http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/liberalsearch.phtml - INFOMINE makes access easy to all types of internet resources of scholarly use to UC faculty and students interested in the physical sciences, engineering, computing and mathematics. The file contains over 1,000 resources. Among these you will find preprint bulletin boards, databases, electronic journals, subject guides and software repositories, among others. INFOMINE is a University of California resource and emphasizes a UC focus.
http://www.socsciresearch.com/ - A list of research resources for the social sciences, this site contains numerous links to informational sites regarding, among other topics, economics, psychology, sociology, geography and women's studies.
http://www.sshrc.ca/english/index.html - The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, or SSHRC, is Canada's federal funding agency for university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities. SSHRC helps to continually build the human knowledge and skills every country needs to improve the quality of its social, economic and cultural life. More specifically, SSHRC supports high-quality research and research training that help us both to understand the evolving nature of the society we live in and to address emerging challenges and opportunities more effectively.
http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/infoserv/db/dare.html - DARE has over 11,000 worldwide references to social science research and training institutions, specialists, documentation and information services, and social science periodicals; references to peace, human rights and international law training and research institutions. Its publications
include the World Directory of Social Sciences Institutions, the World List of Social Science Periodicals, and the Selective Inventory of Social Science Information and Documentation Services.
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/ - H-Net, an international consortium of scholars and teachers, creates and coordinates internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. H-Net is committed to pioneering the use of new communication technology to facilitate the free exchange of academic ideas and scholarly resources. Among H-Net's most important activities is its sponsorship of over 100 free electronic, interactive newsletters ("lists") edited by scholars in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. Subscribers and editors communicate through electronic mail messages sent to the group. These messages can be saved, discarded, downloaded to a local computer, copied, printed out, or relayed to someone else.
http://www.ssrc.org/ - Founded in 1923, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, nongovernmental, not-for-profit, international association devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. It does this through a wide variety of interdisciplinary workshops and conferences, fellowships and grants, summer training institutes, scholarly exchanges, and publications. This website is designed to inform social scientists and students of social science about the activities of the SSRC.
http://www.researchresources.net/ - ResearchResources.NET contains links, proprietary information, and searches for all types of researchers and seekers of the social sciences. The site attempts to provide pointers to high quality, reliable, non-biased information and data in a variety of areas including, sociology, anthropology, communications and media, political science, economics, and law. ResearchResources.NET will not point to a site that is simply a list of links, but instead will link directly with the information itself. ResearchResources.NET will not link to those sites of questionable reliablity.
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/current/index.html - The target audience of the Scout Report for Social Sciences is faculty, students, staff, and librarians in the social sciences. Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of internet resources covering topics in the field that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given area of study. The Report is divided into two parts, site annotation and current awareness, although there may be some overlap between the two. Site annotations are organized in thematic areas of research, learning resources, and professional and general interest. Selected current awareness resources are provided in the areas of publication resources (books, journals, technical reports, and other reports), conference and meeting announcements and calls for papers, grant announcements, and updated data sets, among others.
http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/ - The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network. The SOSIG Internet Catalogue is an online database of high quality internet resources. It offers users the chance to read descriptions of resources available over the internet and to access those resources directly. The Catalogue points to thousands of resources, and each one has been selected and described by a librarian or academic. The catalogue is browsable or searchable by subject area.
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s5/sssl.htm- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' (INFLANET) Social Science Libraries are special libraries supporting research and practice in the broad domain of the social sciences. Thus the section includes, for example, big business libraries as well as small research institute libraries in the fields of linguistics or anthropology. Try the search engine for any information you might need from this site.
http://www.air-dc.org/home_window.htm - The American Institutes for Research, (AIR) is a not-for-profit corporation with a long history of accomplishment. AIR's staff performs basic and applied research, provides technical support, and conducts analyses based on methods of the behavioral and social sciences. The program areas focus on work, education, health, human performance, and quality of life. AIR helps its clients respond to human problems with effective policies, products, and services by addressing a broad range of social problems and by enhancing the performance of individuals and organizations.
http://www.scss.gil.com.au/ - The Social Credit School of Studies is a non-profit school of economics, politics and philosophy, based on the the just relationship between Man and the Society he lives in. Economics (you and your employment, you and your family's security), Politics (You and your rights, you and democracy), and Philosophy (You and your beliefs, you and your freedom) are the main topics covered in this informational, thought-provoking site.
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ - Although it is called the Humbul Humanities Hub, there is no dearth of information here on the social sciences. Based in the United Kingdom, the Hub provides links to quality sites in a number of categories, including archaeology, history, religion, linguistics and philosophy.
http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html - PRAXIS is the international development homepage of Prof. Richard J. Estes of the University of Pennsylvania. PRAXIS provides access to a vast array of archival resources on international and comparative social development. The intellectual commitment of PRAXIS is to the promotion of positive social change through informed action. Thus, PRAXIS has been designed to meet the informational needs of two audiences; social work educators and students with international interests and, other educators and students who require assistance in locating useful national and international resources on social and economic development.
http://www.isr.umich.edu/ - The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan is the nation's longest-standing laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. A scientific leader for more than 50 years, it has advanced understanding of society and human behavior through empirical research of extraordinary scope and breadth. Much of social science's significant data are gathered and archived here. Many of its foremost researchers have chosen to spend their careers here. And it is here that scientists from around the world come to teach and to learn.
http://www.clearinghouse.net/ - The Social Sciences & Social Issues category of the Argus Clearinghouse includes guides on topics pertaining to the study of people and their activities, customs, origins and institutions, as well as the larger social context and social concerns under consideration or debate.
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/index.htm - This website keeps track of online information as part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here. Simply browse the table of contents and find what you're looking for.
http://www2.dynamite.com.au/kiwisunf/ss.htm - The Social Science Hub, run out of Australia, begins by listing 18 categories to choose from. Each one of these contains links to sites with good information, and the categories include Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology, Psychology and Statistics. The Hub also has large data archives, as well as plenty of research tools to help you on your way.
http://www.sspp.net/ - The Social Science Paper Publisher, SSPP.net, is an informal electronic journal serving as an academic resource and opportunity for scholars who would like to find a readership for broadly sociological work. The purpose of SSPP.net is to provide a publishing and research infrastructure. They are committed to providing a forum for broadly sociological subject matter, enabling authors to receive feedback, making available a stimulating and inspiring resource for an academic and more general internet population and empowering students and social scientists alike.
http://www.ncss.org/ - Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy. The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators. The National Council for the Social Studies has grown to be the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education. NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies.
