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Web Sites:
- Google Directory — Anthropology
- Google Directory — Archaeology
- Google Directory — Demography and Population Studies
- Google Directory — Public Administration
- Google Directory — Sociology
- Google Directory — Urban and Regional Planning
- Google Directory — Women’s Studies
- American Anthropological Association (List of recommended sites)
- IPL2 (Internet Public Library) — Subject Index
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Selected Journals by Title
Anthropology
- American Anthropologist
- American Ethnologist
- Anthropological Quarterly
- Arctic Anthropology
- The Australian Journal of Anthropology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Current Anthropology
- Dialectical Anthropology
- Ethnography
- Ethnology
- Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology
- Ethos
- Human Organization (formerly Applied Anthropology)
- Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly
- Oceania
- Practicing Anthropology
- Reviews in Anthropology
- Royal Anthropological Institute, Journal
- Visual Anthropology
Archaeology
- Acta Archaeologica
- American Journal of Archaeology
- Antiquity
- Archaeology
- Archaeology in Oceania
- Archaeometry
- Canadian Journal of Archaeology
- Expedition
- Hesperia
- Historical Archaeology
- Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
- Medieval Archaeology
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Oxford Journal of Archaeology
- Post-Medieval Archaeology
- World Archaeology
Sociology and Social Work
- Acta Sociologica
- American Journal of Sociology
- American Sociological Review
- The American Sociologist
- Annual Review of Sociology
- British Journal of Sociology
- Canadian Journal of Sociology
- Canadian Review of Sociology [and Anthropology]
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Child Maltreatment
- Contemporary Sociology
- Current Sociology
- European Journal of Social Theory
- European Sociological Review
- Evaluation
- Evaluation Review
- Global Social Policy
- Group & Organization Management
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Human Relations
- International Journal of Comparative Sociology
- International Sociology
- Journal of Classical Sociology
- Journal of Family Issues
- Journal of Homosexuality
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Journal of Social Issues
- Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Rural Sociology
- Sex Roles
- Simulation & Gaming
- Social Compass
- Social Inquiry
- Social Problems
- Social Research
- Social Science Computer Review
- Social Science Journal
- Society: Social Science & Modern Society
- Sociological Forum: Official Journal of the Eastern Sociological Society
- Sociological Methodology
- Sociological Quarterly
- Sociological Research Online
- Sociological Review
- Sociological Spectrum
- Sociological Theory
- Sociology of Education
- Sociology of Religion
- Teaching Sociology
- Theory and Society
- Theory, Culture & Society
- Work and Occupations
- Youth & Society
Social Work and Social Welfare
- Administration in Social Work
- British Journal of Social Work
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Child & Family Social Work
- Child Welfare
- Children & Schools
- Clinical Social Work Journal
- Critical Social Policy
- Families in Society
- Health & Social Work
- International Social Work
- Journal of Family Social Work
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Journal of Social Service Research
- Journal of Social Work
- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
- New Social Worker
- Psychoanalytic Social Work
- Qualitative Social Work
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Social Service Review
- Social Work
- Social Work Education
- Social Work Research
- Social Work with Groups
[Note: This is only a partial list. To find access to other journals by title, use the A-Z Journal List.]
Journals by Subject
Auxiliary Sciences of History (~658)
Archaeology (~37)
Philosophy. Theory (~2)
Preservation, restoration, and conservation of antiquities. (~2)
Social Sciences (~10,314)
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Communities. Classes. Races (~50)
Classes (~2)
Human settlements. Communities (~3)
Races (~2)
Rural groups. Rural sociology (1)
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology (~19)
Economic theory. Demography (~339)
Business cycles. Economic fluctuations (~2)
Capital. Capitalism (~5)
Competition. Production. Wealth (~5)
Demography. Population. Vital events (~11)
Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects (~11)
History of economics. History of economic theory (~12)
Income. Factor shares (1)
Methodology (~5)
Welfare theory (~2)
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Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform (~35)
By region or country (~12)
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. (~525)
Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform (~4)
By region or country (~2)
Criminal justice administration (~20)
Criminology (~41)
Drug habits. Drug abuse (~11)
Emergency management (1)
Free professional services (1)
Protection, assistance and relief (~30)
Refugee problems (~2)
Social service. Social work. Charity (~7)
Social sciences (General) (~59)
Socialism. Communism. Anarchism (~15)
Anarchism (1)
Communism/socialism in relation to special (~2)
Communism: Utopian socialism, collective (1)
Utopias. The ideal state (1)
Societies: secret, benevolent, etc. (1)
Sociology (General) (~117)
Culture (~3)
Deviant behavior. Social deviance (~2)
Social change (1)
Social psychology (1)
Statistics (~28)
Statistical data (1)
Theory and method of social science statistics (1)
The Family. Marriage. Women (~457)
Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living (1)
Men (~2)
Sex role (1)
Sexual life (~9)
The family. Marriage. Home (~39)
Women. Feminism (~45)
Transportation and communications (~704)
Air transportation. Airlines (~23)
Artificial satellite telecommunications (1)
Automotive transportation (~67)
Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless telephone industry (~11)
Ferries (1)
Freight (General) (1)
Railroads. Rapid transit systems (~16)
Stage lines (1)
Telecommunication industry. Telegraph (~76)
Telephone industry (~2)
Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. (1)
Water transportation (~3)
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Library of Congress Classification System
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- Library of Congress Classification
- Library of Congress Classification:Class A — General Works
- Library of Congress Classification:Class B — Philosophy Psychology Religion
- Library of Congress Classification:Class C — Auxiliary Sciences of History
- Library of Congress Classification:Class D — History General and Old World
- Library of Congress Classification:Class E — History of America
- Library of Congress Classification:Class F — Local History of the United States and Latin America
- Library of Congress Classification:Class G — Geography Anthropology Recreation
- Library of Congress Classification:Class H — Social Sciences
- Library of Congress Classification:Class J — Political Science
- Library of Congress Classification:Class K — Law
- Library of Congress Classification:Class L — Education
- Library of Congress Classification:Class M — Music
- Library of Congress Classification:Class N — Fine Arts
- Library of Congress Classification:Class P — Language and Literature
- Library of Congress Classification:Class Q — Science
- Library of Congress Classification:Class S — Agriculture
- Library of Congress Classification:Class T — Technology
- Library of Congress Classification:Class U — Military Science
- Library of Congress Classification:Class V — Naval Science
- Library of Congress Classification:Class Z — Bibliography Library Science Information Resources
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- American Anthropological Association
- American Sociological Association (List of Associations)
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