Social Work
Sociology
Sports
Social Work
COMM-ORG:
the on-line conference on community organizing and
development
This very useful collection of links and features is
directed toward the integration of the theory and
practice of community organization. The Web site is
sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology
and Social Work at the University of Toledo. This site
contains a discussion list, syllabi for a variety of
community sociology courses, a resources page, and a set
of papers selected and edited by the faculty sponsor.
The features are both useful and instructive. The Web
site is easy to navigate, has a search facility and is
up-to-date. The syllabi page contains a variety of
course materials related not only to community
development, but also to community environmental issues,
social movements, community health and service learning.
The papers page encourages the submission of book and
media reviews along with case studies, research reports
and theoretical essays. The resources page contains
links to funding opportunities, training programs, data
bases and multimedia lists and links. The quality of the
resources is outstanding and the links work flawlessly.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) is a
nonprofit scientific research organization that
“conducts rigorous research and disseminates its
findings to address the needs of women, promote public
dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and
societies.” The Web site includes a wealth of
information relating to the organization’s won research
and public policy work in employment, education, and
economic change; democracy and society; poverty,
welfare, and income security; work and family; and
health and safety. Among available publications is the
monthly online Research News Reporter (RNR), which
highlights research by IWPR and other centers and
institutes. Most RNR articles include URLs to the
original research and are archived back to 1998. Also
available is the IWPR Quarterly Newsletter.
The Sociolog: Julian Dierkes’
Comprehensive Guide to
Sociology Online
Dierkes has been active in creating online access to
sociological resources for over a decade. The current
incarnation is attractive, easy to navigate, and
logically arranged.
There are links to US and Canadian university sociology
departments and a list of 725 sociology-oriented
resource pages that cover general reference, e-journals,
research institutes, professional associations, “SocioBlogs,”,
thematic sites, and great sociologists. Dierkes also
lists his personal favorites, including the
all-important topic of humor, and selects interesting
Web sites to place in “Featured Links,”, which is also
accessible from the home page.
Social Care Online
Social Care Online is the UK's most extensive free
database of social care information. Social Care Online
is a product of the Social Care Institute for Excellence
(SCIE). With everything from research briefings, to
reports, government documents, journal articles and
websites. Updated daily by SCIE's experienced
information managers, Social Care Online offers
unrivalled free access and ease of use.
Social Situation in the European Union
The report on The social situation in the European Union
is published annually by the Directorate General of
Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities and
EUROSTAT. It deals with the quality of life of people
living in Europe and provides a holistic view of the
population and its social conditions as a background to
social policy development. The Report provides a review
of population trends, living conditions and social
cohesion in the European Union, focusing on a policy
relevant theme each year.
Sociology
COMM-ORG:
The On-line Conference on Community Organizing and
Development
This very useful collection of links and features is
directed toward the integration of the theory and
practice of community organization. The Web site is
sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology
and Social Work at the University of Toledo. This site
contains a discussion list, syllabi for a variety of
community sociology courses, a resources page, and a set
of papers selected and edited by the faculty sponsor.
The features are both useful and instructive. The Web
site is easy to navigate, has a search facility and is
up-to-date. The syllabi page contains a variety of
course materials related not only to community
development, but also to community environmental issues,
social movements, community health and service learning.
The papers page encourages the submission of book and
media reviews along with case studies, research reports
and theoretical essays. The resources page contains
links to funding opportunities, training programs, data
bases and multimedia lists and links. The quality of the
resources is outstanding and the links work flawlessly.
Gender
and Development
The World Bank’s recently introduced GenderNet, like the
rest of its extensive Web site, is very slick. The pages
are well conceived, easy to navigate and replete with
links to useful data, special features, educational
institutions, international agencies, and NGOs. The home
page is updated weekly; its newsletter section contains
pieces on recent World Bank activities, sections called
“Focus On” and “Hot Topics”. More important, the site
not only offers a variety of reports and documents on
women across the world, it provides access to unique and
comprehensive data sets-an instructional treasure
house-compiled from national statistics, United Nations
information and surveys that only the World Bank has
been in a position to undertake.
