Research Guides: Sociology: Web Resources

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American Sociological Association (ASA)
Sociological research includes comparative studies that identify similar and different sources of inequality, stratification, and mobility across societies. It measures their impact on individuals, families, and communities and their persistence over time and across generations. Sociologists analyze processes in institutions such as the economy, education, or religion that generate, maintain, and change social inequality and systems of stratification. (ASA Website)
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This website features specialized research journals and topics of interest for the sociology discipline. It also features a Student Forum that provides resources for graduate and undergraduate sociology students, helps develop networks among student members, and facilitates student participation in the ASA by encouraging professional development and service.
Social Psychology Network
Social Psychology Network (SPN) is an educational organization with over 1,000 members worldwide. Founded by Scott Plous in 1996, the Network grew in its first three years to include more than 3,500 searchable links and three affiliated partner sites: the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP.org); the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP.org); and Research Randomizer (Randomizer.org, a web-based tool for random sampling and random assignment).(Social Psychology Network Website).
Pew Research Center: Social Demographic Trends
Northwestern Institute for Policy Research
Social Science Data Analysis Network The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a university-based organization that creates demographic media (such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials) that make U.S. census data accessible to policymakers, educators, the media, and informed citizens.
Urban Research Institute The Urban Research Institute gathers dta, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues--to foster sound public policy and effective government. The Urban Institute builds knowledge about the nation's social and fiscal challenges, practicing open-minded, evidence-based research to diagnose problems and figure out which policies and programs work best, for whom, and how.