Social Sciences

Studies of human society and of individual relationships in and to society.

Sub-headings:

Anthropology

Study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of human beings.

Archaeology

The systematic recovery and study of material evidence, such as graves, buildings, and tools, remaining from past human lives and cultures.

Social Customs, Traditions, and Folklore

Traditions are used by societies all over the world to pass on cultural knowledge. They can be oral traditions and stories, social manners and etiquette, ceremonies and holidays, or material traditions.

Education

Schooling and instruction, the provision of knowledge or training in a particular area or for a particular purpose.

Ethnicity, Culture, and Race

Of or relating to sizable groups of people sharing a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic, or cultural heritage.

Gender & Sexuality

Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture; matters involving or characteristic of sex, sexuality, or the sexes.

Geography

Information on the earth, its features, the distribution of life, and political boundaries.

History

The telling, generally chronological, of human events, usually including an explicit interpretation of those events.

History of Social Sciences

Links to study the global movement of people groups, cultures, customs, and ideas.

People by Age Group

Resources for and about people grouped by age into children and youth, teens, Gen X, adults and seniors.

Political Science

The art or science of governing, especially of a political entity, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.

Psychology

The science that deals with human mental processes and behavior.

Social Issues and Social Welfare

The relationship and responsibilities of societies, especially political entities, to their members.

Social Sciences Blogs

Social Sciences News

News and journal articles and abstracts about the Social Sciences.

Sociology

The study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins, organization, institutions, and development of human society.

Resources in this category:

Anthro.Net
http://www.anthro.net/

"Links and references for anthropology, archaeology, history, linguistics, psychology, sociology and other social sciences. The Anthro.Net database contains thousands of reviewed web sites and bibliographic references... Anthro.Net queries a database of over 40,000 reviewed web sites."

DAREnet
http://www.darenet.nl/en/

Provides free and open access to academic research output in the Netherlands. Project collects materials in digital form and standardizes them so that they can be easily searched via the Web interface.

Demographic Information Online
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48461

This IPL pathfinder is a starting point for basic demographic research on the World Wide Web. Demographic information consists of numeric data or statistics involving groups of people.

HateWatch
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/

A guide to hate groups that are active on the Internet, and the groups that monitor them. A hate group is defined as: "an organization that advocates violenceagainst or separation from those persons or organizations identified by their race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender."

Humans and Other Animals
http://www.swabe.org/

"Humans and Other Animals is a web site designed for all those interested in the human-animal relationship. The site provides academic researchers, students and people who deal with animals in their everyday lives, both professionally or as owners, with information on and links to a wide range of anthrozoological resources."

INFOMINE - Social Sciences and Humanities
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?liberal

Large annotated collection of Internet resources related to humanities and the social sciences, business, and general reference. Resources have been determined to be "'of use' as a scholarly information resource in research or educational activities at the university level." Collection can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword or title. Part of The Library of the University of California, Riverside's INFOMINE.

Institute for Global Communications
http://www.igc.org/igc/

"IGC's five online communities of activists and organizations: PeaceNet, EcoNet, LaborNet, ConflictNet, and WomensNet are gateways to articles, headlines, features, and weblinks on progressive issues."

Intute: Social Sciences
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/

Intute Social Sciences is "a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists."

MagPortal.com: Magazine Articles on Society, Politics & Culture
http://www.MagPortal.com/c/soc/

A searchable, browsable directory of magazine articles on topics related to society, politics and culture that are available online. Topics covered include: Archaeology; Culture; Disabled; Gay & Lesbian; History; International Politics; Language; Law; Men; Mythology; Philanthropy; Philosophy & Deep Thought; Racial; Regional Politics & News; Religion & Spirituality; Social Issues; Women. Updated every few days.

Research Resources for the Social Sciences
http://www.socsciresearch.com/

This is a research hub that lists internet resources for the social sciences. Psychology, anthropology, and women's studies are among the included subjects. The news and journalism link has an extensive collection of sites, and the reference resources collection contain a variety of general social sciences research links.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/

"This site provides links to free resources for evaluation researchers. The links are to sites that have information on how to do different methods of evaluation and social research."

Social, Economic and Political Change
http://gsociology.icaap.org/

An annotated listing of links to information about large scale long-term political, economic and social systems change at the national and international level. This site links to sites with data, theory, national profiles, history, research, course syllabi, and other useful information.

Yenza
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza/

"'Yenza' -- a word meaning 'do it' in the Xhosa and Zulu languages -- is a guide to using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The site includes links to resources for these purposes. In selecting them, the project team has tried to choose resources which are highly rated by subject experts."