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Weblinks
Associations
• TASA—The Australian Sociological Association: www.tasa.org.au
The premier website for Australian sociology with plenty of free resources and helpful links, including a Public Access Sociology section that provides a range of online papers and information briefs about the discipline. Students thinking of majoring in sociology should consider joining TASA as a student member.
• American Sociological Association (ASA): www.asanet.org/
Founded in 1905, the ASA is the national organisation for sociologists in the US. It has over 14,000 members and is a publisher of 10 professional journals and magazines.
• British Sociological Association (BSA): www.britsoc.co.uk
Founded in 1951, the BSA seeks to influence policies affecting sociology within the wider social sciences. It also publishes journals, books, and other materials.
• International Sociological Association (ISA): www.isa-sociology.org/
Founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO. Includes detailed international research networks with members from 109 countries.
Helpful links
• Electronic Journal of Sociology: www.sociology.org
A journal made available online free of charge to individuals, libraries, and academic and commercial organisations.
• Intute—Sociology: www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/sociology
An excellent search engine that provides free access to resources on the internet.
• Public Sociology: www.pubsoc.wisc.edu
American Sociological Association’s (ASA) website for its task force on institutionalising public sociologies.
• Sociological Research Online: www.socresonline.org.uk
A good database of theoretical research and discussions.
• Sociological Tour through Cyberspace: www.trinity.edu/mkearl
Dedicated to providing a ‘theatre of ideas’ for sociological discussion.
• Sociosite: http://www.sociosite.net
One of the best and longest-running sociology portal websites, it includes links to many high quality resources.
• Virtual Library—Sociology: socserv.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/
A good source of sociological resources.
• Asia-Pacific Sociological Association (APSA): www.apsa-sociology.org/
Affiliated with the ISA, the APSA was established in 1996 to provide a sociological network for the diversity of cultures, nations, ethnicities, and perspectives from across the Asia-Pacific region.
• Michael Burawoy—Public Sociology:
http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/PS.Webpage/ps.mainpage.htm
Michael Burawoy’s personal website contains a section devoted to public sociology, on which he keeps an updated and extensive list of publications on public sociology, all accessible from this site.
