Sociology encompasses and overlaps many fields involves in the study of social relationships and institutions, including organizational behavior, societal development and structure, and cross-cultural interaction.
The term "sociology" as the scientific analysis of collective human behavior was coined in 1838 by Auguste Comte, but Max Weber and ?mile Durkheim are generally credited as the founders of the modern field.
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Searchable database of UK research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. In-depth information on projects, publications, and other research activities. http://www.regard.ac.uk/
Media studies and gender studies with content on queer theory, gender, Foucault, Judith Butler, media influences, cyber culture, role models, and critical theory. Produced by Dr David Gauntlett, University of Leeds, UK. http://www.theory.org.uk/
Site dedicated to the academic world of sociology and social science in general. Site accompanies the book The Practice of Social Research. http://sociology.wadsworth.com/
A site for students of sociology, criminology and social theory. The site has slideshows, quizzes and documents as well as a Socio-News page. http://www.sociologyonline.f9.co.uk/
Comprehensive index of resources for culture, race and ethnicity, criminology, women's studies, family, theory and methodology. http://www.wcsu.edu/socialsci/socres.html
ICHEE considers human affairs in their evolutionary and ecological context, as part of a way of looking at the world and its animals, plants, natural resources, its geography, and its geopolitics. http://www.ichee.org/
The site for all serious students of sociology. It includes essays, articles, quizzes and presentations. It also includes a regularly updated Socio-News section. http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/
The Boekman Foundation is a centre where information about arts and cultural policy is collected and disseminated. It covers the areas of policy-forming and all aspects of implementation. http://www.boekman.nl/engindex.html
The Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) fosters basic and applies research on social, economic, and cultural inequalities. http://www.inequality.com/
A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for sociologists, written by Stuart Macwilliam, Library and Information Services, University of Exeter. It is one of a set tutorials within the RDN Virtual Training Suite, created by subject- http://www.sosig.ac.uk/vts/sociologist/index.htm
A comprehensive catalog of scientific resources and media worldwide but especially in German and English: Directories of Sociology Journals; Sociology-related catalogs of scientific search engines; additional starting points and sites of special interest. http://llek.de/english/thematic/social/soziologie_e.htm
Frédéric D'Astous explains how to create surveys and questionnaires. His articles cover attitude and ethics, the behaviour of groups and populations, data collection, lists and sampling. http://members.tripod.com/~frede_dast/conseil1_a.html
Established by the Society for Applied Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association to develop, promote and support quality sociological education and practice in applied and clinical areas. Michigan State University. http://www.sociologycommission.org/
Swiss information and data archive service for the social sciences: Provides information about research in social sciences - archives research data - facilitates secondary data analysis http://www.sidos.ch/index-e.html
CASS has been set up by three major universities in the UK, and aims to strengthen skills in survey design and analysis in the social science research community. http://www.socstats.soton.ac.uk/cass/
This page is the starting point for Sociology 157, an undergraduate introductory course on social network analysis. It contains the text book online, and bibliographical resources for sociologists. http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/SOC157/Index.html
SocioSite is a multi-purpose guide for sociologists. Based in the Netherlands, it includes useful links to sites around the world. http://www.sociosite.net/
The Centre for Applied Social Surveys [CASS] Question Bank (Qb) is a store of complete UK social survey questions, questionnaires and response forms. http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/
Course syllabus and lectures by Paul Gingrich of the University of Regina Department of Sociology and Social Studies. Covers work of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, and 20th century theorists. http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/s250iw03.htm
