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General Resources

  • Social Science Data Archives ~ A searchable collection of databases, with some annotations, arranged by country. Also includes links to social science reference sites and worldwide databases. Users can browse in over 150 subject areas. From the University of Amsterdam.
  • Social Science Information Gateway ~ "The service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law." While center in the UK, many sources have universal application.
  • The Social Science Research Council ~ This "not-for-profit international organization...seeks to advance social science throughout the world and supports research, education and scholarly exchange on every continent." The Web site has information on the group's fellowships, grants, programs, and other activities. There are also links to other organizations, research funding sources, and general resources for the social sciences.


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Anthropology

  • American Anthropological Association ~ Site of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), a "professional society of anthropologists in the United States." Contains information on AAA programs, job listings, resources for anthropology students, links to related resources, and more.
  • American Folklife Center ~ The center's purpose is "to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world." Includes images, sounds (recordings and music), and written accounts. Searchable. From the Library of Congress.
  • Anthropology at Berkeley: a Century of Pathbreaking Scholarship ~ An exhibit of images of over 100 scholarly publications in which UC Berkeley Anthropology Department faculty "have contributed meaningful, often counter-intuitive, insights to our understanding of contemporary issues of local and global scope."
  • Anthropology Resources on the Internet ~ Annotated directory of websites for anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, and related social sciences. From the American Anthropological Association.
  • Anthropology Resources on the Internet ~ Includes Web resources on general anthropology, archaeology, archaeological digs, linguistics, cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, museums, academic departments, other institutions, electronic journals and archives, and more.

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Psychology

  • The APA Help Center ~ The American Psychological Association (APA) offers information on "How To Find Help with Life's Problems," including when to seek help and where to find it, workplace psychology, stress, depression, family problems, and the connection between mind and body. Searchable.
  • Encyclopedia of Psychology ~ From the Department of Psychology, Jacksonville (Alabama) State University
  • Psych Web ~ This searchable site contains links for the APA (American Psychological Association) style guidelines and tutorials, full-text print resources including pamphlets, career information, and listings of psychology departments with an Internet presence. By a Georgia Southern University professor of psychology.

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Sociology

  • CLAGS: Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies ~ "...the first university-based research center in the United States dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of vital concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities." Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
  • Human Nature and the Power of Culture ~ An exhibit from the Library of Congress about the American anthropologist and writer. It includes selected materials from the vast collection of manuscripts, diaries, letters, field notes, drawings, prints, photographs, sound recordings, and film in the Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives at the Library of Congress.
  • Human Nature Review ~ "Our goal is to bring into communication the variety of approaches to understanding human nature..."
  • The SocioLog ~ This categorized guide to sociology online has links to general and specific topic resources; university departments, research institutes, and other organizations; journals; mailing lists; and sites on individual sociologists. It is international in scope and some of the resources are in languages other than English.

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N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Last update:4/07/08