HighWire
Press
HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text
science on Earth and is a division of the Stanford
University Libraries. It hosts the largest repository of
high impact, peer-reviewed content, with
1067 journals and 4,439,098 full text
articles from over 130 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted
publishers have collectively made 1,791,613 articles
free. These articles cover areas in biological, medical,
physical and social sciences and humanities.
NCJRS:
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Produced by the National Criminal Justice Reference
Service, this site will be valuable for those doing
research in criminal justice and law enforcement. Ten
major topical areas are covered in an easy to use
graphical interface: Corrections, Courts, Crime
Prevention, Criminal Justice Statistics, Drugs & Crime,
International, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement,
Research & Evaluation and Victims. Each topic contains
either hyperlinks to other Web sites or full text
documents, or both. Along with topical information, the
site contains a New This Week section, updated daily
with notices of new documents and press releases and
Current, which contains announcements of fellowships,
new programs and other news items for criminal justice
professionals.
Sports
The American Soccer History Archives
Extremely well organized and comprehensive, this
site is a repository for history, statistics and
analytical essays concerning American soccer. Even
serious soccer fans may be unaware of the long and rich
history of the sport in the US. If all the current pages
of ASHA were printed out, there would be over 1,200. The
core of the site is Annuals - yearly links offering
detailed synopses of various leagues, major tournament
and competition results (college to World Cup), and any
important news or developments. Every year, 1959-2002,
is covered and other years back to 1911. Nowhere, in
print or online, is such a wealth of information on
American soccer gathered in one place.
National
Athletic Trainers' Association
This website is a well-organized resource offering a
vast amount of information for the public as well as
NATA members. The home page is easy to navigate and not
overtaken with advertisements; it offers both current
news and links to archived news items. The member's
section offers a variety of services, including NATA
news (updated daily); a career center offering with
fully searchable postings (college/university, high
school, professional sports), an employee handbook,
advice on hiring a certified athletic trainer, and more;
and current and archived issues of various NATA
publications.
NBA.com
To look at NBA.com is to stand in Times
Square: one's eyes dart in all directions, among
competing images and all colors of the rainbow, with
boxes of every size and content pulsating and vying for
attention. The National Basketball Association jealously
guards and markets its brands and few home-grown sites
approach the scope of the league's official online home.
NBA.com carries scores of all the day's games
around the league or the WNBA, stories about trades,
rumors about trades, human interest, charity work, the
NBA draft, hot young hoop stars, summer pro camps, a
link to the NBDL (NBA's development league) - every
conceivable angle is covered.
Official
Website of the Olympic Movement
The official Web site of the Olympic movement, this
is the ultimate source for the Olympic enthusiast. The
site is current and it provides up-to-the-minute news
about the preparations for the Beijing Games. The site
also provides links and information about every prior
Olympic Games, numerous historical archives and even
publications found on the Amateur Athletic Foundation's
Web site, publications that date back to 1894, two years
before the first of the modern Olympics. The attractive
Olympics site also provides access to scores of photos
and interesting graphics without bombarding the visitors
with too much media and graphics. Easy for browsing and
for finding specific information, the site presents
material both in English and in French (the official
language of the Olympics).
SPRIG : Information in Leisure, Tourism and Sport
SPRIG is an organization which promotes information
sources in leisure, tourism and sport. These are grouped
under ten subject headings: History of Sport,
Hospitality Management, Leisure, Physical Education,
Sport, Sport Medicine, Sports Nutrition, Sports
Physiotherapy, Statistics and Tourism. Of particular
interest are the links to other web resources and
subject gateways. Relevant to academics, students and
practitioners in the field.
Women's Sports Foundation
A long-standing organization dedicated to advancing
the "lives of girls and women through sports and
physical activity" the Women's Sports Foundation focuses
on issues such as equality, discrimination and other
important issues related to coaches and parents. The Web
site is current, fast loading and easily navigated via
the search box on each page. Each sport listing details
the basics (how many people are needed to play, injury
risk, time commitment, ease of learning, cost, etc.) and
includes additional resources (books, Web sites,
associations, etc). An excellent resource for anyone
interested in women's sports.
Books