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Web Sites for Sociology/Anthropology
Anthropology
| American Anthropological Association |
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Official site of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States. Provides information on internships, fellowships, professional fieldword experience, and information about the organization itself and its sub-sections. |
| Anthropological Index Online |
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Index to articles in journals held by the Anthropology Library at the British Museum. Covers articles back to the 1950s. |
| Anthropology Biographies |
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Developed by the anthropology students at Minnesota State University, Mankato. "Includes brief descriptions of anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology." |
| Anthropology Collections Database |
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"The permanent research collection of the Department of Anthropology [California Academy of Sciences] comprises approximately 16,000 objects, most of which are ethnographic. The Department actively collects material of the indigenous cultures of western North America (exclusive of Mexico) and of the Pacific Rim, including all Pacific islands and East Asia. Current strengths of the collection are holdings from the U.S. Southwest and the Pacific Islands, and basketry from California. Earlier years of collecting have yielded both ethnographic and archaeological materials from East Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Central and South America." |
| Anthropology Tutorials |
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Website maintained by Palomar College. Includes tutorials for biological and cultural anthropology topics. |
| Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe |
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"The ARGE database contains links to evaluated Internet resources (mainly web pages, but also other resources such as discussion lists) concerning European archaeology." |
General
| Arab Media & Society |
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This online journal is a "reference for understanding the role of media in shaping Arab societies and the broader Muslim world". |
| Global Distribution of Poverty |
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The Global Poverty Mapping Project seeks to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live. Additionally, the project aims to assist policy makers, development agencies, and the poor themselves in designing interventions to reduce poverty. |
| Kids Count |
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KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state, and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. |
| Men's Bibliography |
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"A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender and sexualities" |
| Pew Global Attitudes Project |
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Provides public data sets and reports on cross-cultural public opinion surveys. Data sets provided in SPSS format. |
| Social Care Online |
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A free British database including government documents, journal articles and websites |
| World Values Survey |
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The World Values Survey organization monitors the values and beliefs of peoples from over 80 societies. Their findings (covering 1981-2000) are posted on this website. |
Sociology
| SocioLog |
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"Guide to sociology online." Includes links to information about the study, teaching and practice of sociology. |
| SocioWeb |
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Guide to sociological resources on the web. |
