LibGuides: Sociology and Social Work: Sociology Websites

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AllSides Media Bias Chart
The AllSides Media Bias Chart™ helps you to easily identify different perspectives and political leanings in the news so you can get the full picture and think for yourself.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world’s greatest challenges.
Crash Course - Sociology
44 video playlist from Crash Course regarding all things sociology.
Culture Crossing Guide
The Culture Crossing Guide is an evolving database of cross-cultural information about every country in the world.
The General Social Survey
For more than four decades, the General Social Survey (GSS) has studied the growing complexity of American society. It is the only full-probability, personal-interview survey designed to monitor changes in both social characteristics and attitudes currently being conducted in the United States.
The Global Countryside: Rural Change and Development in Globalization
This project examined the myriad effects that globalization has had on rural societies and economies.
The Institute for Research on Poverty
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is dedicated to advancing understanding of the causes and consequences of U.S. poverty and inequality.
National Association of Social Workers
"Founded in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies."
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
PubMed
"PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally."
Social Explorer
Provides easy, visual access to demographic and economic data using maps, reports, and data downloads.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 published and unpublished sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Since 1973, the project has been located at the University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice, and compiled and managed by staff at the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center in Albany, New York.
Survey Research Center at U of M
The Survey Research Center (SRC), a center within the Institute for Social Research (ISR), is a multi- and inter-disciplinary research organization devoted to the discovery of and insight into major issues within the social and behavioral sciences. SRC is an international leader in research involving the collection and analysis of sample surveys, administrative and other non-survey data.
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity.
World Values Survey
The World Values Survey (WVS) is an international research program devoted to the scientific and academic study of social, political, economic, religious and cultural values of people in the world.
Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar provides free, AI-driven search and discovery tools, and open resources for the global research community.

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