RESEARCH
IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
 
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General Social Science Resources.
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Research Methods Tutorials
Sociology
- Research Resources in the
Social Sciences
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Research Center
Links2Go: Surf the Web Sideways
Social Science
Resources - Gateway - Directories - a great place to start.
Research Resources
in the Social Sciences
RESEARCH METHODS
Research
Methods Knowledge Base http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm
"The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook
that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate
or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire
research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability
and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive);
research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and,
writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical
and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity
in research; reliability of measures; and ethics. The Knowledge Base
was designed to be different from the many typical commercially-available
research methods texts. It uses an informal,conversational style
to engage both the newcomer and the more experienced student of research.
It is a fully hyperlinked text that can be integrated easily into an existing
course structure or used as a sourcebook for the experienced researcher
who simply wants to browse."
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Qualitative
Research in Information Systems http://www.auckland.ac.nz/msis/isworld/
Qualitative
Research http://www.ualberta.ca/~jrnorris/qual.html
Qualitative Research
Text Resources http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/text.html
STATISTICS
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping
for Federal Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/
"More than 70 agencies in theUnited States Federal Government produce
statistics of
interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical
Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full
range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for
public use."
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/
The Social
Statistics Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal
social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number
of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Social Statistics
Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those
agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal
Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values."
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Home page http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
National Center for Health
Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Social Science Resources:
Data Archives http://www.socsciresearch.com/r6.html
The Statistics
Homepage http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS - FULLTEXT
ONLINE.
PRE PRINTS
Databases
by Subject Category - Dalhousie University Libraries
Electronic
Journals - Dalhousie University Libraries
CDS
Search - Preprints
The CIC Electronic Journals
Collection
"Welcome to the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Electronic
Journals Collection (EJC), a prototype electronic journal management system
coordinated by the librarians of the CIC member universities, and the staffs
of CICNet, Inc. and the CIC. Ultimately, this collection aims to be an
authoritative source of electronic research and academic serial publications
-- incorporating all freely distributed scholarly electronic journals available
online."
Electronic Journal of Sociology
http://www.sociology.org/
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY©
CTHEORY http://www.ctheory.com/
"CTHEORY is an international journal of theory, technology and culture.
Articles,
interviews, and key book reviews in contemporary discourse are
published weekly
as well as theorisations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape.
Edited by
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker."
Directories of
Electronic Journals http://gort.ucsd.edu/ejourn/jdir.html#lists
LC Lists of Newspapers,
Periodicals and News Resources http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/news/lists.html
CURRENT RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html
The Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
"The Future of Children is published three times a year by The David
and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA. The primary purpose of The
Future of Children is to disseminate timely information on major issues
related to children's well-being."
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MEDIATED
COMMUNICATION http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/
Journal of World-Systems
Research http://csf.colorado.edu/jwsr/
Tables of
Contents for All Issues of Postmodern Culture http://jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU/pmc/
SOCIOLOGY
SOSIG: Welcome Social Science
Information Gateway
Sociological Research
Online - Home Page http://www.socresonline.org.uk/
A Sociological
Tour Through Cyberspace http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html#in
A SOCIOLOGICAL
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/socpsy.html
Alternate
Paradigms in Environmental Education http://www.edu.uleth.ca/ciccte/naceer.pgs/pubpro.pgs/alternate/directory.htm
SOCIAL
RESEARCH RESOURCES http://www.soc.umn.edu/~edwards/soclinks.htm
Social
Sciences WWW Virtual Library http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/
United Nations
Scholars' Workstation Home Page http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html
Center for Social
Informatics http://www-slis.lib.indiana.edu/CSI/
" The Center for Social Informatics is dedicated to support research
into information technology and social change. Social Informatics (SI)
refers to the body of research and study that examines social aspects of
computerization -- including the roles of information technology in social
and organizational change, the uses of information technologies in social
contexts, and the ways that the social organization of information technologies
is influenced by social force and social practices."
Social Informatics
Home Page
NTIS - National Technical
Information Service.
Includes research in the social sciences: LIS, behavior & society,
communication.
