Sociology
Earth Trends
Comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.
American Sociological Association
Dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.
Sociolog
Links to US and Canadian university sociology departments and a list of 725 sociology-oriented resource pages that cover general reference, e-journals, research institutes, professional associations, "SocioBlogs," thematic sites, and great sociologists.
Sociosite
Expansive, reliable, and reputable social science meta-site that aims to serve as a collegial online meeting place for the exchange of freely available, sociology-oriented scholarly information.
Force Migration
Provides instant access to online sources (textual and pictorial) about people displaced by either conflicts or natural disasters. Intended for practitioners and academic researchers.
Making of America
From Cornell University Libraries, a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction. Contains 1.5 million pages from 19th century monographs and journals. Useful for upper-elementary through graduate school study.
Pew Internet & American Life Project
From its mission statement: "The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project is nonpartisan and takes no position on policy issues. Support for the project is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts."
The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
This site from the University of Pennsylvania provides photographs, quotes, book excerpts, transcripts, and video from the 1950s. Included are literary, social, and polictical links, full-text, and multimedia items.