The Yellow Pages -- Sociology 

The World Fact Book at the CIA Find information on any country's economy, people, government, geography, military, transportation, and transnational issues, compliments of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Gallup Organization Information on recent polls, how polls are conducted. General Social Survey Has the almost annual "omnibus," personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) and others; the first survey took place in 1972 and since then more than 38,000 respondents have answered over 3,260 different questions. Part of the University of Michigan's site on the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) SSRN contains several research networks, including Accounting, Economics, Financial Economics, Legal Scholarship, Management, Information Systems, Marketing, and Negotiations. SSRN's Abstract Database contains abstracts on over 63,500 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers. Their Electronic Paper Collection has over 40,900 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee-Based Partner Publications. The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and iPoll U-Conn-based site with searchable datasets. Main attraction is iPOLL, a comprehensive, up-to-date source for present-day U.S. nationwide public opinion. A full-text retrieval system, iPOLL is organized at the question-level and provides tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys since 1935. The SocioWeb A guide to sociological resources on the web, SocioWeb links to sites under such titles as "Sociology in Action," "Surveys and Statistics," and "Sociological Theory." Research Resources for the Social Sciences If it's of interest to the world of social science, you'll find it here. THE repository for Internet resources in the social sciences--many of interest to sociology. SOSIG: The Social Science Information Gateway A starting point to reach over 500 social science web sites. Well-maintained site organized in menus and catalogue form. Census Data Census data and statistical information from 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 polls. Julian Dierkes' Sociolog Thorough directory on a wide range of topics related to sociology, alphabetical listing of sociology departments, journals, teaching sociology, web pages on great sociologists. Population Studies Center Resources Page Links to population centers, demographic agencies, online databases, country statistics, library catalogs, reference, newspapers and journals, and working papers. University of Michigan site. PollingReport.com Resource for recent polling data. Social Science Data Archives Run by CESSDA, which promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe and North America. Links to data-oriented web sites in American and Canadian institutions, including the U.Va. Geospatial and Statistical Data Center. WCSU List: Sociology Internet Resources Western Connecticut State University's index contains links to resources on culture and society, ethnicity, women, family, criminology, social theory, social research and evaluation, the census, and general sociology resources. WWW Virtual Library: Sociology Links to information on departments and institutions, associations and organizations, databases and archives, forums and listservs, etc. Back to Top | Back to Main Index Yellow Pages Main Directory