography & Population Studies
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace	WWW Virtual Library: Migration & Ethnic Relations
Sociology: A Guide to Internet Resources	Women & Gender Studies Web Sites
SocioSite	Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites
SocioWeb	World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology

Professional Associations

Academy of Leisure Sciences	National Association for Ethnic Studies
American Public Human Services Association	National Council for the Social Studies
American Society of Criminology	Population Association of America
American Society on Aging	Rural Sociological Society
American Sociological Association	Social Science Research Council
Gerontological Society of America	Society for Applied Sociology
International Social Science Council	Society for the Study of Social Problems
International Sociological Association	Urban Affairs Association
	World Future Society

Academic Departments (Sociology unless indicated)

Sociology Departments Worldwide	Kent State University
University of Akron	University of Michigan (Social Work)
University of Arizona	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bowling Green State University	Northwestern University
University of California, Berkeley	The Ohio State University
University of California, Los Angeles	The Ohio State University (Social Work)
Case Western Reserve University	University of Pennsylvania
Case Western Reserve University (Applied Soc. Sci.)	Pennsylvania State University
University of Chicago	Princeton University
University of Chicago (Social Service Admin.)	Stanford University
Columbia University	University of Texas, Austin
Columbia University (Social Work)	University of Washington, Seattle
Harvard University	University of Wisconsin
Indiana University, Bloomington
John Jay College/CUNY (Criminal Justice)

Institutes & Research Centers

Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies	Institute for Social & Economic Research
Board on Children, Youth & Families (National Academies)	International Center for Research on Women
Canadian Council on Social Development	International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships
Canadian Institute for Health Information	Joint Center for Poverty Research
Center for Comparative Social Analysis	Megacities Initiative
Cato Institute	National Center for Children in Poverty
Centre for Policy on Ageing	National Center for Victims of Crime
Center for Research on Child Wellbeing	National Center on Fathers & Families
Center for the Study of American Religion	National Center on Institutions & Alternatives (Criminal Justice)
Center for the Study of Group Processes	National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information
Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture	National Dissemination Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities
Center for the Study of White American Culture	National Opinion Research Center
Center for Urban Policy Research	Nat. Resource Center on Homelessness & Mental Illness
Center for Working Class Studies	National Youth Gang Center
Center on Urban Poverty & Social Change	Office of Population Research, Princeton U.
Century Foundation	Population Council
Child Trends, Inc.	Population Reference Bureau
Children, Youth & Family Consortium	Population Research Institute, Penn. State U.
East-West Center	Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
European Centre for Minority Issues	Russell Sage Foundation
Families & Work Institute	Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Family Life Development Center	Sexuality Information & Education Council of the U.S.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center	Survey Research Center
Gallup Organization	The Urban Institute
Alan Guttmacher Institute (Sex/Family Planning)	Welfare Information Network
Institute for Human Development, Life Course & Aging
Institute for Research on Poverty

Government Agencies (U.S. unless specified)

U.S. Census Bureau	Administration on Aging
Dept. of Health & Human Services	Administration for Children & Families
Dept. of Housing & Urban Development	Bureau of Justice Statistics
HUD User	Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Dept. of Justice	Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Dept. of Labor	Citizenship & Immigration Services
Citizenship & Immigration (Canada)	National Center for Health Statistics
Commission for Racial Equality (UK)	National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Home Office (UK)	National Institute of Justice
Human Resources Development Canada	National Insitute on Aging
Dept. of Immigration & Multicultural Affiars (Australia)	Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin.
Dept. of Justice (Canada)	Women's Bureau (Labor)
Status of Women Canada	Ohio Dept. of Aging
	Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Services

Subject-Specific Sites

General Sources	Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Changing America	Trends in Europe & North America (UN)
Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)	U.K. in Figures: Official Statistics for the United Kingdom

Aging
AARP Research (Aging)	Social Gerontology & the Aging Revolution

Children/Family
Impact of Armed Conflict on Children	SafetyNet: Domestic Violence Resources
National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect	State of the World's Children 2003

Crime/Drugs
Crime Coverage	Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Homicide Trends in the United States	National Substance Abuse Web Index
NCJRS Abstracts (Criminal Justice)	Uniform Crime Reports
Partnerships Against Violence Network	World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems

Method/Theory	Marxists Internet Archive
Dead Sociologists' Society	Social Science Data Analysis Network
The Durkheim Pages	Social Science Data Resources
Electronic Statistics Textbook	Social Theory: Introduction to Sociology
General Social Survey	StatNotes: An Online Textbook
	Web Center for Social Research Methods

Population	State & Metropolitan Area Data Book
Annual Review of Population Law	State of the World Population Report (UN)
Demographic Info. for Cleveland-Akron Metro Areas	UN Population Information Network
Migration Dialogue	U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

Poverty/Homelessness/Social Work	Poverty Resource Guide
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance	Praxis: Resources for Social & Economic Development
International Homeless Discussion List & Archives	Social Work Cafe
Poverty Guidelines, Research & Measurement (HHS)	Survey of Income & Program Participation

Religion
New Religious Movements (U. of Virginia)	The Pluralism Project (Harvard)

Sex/Gender
Men's Issues Page	Women's Studies Database
SafetyNet: Domestic Violence Resources	The World's Women: Trends & Statistics

