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| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Social Issues | Social Theory |
| Demographics | General Social Sciences Resources |
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Arizona Electronic Atlas
Excellent web-based mapping system with many layers, and with data available for free downloading. Also has a great links page of GIS mapping and data websites around the country.
GIS-AZUL: Geographic Information Systems at the University of Arizona Library
Provides basic information about GIS, GIS at the University of Arizona Library, ArcView, Spatial Data Resources on campus,and some great GIS links.
Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety
Goal is "the promotion, research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology and the spatial analysis of crime."
SOCIAL ISSUES
American Civil Liberties Union
Official ACLU website contains press releases, current goings on in Congress, the Courts, and the States.
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
Describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.
Women and Social Movement of the United States, 1600-2000
Full text documents works from a number of women's social movement groups in the U.S.
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Cybersoc.com
Online resource for social scientists interested in the study of the Internet, cyberspace, computer mediated communication, and online communities.
Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide
National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) reports examining access to telephones, computers, and the Internet.
Gun Laws, Gun Control & Gun Rights
Maintained by JURIST: The Legal Education Network.
Human Rights on the Internet: Sites that Encourage Activism
Inequality.org
News, information & expertise on the divide in income, wealth & health
International Labour Organization
IRSS Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Search questions derived from a collection of public opinion polls, from 1960 to present.
Joint Center for Poverty Research
Includes full-text of their quarterly newsletter and working papers, press releases, joint project, and links to other sites.
Justice Information Center
Sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS).
LaborNet
Supports human rights and economic justice for workers.
MOST Clearinghouse on Linguistic Rights (UNESCO)
Information related to developing policy that will lead to peaceful and democratic solutions to problems that arise within societies characterized by cultural and ethnic pluralism.
National Survey of America's Families
Study of 13 states that looks at the well-being of adults and children.
Pluralism Project
Studies and documents the expanding religious diversity in the U.S.
Poverty Mapping
Promotes the use of poverty maps in policy making and targeting assistance, particularly in the areas of food security and environmental management.
Project Diana
Joint international project with four libraries and human rights organizations. Women's Human Rights Resources - University of Toronto ; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library ; Online Human Rights Archive at Yale Law School.
Violence Policy Center
Educational organization that works to reduce gun death and injury in America by approaching firearms violence as a public health issue.
Social Theory
Critical Theory and Post-Modern Thought
The Mead Project
George Herbert Mead and many more.
Sociologists: Dead and Very Much Alive
DEMOGRAPHICS
Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE)
Demography & Population Studies
Megasite for demographics.
Princeton University, Office of Population Research
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Contains publications and presentations, the free online journal Demographic Research, listings of events and other information related to demographic research.
Population Reference Bureau
Provides full-text articles, excerpts of published reports, and statistical summaries relating to world population studies.
Population Studies Center ( University of Michigan)
Population Studies Center (University of Pennsylvania)
Social Science Data Analysis Network
Census data for the classroom and demographic media for all audiences.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
Provides data tables on population for regions and nations around the world, and a network of World Population Centers.
World Population
Provides World and US population clocks in addition to links to sites.
GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES RESOURCES
Social Science Information Gateway -- SOSIG
SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research.
Society & Social Sciences (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
List of reliable high-quality Web sites on the Social Sciences, mainly sub-topics will be of interest to Sociology students.