ABSTRACT

Sociology on the Web is directed at those who want to be able to access sociology Internet resources quickly and efficiently without needing to become IT experts.

The emphasis throughout is on the location of high quality sociology Internet related resources likely to be useful for learning, teaching and research, from among the billions of publicly accessible Web pages.

In addition to extensive coverage of topics relating to the efficient location of files and Web sites, Part III provides a substantial and annotated list of high quality resources likely to be of use to students of sociology.

The work is structured so that it will be found useful by both beginners and intermediate level users, and be of continuing use over the course of higher education studies.

part I|24 pages

Web Resources

chapter 1|3 pages

Introductory glossary

chapter 2|8 pages

Web addresses: what's in a URL?

part II|40 pages

Locating Internet Resources

chapter 5|12 pages

Search engines: standard searches

chapter 6|5 pages

Search engines: advanced searches

chapter 7|9 pages

Mailing lists

part III|75 pages

Sociology Internet Resources

chapter 9|70 pages

Sociology subject directory

part IV|44 pages

Sundry Matters

chapter 10|19 pages

Compiling Web pages: the essentials

chapter 11|13 pages

Miscellaneous computing matters

chapter 12|10 pages

Browser features and customization