ICPSR Front Page Inter-Uniiversity
Consortium for Political and Social Research. A rich source of information
including fulltext documents.
SSRN
Electronic Library
EDUCATION
Educational
Research http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/library/edres.htm
ERIC -- Educational Resources
Information Center
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology Databases
Internet Anthropology
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/libguide.htm
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political
Science Resources
Political Science Manuscripts-
Database http://www.tcnj.edu/~psm/
POLITICAL SCIENCE MANUSCRIPTS "is
a project to distribute political science research and scholarship online.
PSM indexes abstracts to scholarly manuscripts and provides facilities
for researchers to make their manuscripts available online. PSM also hosts
special collections and maintains links to online journals (and other online
research repositories) in political science."
Political
Science Research Resources http://www.vanderbilt.edu/~rtucker/polisci/
International
Trade - Political Science - Net Links from www.about.com
LookSmart
- Political Science Research Indexes
QUANTATATIVE RESEARCH
Social Science Data on
the Internet http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/
Social
Sciences WWW Virtual Library - Directories and Data Archives http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/directs.htm
Selected
Publications -Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
(CBASSE)
Political
Science Resources/Internet Guides http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/psinter.html
UCO
Political Science Internet Resources http://www.libarts.ucok.edu/political/links/poliscilinks.html
Main Menu
University of Bologna, Faculty of Political Science, Research Guide to
International Law on the Internet
http://www.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/ILMAIN.htm
PSYCHOLOGY
Narrative
Psychology: Internet and Resource Guide (Main Page) http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~hevern/narpsych.html
" This page focuses upon narrative perspectives in psychology and allied
disciplines and provides an interdisciplinary guide to bibliographical
and Internet resources concerned with "the storied nature of human conduct"
(Sarbin, 1986) broadly conceived. Narrative in psychology itself has developed
particularly notable links with the emergent discipline of cultural psychology
(Bruner, 1990). This page also archives materials from the course, PSY
444 Narrativ Psychology, taught at LeMoyne College and suggests other pedagogical
materials concerned with the study of narrative."
Links
to Psychological Journals (by Armin Günther): Psychology and Social
Science Journals online
http://pc55w3.wiso.uni-augsburg.de/journals.html?jd-i.html
"Links to Psychological Journals is an index of 1,600+ online psychology
and social science journals. It links you to journal home pages and journal
information on the web. You may use it to find out about existing journals
in the field, contact publishers, browse tables of contents and abstracts,
locate online articles, and much more. Links to Psychological Journals
covers English, German, French, Dutch, and Spanish language journals."
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE
CiteSeer: The NEC Research
Institute Scientific Literature Digital Library
BUBL Information Service Home Page
Documents in Information
Science
Library & Information
Science: General Resources
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Engines ) - vivisimo - subject analysis
Psychology
Electronic Journals
Annual Review of Psychology
Psychology
Web Links by Topic http://www.socialpsychology.org/psylinks.htm
Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org/
Social Psychology
in the News http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~psybersite/news/
SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES
Overview
of the Scholarly Societies Project http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
Internet/Technology
- Current Events: US - Net Links http://usnews.about.com/newsissues/usnews/msub22.htm
Privacy/Civil Liberties Advocacy & Government Organizations/Resources
An excellent About.com guide to resources on privacy issues and technology.
Electronic Privacy Information
Center http://www.epic.org/
Information and fulltext documents on all aspects of privacy
and technology issues.
Internet Free Expression Alliance
http://www.ifea.net
An organization dedicated to free internet access and content.
See "Resources" for fulltext documents and articles.
FindLaw Cyberspace Law Center
http://cyber.findlaw.com/
"This site is designed to be an evolving resource for those interested
in legal issues concerning cyberspace.Please select a topic area of interest."
The Center for Democracy and Technology
http://www.cdt.org
"The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic
values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise
in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance
free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT
is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the
future of the Internet and other new communications media."
GOVERNMENT DATABASES AND RESOURCES
Government
Databases by Subject
Ingram
Library -- Government Databases
US GOVERNMENT WEB RESOURCES
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