worldsocialscience.orgSelected links to open access web resources from ISSC member organizations
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)
- Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS, Brazil)
- Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS)
- Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française (AISLF)
- British Academy
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
- Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO - Latin American Social Sciences Research Council)
- Consejo Mexicano de Ciencias Sociales (COMECSO - Mexican Social Sciences Council)
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK)
- European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
- European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
- Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO - Latin American Social Sciences Faculty)
- Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
- International Federation for Data Organizations for the Social Sciences (IFDO)
- International Political Science Association (IPSA)
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
- International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Nuffield Foundation
- Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
- Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
- World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)
- World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)
- World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC (ASCR) http://www.cas.cz
ASSOCIAÇÃO NACIONAL DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO E PESQUISA EM CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS (ANPOCS) http://www.anpocs.org.br
- Quantitative and qualitative data on Brazilian society
- Video recordings of ANPOCS annual meetings
- Social science postgraduate programs in Brazil
ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES (APLS) http://www.aplsnet.org
- APLS Blog
- Journal “Politics and the Life Sciences” full-text
- Course Syllabi
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES SOCIOLOGUES DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE (AISLF) http://www.univ-tlse2.fr/aislf
- Archives AISLF
- Database to search subject/specialist among 1746 AISLF members in 64 countries
- Revue SociologieS full-text
BRITISH ACADEMY http://www.britac.ac.uk
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (CASS) http://www.cass.net.cn
CONSEJO LATINOAMERICANO DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES (CLACSO-LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL) www.clacso.edu.ar
- Web-based social science distance courses, three months duration, in Spanish and Portuguese
- Open access virtual library (Red de Bibliotecas de Ciencias Sociales de América Latina y el Caribe de CLACSO) with 23.000 full-text journal articles, working documents, book contributions, papers and reports (in Spanish and Portuguese) and links to websites with radio, video and audio social sciences programs
CONSEJO MEXICANO DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES (COMECSO) http://www.comecso.com
COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN AFRICA (CODESRIA) http://www.codesria.org
DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT (DFG) http://www.dfg.de
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) http://www.esrc.ac.uk
- Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)
- European Social Survey –ESS
- International Data Forum conference papers
- Public Policy Seminars publications in full-text
- Research publications archive
- Social sciences for schools
- Discussion forums
- Understanding Society publications
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTES (EADI) http://www.eadi.org
- Devtrain - 327 post- and undergraduate programmes and training courses with a focus on development issues, from 28 European countries
- OneSite Europe – Directory of development organisations
- Research papers, policy briefs, dossiers, journals, podcasts
- EADI Portal: publications from EADI members
- DevCareers: Vacancies in international co-operation
- DevFunding: Tenders, grants and funding information
- EL@ND (European Libraries Network for Development): searches 11 library catalogues
EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL RESEARCH (ECPR)http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/about
- The Exchange - searchable database of jobs, conferences, calls for papers, funding opportunities and more.
- Links to papers given at past General Conferences and Joint Sessions
- Links to political science organisations, funding and standing groups
FACULTAD LATINO AMERICANA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES (FLACSO) http://www.flacso.org
- Enlace Académico Centroamericano (full-texts on Central America - in Spanish)
- MetaBiblioteca (full-texts and other resources from FLACSO´s network’s members - Spanish and Portuguese)
- Full-text publications from FLACSO Central Office
o 2010
o 2009
o 2008
HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA (HSRC) http://www.hsrc.ac.za
- HSRC Research outputs
- HSRC communities of practice resources:
o Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) information products
o Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) –toolkits and methodologies
o The African Early Child Development Measures Resource
o The Fatherhood Project-papers
o The Fatherhood Project-books
o The Fatherhood Project-resource materials
o The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS resources
o Policy > Action Network-research into policy
o Policy > Action Network-policy into action
o Policy > Action Network –monitoring and evaluation
HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (HAS) http://www.mta.hu/english/index.html
- World Science Forum video archives (2003-2005-2007-2009)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR DATA ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (IFDO) www.ifdo.org
- Links to data archives from its member archives, with interative map.
- SocSci in the net – surveys and data
- Links to a selection of other national and international surveys and data archives
- Management of data archiving, and methods and data analysis
- The uses of secondary analysis in the social sciences
- Data packages on issues related to sustainable development
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION (IPSA) www.ipsa.org
- IPSA Portal (300 top websites for political science: e-gateways, library services, data banks, institutions, thematic sites, e-learning, e-government, feeds page)
- Online Paper Room (papers presented at IPSA World Congress
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ISA) http://www.isanet.org
- Directory of Internet Resources (an index of links to international studies resources)
- Podcasts
- International Studies Job Openings
INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) www.igu-net.org
- Documents to download
- Interesting links in geography
- Geography university and college departments worldwide
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES (IIAS) http://www.iias-iisa.org
- Knowledge Portal (innovation and performance in public administration)
INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (IPRA) http://www.ipraweb.org
- Directory Guide of Peace Research (peace institutions for each country)
INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ISA) http://www.isa-sociology.org
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES (IUPsyS) http://www.iupsys.org
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF POPULATION (IUSSP) http://www.iussp.org
NUFFIELD FOUNDATION http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org
ORGANIZATION FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (OSSREA) http://www.ossrea.net
- Africa Portal Library (open access to 3.000 full-text books, journals, and digital documents related to African policy issues)
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (PAN) www.pan.pl
- CEJSH provides open access to 20.155 English abstracts from 275 scientific journals published in Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak
ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (KNAW) http://www.knaw.nl
ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND (RSNZ) http://www.royalsociety.org.nz
- New Zealand 8 science journals full-text years 1963-2006
- Primary and secondary school teaching resources
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) http://www.ssrc.org
SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE (4S) http://www.4sonline.org
- Course Syllabi for Science, Technology, & Society courses
- Movies with Science, Technology & Society related content
WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH (WAPOR) http://www.unl.edu/wapor
- Guidelines for exit polls and elections forecasts
- “The freedom to publish opinion poll results”
- Public opinion researchers members of WAPOR
- “Guide to opinion polls”
WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH (WFMH) http://www.wfmh.org
- Global awareness and information resources
- Family education and training course
- Transcultural mental health information and resources
- Resources and links for emergencies and disasters
- Organisations in Africa that provide or facilitate psychosocial support to people living with HIV/AIDS
- Mental health and HIV/AIDS collection
- Global Directory of Mental Health Patient/Service Users, Family Member/Caregiver Support Groups, and Advocacy/Awareness Organizations
- Selection of links
WORLD FUTURES STUDIES FEDERATION (WFSF) http://www.wfsf.org
- Online Center for Pedagogical Resources in Future Studies
- Programs in futures studies around the world
- Futures pedagogy resources and examples
- Futures –oriented academic journals and magazines
- Futures Studies Bookshelf (bibliographic references)
- Futures oriented organizations around the world
- Futures websites
- Past WFSF Conferences and Courses in Futures Studies
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If you are a member of ISSC and wish to add open access web resources to this list, or make changes, please contact Dominique Babini (babini@clacso.edu.ar), member of the ISSC Information and Communication Committee.
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