Social Movements
Intentional Communities	New Social Movements Network
New Cultures & Economies	Social Movement Cultures

Social Stratification/Inequality

Explorations in Social Inequality

Advocacy Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union	National Children's Coalition
America's Second Harvest: Ending Hunger	National Coalition for the Homeless
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Children)	National Low Income Housing Coalition
Child Abuse Prevention Network	National Multi Housing Council
Children Now	National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Children's Defense Fund	National Organization for Women
Children's Rights Council	National Partnership for Women & Families
Family Violence Prevention Fund	National Priorities Project
Habitat for Humanity	National Rifle Association
HungerWeb	National Urban League
Labor Project for Working Families	Ohio Association of Child Caring Agencies
NAACP	Population Action International
National Association of Housing Cooperatives	Population Connection
National Child Support Enforcement Association

Anthropology Anthropology Anthropology

Web Directories & General Sites

Abzu (Ancient Near East)	Folklore Resources on the Web
Academic Info: Anthropology	Guide to Underwater Archaeology Resources
Academic Info: Archaeology	Native American Indian Resources
Academic Info: Australian Aboriginal Studies	Native American Sites
Academic Info: Native American Studies	Resources in Ethnographic Studies
Ancient World Web	Southwestern Archaeology
Anthropology Internet Resources	Web Resources for Visual Anthropology
Anthropology Resources on the Internet (AAA)	WWW Virtual Library--American Indians
Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe	WWW Biological Anthropology Resources
ArchNet	WWW Virtual Library--Aboriginal Studies
Egyptology Resources	WWW Virtual Library--Anthropology
Folklife Sourcebook	WWW Virtual Library--Indigenous Studies

Professional Associations

American Anthropological Association	Linguistic Society of America
American Association of Physical Anthropologists	Society for American Archaeology
American Cultural Resources Association	Society for Applied Anthropology
American Ethnological Society	Society for Historical Archaeology
American Folklore Society	Society for Industrial Archaeology
American Society of Primatologists	Society for Medical Anthropology
Archaeological Institute of America	Society for the Anthropology of Europe
International Primatological Society

Academic Departments (Anthropology unless otherwise noted)

	University of Hawaii
Linguistics Programs	Indiana University
University of Arizona	Indiana University (Folklore Institute)
Binghamton University (SUNY)	University of Massachusetts
Boston University (Archaeology)	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of California, Berkeley	The Ohio State University
University of California, Los Angeles	University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Santa Barbara	University of Pennsylvania (Folklore)
University of Chicago	University of Pittsburgh
Columbia University	Stanford University
University of Florida	University of Texas, Austin
Harvard University	University of Virginia

Museums

WWW Virtual Library Museum Pages	Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Alexandria Archaeology Museum (VA)	U. of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
Bishop Museum	Museum of Antiquities, World Wide Web
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum	Oriental Institute, U. of Chicago
Canadian Museum of Civilization	Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History	U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Colonial Williamsburg	Plimoth Plantation
Corning Museum of Glass	Royal Ontario Museum
Flowerdew Hundred Museum	Simon Fraser U. Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery	Smithsonian Institution
Israel Museum, Jerusalem	Templo Mayor Museum

Research Institutes & Agencies

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation	Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
American Folklife Center	Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology
Archaeological Conservancy	Institute of Human Origins
Arkansas Archaeological Survey	Institute of Nautical Archaeology
Center for Archaeological Investigations (SIU)	International Center for Research on Women
Center for World Indigenous Studies	National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
Council for British Archaeology	National Trust for Historic Preservation
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center	Royal Anthropological Institute

Subject-Specific Sites

Cultural Anthropology	Health & Culture
APFT (Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples)	Kinship & Social Organization
Anthropological Index	Native American Consitutions/Law
Anthropology in the News	Native Web
Arctic Circle	Silicon Valley Cultures Project
Arctic Studies Center	Theory in Anthropology
Cultural Survival	Turkish Village
Experience-Rich Anthropology	UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Female Genital Cutting Education & Networking Project	What is Culture?
Fourth World Documentation Project	Web Jump Station for the Anthropology of Religion
Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology	Women in Development Network
	World Religions & Ethical Systems

Linguistics	Language Futures Europe
Ethnologue: Languages of the World	The Linguist List
Language & Culture	Native American Languages

Folklore
Encyclopedia Mythica	New Directions in Folklore
Folklore & Mythology Electronic Texts	Urban Legends Reference Page

Archaeology	Historical Archaeology
Anthropological Index	Hittite Home Page
Anthropology in the News	Interpreting the Function of Stone Tools
Fieldwork Opportunities (AIA)	North Carolina Archaeology
Archaeology in Arctic North America	Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Catalhoyuk (Turkish Neolithic site)	Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
Chauvet Cave, France	Preservation Briefs
Connecticut Gravestone Network	Radiocarbon Web Info
Duke Papyrus Archive	Scottish Archaeology
Egyptian Antiquity	Sipapu--Anasazi Emergence
Exploring Ancient World Cultures	Tennessee Archaeology Network

Physical Anthropology	Outpost: Human Origins
Anthropological Index	Primate Sites
Anthropology in the News	Primate Taxonomy
	Talk/Origins Archive (Creation/Evolution Controversy

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Last Updated 05/25/04
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