Social Sciences - Internet Resources

UHM Databases for Social Science
SurveyShare
licensed by ITS for UH faculty & staff who can set this up for student research use - "a user-friendly tool for designing and conducting online surveys - Construct a survey either from scratch, or based on a variety of question templates. Send email invitations to popotential respondents, and analyze responses in text and graphical form. SurveyShare is entirely Web-based, and requires no special software."

Social Sciences - Google Directory
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS): Spatial Resources for the Social Sciences
"The CSISS mission recognizes the growing significance of space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research" | cartographic visualization, geographic information systems (GIS), pattern recognition, spatially sensitive statistical analysis, place-based search methodologies, audio & video clips, links, search engine
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
Free Resources in Social Research Methods
online books, manuals, articles on how to do social research, incl surveys, interviews, observations, research about research methods, free software, how to present data, review of free statistical resources
IASSIST - International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology
conferences, publications, tools, technology, training, directories
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR - U. Michigan
world's largest archive of computerized social science data
ManagingInformation.com - Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
ESRC - the UK's largest funding agency for research & postgraduate training on social & economic issues | free digest of social sciences research available, planned & in progress, all ESRC-funded research, other key online resources from the UK incl Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), UK Data Archive, Office of National Statistics, int'l incl Europa, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
NESSTAR - Network Social Science Tools and Resources
search engine, publisher, system architecture
PolicyBot
database of public policy documents
Project Implicit - Yale, Harvard, UV, UW & National Institute of Mental Health
"...a Virtual Laboratory for the social and behavioral sciences designed to facilitate the research of implicit social cognition: cognitions, feelings, and evaluations that are not necessarily available to conscious awareness, conscious control, conscious intention, or self-reflection"
- Online Participatory Research online tests on attitudes, biases & stereotypes - "Here you will have the opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences for over 90 different topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and entertainers to styles of music. At the same time, you will be assisting psychological research on thoughts and feelings."
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide [PDF]
Social Research and Trends Analysis - Social Issues Research Centre
"An independent, non-profit organisation founded to conduct research on social and lifestyle issues, monitor and assess global sociocultural trends and provide new insights on human behaviour and social relations."
Social Research Update - U Surrey
Social Science Data on the Internet - UCSD
archival social science data - proprietary, government, university sources
Social Sciences - Intute
Social Sciences & Humanities - INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resources Collections
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
Sociological Research Online
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
SocioSite - U Amsterdam
Subject Areas, Sociologists, Courses, Journals, Libraries, Data Archives, Directories, Language Departments, Universities, Research Centers, Associations, Institutions, Publishers, Bookstores, Weblogs, NewsGroups, NewsLetters, MailingLists, Search Tools, Who's Where?, What's New?, NewsPapers, Funny Science
Survey Research Center - Princeton U
poll & survey findings and data, foundations, government sources, statistical, demographic, social science archives, data collection, survey analysis, report prep, survey research centers, market research, associations & societies
Survey Sample Size Calculator
"Want to take a survey but not sure how many responses to collect? This calculator gives you the number for any given population size and desired confidence level. A reverse calculator lets you enter characteristics of an existing survey and gives the confidence interval (plus-or-minus number) to apply to the results. Clear explanations of statistical significance, survey design, and related concepts."
Survey Suite
free automated online survey service, incl creation, administration, tallying results
Understanding the World Today - Global Social Change Research Project
World Social Change reports, reviews of main world demographic and political changes & data, review of theories of change, long term changes in political, economic & social systems, theory, data, research, syllabi, history, etc.
Web Interface for Statistics Education - Claremont Colleges
resources for statistics education & applications, esp social sciences | tutorials, statistics applets, glossaries, journals, links