The website of America's national sociological association for professionals. Here you can find the most recent developments in American sociology. Links for students include a review of sociology departments, a student forum, and a student newsletter. (
http://www.asanet.org/
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On this site, you can find an array of sociological resources, including links to sociological associations, journals, and university programs, as well as data from social surveys and statistics. (
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/
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This website provides regular updates on current events from a sociological perspective. You can also find quizzes and a sociology crossword puzzle and play a game of sociological "hangman." Portals on this website include globalization, 9/11, and the War in Iraq. (
http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/
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Created by Michael Kearl of Trinity University, this website is a great place to find general sociological resources, discussions about social theory, data sets, explanations of research method, and exercises that use the sociological imagination-or log on to play sociological Jeopardy. (
http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/
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You can access articles on sociology for free at this website. A wide variety of sociological perspectives, theorists, and topics are covered. (
http://www.sociology.org/
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This website provides useful links to a number of classical sociological theorists, including Comte, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Mead. Links include information on each theorist's biography, a summary of his or her work, and selections from his or her original texts. (
http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/INDEX.HTML
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This website contains everything one ever needs to know about the work of Karl Marx and his acolytes. It presents information on all aspects of inequality, from a Marxist perspective. (
http://marxists.org/
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This website includes text from Marx's primary works, including The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. Students can also read and access resources on labor and the Left. (
http://www.appstate.edu/~stanovskydj/marxfiles.html
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This website features a brief biography of Émile Durkheim, summaries of his most important works, including Suicide and The Division of Labor, as well as a glossary of his core concepts. (
http://www.relst.uiuc.edu/durkheim/
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This website contains information on the life and work of Durkheim, as well as links to primary sources and summaries. (
http://www.emiledurkheim.com/
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This website has links to a number of sites containing Max Weber's writings, commentary on Weber's work, and papers incorporating Weber's ideas. (
http://www.humboldt.edu/~ew1/310/weber.html
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This website contains links to works by Max Weber in German (with translations), as well as links to secondary sources on Weber's thought. (
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/weber.html
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This website is a comprehensive resource on Weber's life and work. It contains links to summaries of Weber's theory of stratification, as well as primary texts such as "Class, Status, Party." (
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm
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This site compiles links to a variety of sociological resources online, including those to sociology-related organizations and research projects. Readers can review a sociological timeline from 1600 forward and visit a number of useful sources for sociological research on inequality, social psychology, globalization, and hatred and intolerance. (
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc35.00.00/
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Sociological Research Online is an electronic journal of sociology, focusing on theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues. (
http://www.socresonline.org.uk/
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While the Internet is a valuable source of information, it also disseminates disinformation. This page provides a concise, organized overview of issues to consider when gathering information from Web sites. (
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/
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A well-organized collection of links to associations, research organizations, and statistical and research resources. (
http://www.geocities.com/jodts/Sociology.html
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This website, created and maintained by Western Connecticut State University, Department of Social Sciences, provides an extensive list of resources to the following topics: culture and society, ethnicity, women, the family, criminology, social theory, social research, and the U.S. Census. (
http://www.wcsu.edu/socialsci/socres.html
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