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Sociology: Resources
Campus Resources
Grace Hauenstein Library Subject Guide:
Professional Organizations
AAA is the world's largest organization promoting and supporting anthropology. They
publish research and hold a large annual meeting where anthropologists present their
research and discuss issues in the discipline of anthropology.
ASA is the official voice of sociology in the United States. With a global membership
base, ASA publishes research, holds annual meetings where sociologists present research,
and provides information to students and faculty members about the state of the discipline.
The Michigan Sociological Association is the state organization of sociologists. They
publish a peer-reviewed journal, and hold a professional meeting in the fall of each
year.
This is a professional association comprised of academic and applied sociologists,
primarily from the Midwest.
NWSA is a professional organization for scholars and others in the field of women's
studies and gender studies.
The NCSA is a regional association that includes sociologists from Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario.
The RSS is an organization of scholars and others who study rural life.
The SSSI is an international professional organization of scholars interested in the
study of this perspective within sociology, including an emphasis on identity, everyday
practice, and language.
Sociological Theory
The Marx-Engels Internet Archive contains original works, a biographical timeline,
and pictures of this classical sociologist.
Dr. Frank Elwell's valuable store of all things Weber including original works and
explanations of Weber's major concepts.
The Durkheim Pages contain original works and other information on one of the principal
founders of the discipline.
The Jane Addams Papers is a scholarly editing project publishing the correspondence
and writings of Jane Addams from 1901-1935 in a freely accessible digital edition
and in a selected print edition.
W.E.B. Du Bois was a son of Massachusetts who articulated the strivings of African
Americans and developed a trenchant analysis of the problem of the color line in the
twentieth century.
Research Data Sets
The Census Bureau collects data on all aspects of the lives of U.S. residents. This
site provides searchable data sets of a vast amount of information that can be incorporated
into sociological examination.
The Community Research Institute at Grand Valley State University provides demographic,
economic, education, housing, crime, and civic engagement data for West Michigan counties,
cities, and townships, including Grand Rapids neighborhood data.
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