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DATA SOURCES
CENSUS SCOPE - A good site for maps, charts, rankings on information based on 2000 census. http://www.censusscope.org/index.html
CENSUS BUREAU - Population Pyramids for all nations
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Core statistics on longevity, infant mortality, morbidity - by country. WHO mapping library
FEDERAL STATISTICS
http://www.fedstats.gov/fast.html
This is the site, operated by the federal government that will give you
statistical data on a wide range of subjects. It is very easy to use -
good search engine to get quickly to the subject that YOU want information
about.
NATIONMASTER -Graphed statistics on wide variety of subjects http://www.nationmaster.com
ACCESS TO JOURNALS AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp
This link will take you to Ebscohost, a rich source for scholarly journals
and periodicals. You will need a password to get into it - the password
is available from school librarians at the front desk of the library.
FOR REPORTS AND WRITING
APA Style
http://www.wpunj.edu/~library/apa.shtml
This will take you to a site that will give you instructions on how to
format a research paper. You could go buy the APA manual for 40 dollars
but the recipe on this site will give you all the guidance you need to
satisfy Ferry's requirements.
Another good, brief guide to getting it right with APA
style format.
CITATION MACHINE
http://citationmachine.net/
Go to this site to help put your citations in the proper format. You will
be able to copy/paste properly formatted citation back into your own word
processing program file. Great tool for formatting references sections,
works cited pages, or bibliographies.
Rubric for Research Papers - These are 'rules of thumb' that will allow you to evaluate quality of your research papers
Rubric for Oral Presentation - Again, rules of thumb when making presentations in academic environment.
ONLINE DICTIONARIES AND THESAURUS
Webster's dictionary - easy
look up
Etymology - word history dictionary
SOCIOSITE - http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/
THE SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR - A concise dictionary of sociological terms, and brief articles about notable social thinkers.
RESEARCHING FAMILY BY SURNAME
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
FAMILY RESEARCH - http://www.familysearch.org/
This site is the best place to begin on the internet for information about
your ancestors, that are beyond the memories of your living relatives.
The Mormon Church keeps immense libraries of information available about
everyone (that they are able to discover) in the human race that ever
lived
ANTHROPOLOGY
American Anthropological Society
University of Pennsylvania's Museum
Web Resources for Visual Anthropology
LSU's anthropological resources - comprehensive list of links
British Museum's online collections - access to visuals of material in museum
Becoming Human - well-made site covering evolution of hominids. Narrator is Donald Johanson, who discovered 3 million year old fossil, australopithecus afarensis.
National Geographic - Genographic Project. Get your DNA tested (It'll cost you a hundred dollars)to find out who your ancient ancestors were - - ancient -this is no Maury Povich show. The National Geographic Society is funding research of dna variations in Y chromosome and mitochondrial chromosomes to reveal degrees of relatedness between different geographic groups of people.
Bradshaw Foundation - the peopling of the planet. Journey of Mankind.
FERRY- Early
Human Social Characteristics
ANTHROPOLOGY - http://register.dushkin.com Use "advocating-57183532" as the special code, then register
SOCIAL WORK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
- http://www.naswdc.org/
Main web site for this organization - go here to find the Code of Ethics
guiding social workers
MISC.
ACCURATE TIME - http://www.time.gov/