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Anthropology

American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/
Information for Anthropologists & students; programs; jobs and news related to Anthropology.
Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/kintitle.html
The Kinship Tutorial teaches the basics of kinship interactively, and explores examples of various kinship systems throughout the world.
Resources in Ethnographics Studies
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/other.html
The American Folklife Center at Library of Congress provides this collection of resources in folkways, ethnomusicology, and other aspects of ethnography, particularly in the United States.
World Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm
UNESCO 's nearly 700 World Heritage sites are listed and described here. These are places of enormous historical, natural and cultural importance throughout the world.

Political science

UCSB Infosurf Political Science
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/polisci/politica.html
University of California Santa Barbara selected websites on Political Science: American Politics, Political Parties, US Fed. Gov't, Campaigns & Elections, Interest Groups, Public Policy, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, International Relations, etc. (Note: includes some databases only available to UCSB students.)
Foreign Affairs Online
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
Links to Web resources on U.S. government; foreign states; international law; international relations; think tanks; map resources; UN; NGO's and human rights.
Apsanet: American Political Science Assoc.
http://www.apsanet.org/
The American Political Science Association, the leading professional organization for the study of political science. Resources for Political Scientists, students and the public, including jobs in Political Science.
Pacific Northwest Political Science Assoc.
http://www.lclark.edu/~pnwpsa/resources.html
Hosted at Lewis & Clark College. Includes links to online Political Science journals; political news; and electoral, survey and geographic data.
Conflict & Terrorism
"http:/guides/conflict/"
The Multnomah County Library reference staff guide to websites and library resources about the conflict in Iraq; the war on terrorism; conflict hotspots in Afghanistan, the Middle East & Sudan; and nuclear tensions in North Korea, India/Pakistan and Iran.

Psychology

APA Resources for the Public
http://www.apa.org/topics/homepage.html
The American Psychological Association provides information on common psychological conditions and problems, as well as current psychology news, legal and ethics information, and research paper help.
C.G. Jung Page
http://www.cgjungpage.org/
The C.G. Jung page contains introductory material on Jungian psychology, many texts, and other links to things Jungian.
Classics in the History of Psychology
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/author.htm
Classic works of psychology from Maslow to Freud to Jung to William James are available on this page.
Internet Mental Health
://www.mentalhealth.com/p.html
An encyclopedia of mental health information, with full descriptions of psychological disorders, medications and therapies. Articles, books and pamphlets on many mental subjects.
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs and Body Language Cues
http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm#The NONVERBAL DICTIONARY
An illustrated dictionary of human communication, apart from language, sponsored by the Center for Nonverbal Studies.
Personality Disorders
http://personalitydisorders.mentalhelp.net/
This site explores the nature of ten different personality disorders, treatments and online resources, including organizations and support groups.
Psych Central
http://psychcentral.com/
Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Pages contains a massive index to all things psychological on the Internet, covering disorders, treatments and research.
Psycline: Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web
http://www.psycline.org/
Psycline is an excellent index to psychology and social science journals available on the Web. The Journal Locator feature offers several ways to search, and links to journals make for quick access. A great resource for students doing research papers.
Psych Web
://www.psywww.com/
Psych Web contains many links of interest to teacher and students of psychology: links to psychology departments, journals, articles and study resources.

Sociology

AmeriStat
http://www.ameristat.org
AmeriStat is a compilation of population statistics that shed light on the current state of American life. Beautifully designed and easy to use, it provides statistics gleaned from the U.S. Census and other sources.
Dead Sociologists' Society
http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/DEADSOC.html
A great introduction to the study of sociology, its theories, scholars, and resources.
NORC: The General Social Survey
http://www.norc.org/projects/gensoc.asp
The National Opinion Research Center has conducted surveys on all aspects of American life for more than 25 years. Data from the General Social Survey, which is sponsored by the University of Chicago, is available here.
Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
The PRB provides a wide variety of population information for students and researchers of all kinds. The Data Finder on this website is a database full of population information searchable by all kinds of variables, from countries all over the globe.
Social Science Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/
The SSRC is an independent, international organization that seeks to bring together the best scholarship on major social issues. Their website contains a variety of in-depth reports and articles on contemporary and historical problems from myriad viewpoints.
A Sociology Timeline from 1600
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/timeline.html
A timeline of important people, events and publications in the history of sociology, with links to biographies and primary texts.
SocioWeb
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/
A comprehensive index of sociology sites

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