Sociology

Online Journals and Magazines

Websites
  • American Association of Retired People
    Web site for people over 50, whether retired or not. It includes information on everything from health and travel to taxes and finances to computers and technology.
  • American FactFinder
  • Administration on Aging
    Government regulated information related to senior citizens and those who care for them.
  • American Social History Online
    A group of digital library collections that are about the 19th and 20th century social history of the United States
  • ePodunk
    Provides in-depth information about more than 46,000 communities around the country including geocoded information about thousands of parks, museums, historic sites, colleges, schools and other places across America.
  • European Social Survey
    Aims to measure and explain how peoples social values, cultural norms, and behavior patterns are distributed, the way in which they differ between nations, and the direction and speed at which they are changing in Europe.
  • Everyday Sociology Blog
  • Explore
    Allows people examine selfless acts of others worldwide through films, interviews, and photographs.
  • Global Demography of Aging
    Research on important themes related to global aging and health, with an emphasis on issues in the developing world.
  • Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
    Unified portal to the Library of Congress's digital international collections and resources.
  • GuideStar
    Searchable directory that provides detailed information on more than 850,000 nonprofit organizations.
  • H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
    H-Net is home to over 100 free, ongoing e-mail-based discussion lists with an international membership from more than 90 countries. It is aimed at creating electrnic communities
  • The Happy Planet Index
    HPI is an innovative measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered around the world. It is the first ever index to combine environmental impact with well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which country by country, people live long and happy lives.
  • Portuguese Culture
  • Teaching Tolerance
    Site had curriculam and links about reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our children.
  • World Factbook
    Includes facts on about 266 countries and locations.