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An IntroductoryAn IntroductoryGuide toGuide to
ResourcesResourcesforfor
AQA / OCRAQA / OCRAS Sociology StudentsAS Sociology Students
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Chris.LiveseyChris.Livesey
AS / A2 SociologyAS / A2 Sociology
Sociology Central Sociology Central (www.sociology.org.uk)
E-mail:E-mail: chris.livesey@sociology.org.uk
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Issues
• Surfing Skills…
• Level
• Source
• Searching…
• Structure
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Surfing Skills:
Browser:
Saving Pages
Printing Pages
Set Bookmarks / Favourites
Send
Receive
Print Page
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Searching…
• Search engines as last resort
• Major A-level Resource sites
• Links sites
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Level
• Most material aimed at (under) graduates…
• Few A-level sites
• Even fewer AS Level sites…
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Source
• Anyone can build a web site
• Use sources critically
• Copyright issues
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Structure
• Avoid aimless surfing…
• Start with a clear objective
• Bookmark your travels…
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Notes…
What’s on the Web?
Interactive material…
Links Sites… Study Skills…
Exam Boards… Publishers…
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General Sociology Sites
Sociology Online:
http://www.sociologyonline.f9.co.uk/
Bryn Hafren School:
http://www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/barrycomp/bhs
Sociology Central: www.sociology.org.uk
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General Sociology Sites
Hewett School:
http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/index.htm
John Maloney: http://website.lineone.net/~jmaloney/
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Introductory Sites
King George V College: www.kgv.mernet.org.uk/so/sociology/index.htm
Crofton School: www.hants.gov.uk/school/crofton/menuframe.htm
Shireen Ally: www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Den/1980/ index.html
Sociology Learning Support: www.chrisgardner.clara.net/
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Family: AQA / OCR
Kearl's Guide to the Family:
www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html
Gender and Society:
www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
Family Discussions:
www.familydiscussions.com/
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Mass Media: AQA / OCR
Mick Underwood:
www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/
MCS:
www.aber.ac.uk/media/Functions/medmenu.html
A level Media Studies Page:
http://only.at/mediastudies
Media Guardian:
www.mediaguardian.co.uk/
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Methods: AQA / OCR
Research Guide: http://members.tripod.com/~frede_dast/conseil22a.html
Home Office Statistics:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/hofront.htm
UK Government Statistics:
www.statistics.gov.uk
Social Trends 31:
www.statistics.gov.uk/products/p5748.asp
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Theory: AQA / OCR
Cardiff University: www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/frameset_students/introsoc/index.html
Sociology Café:
www.geocities.com/~sociology/
Dead Sociologist's Society:
www.runet.edu/~lridener/DSS/DEADSOC.HTML
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Culture and Identity: OCR
Multi-Ethnic Britain- Key Facts:
www.blink.org.uk/reports2/kfacts.htm
Gen-Ed:
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vcwsu/commons/topics/culture/culture-index.html
Feminist.com: www.feminist.com/
Sociology Corner:www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/
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Religion: OCR
Hartford Institute: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/
BBC Online:
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/main_religion.shtml
Shadows: http://shadows.sacrilege.com/
Religion Resources: http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~relig/links.html
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Youth and Culture: AQA
Epic: www.ecm.co.za/
British Studies: http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/y_index.htm
Pop Cultures:www.popcultures.com/
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Education: AQA
Education In Britain:
www.eng.umu.se/education/
Education Studies:
www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/trowler/index.htm
Education Unlimited:
www.educationunlimited.co.uk/
Times Educational Supplement:
www.tes.co.uk
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Health: AQA
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/default.htm
Department of Health: www.doh.gov.uk/dhhome.htm
Sociosite: www.sociosite.net/topics/health.php
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Wealth, Poverty and Welfare: AQA
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: www.jrf.org.uk/
The Big Issue: www.bigissue.com/home.htm
Sticky Wicket: www2.ari.net/home/poverty/welcome.html
Inequality.org:www.inequality.org
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Work and Leisure: AQA
McDonaldization: http://members.nbci.com/McDonaldized/homeeng.htm
M.Rouncefield: www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/VSOC/VRbankPapers.html
Lancaster University: www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/restopic.html#Work and Technology
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Peter’s Links: www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/sociology/PeterLinks/Peteroutline.html
Links Sites
ATSS: www.atss.org.uk
Sociolog: www.sociolog.com/links/links_frame.html
SocioRealm: www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/5889/index.htm
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Revision Sites
S-cool: www.s-cool.co.uk/
Sociology Central: www.sociology.org.uk
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Glossaries
Sociology Dictionary: http://www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology/index.htm
Frank Elwell: http://msumusik.mursuky.edu/~felwell/http/homepage.htm
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Publishers
OUP: www.oup.co.uk/best.textbooks/sociology/fulcher/ workbook
John Scott: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~scottj/
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Exam Boards
AQA: www.aqa.org.uk
OCR: www.ocr.org.uk
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