Theories of Community
Development
FYC 6330 Section 016G
Fall Semester, 2011
Instructor: Dr.
Mickie Swisher
Office: 3031 McCarty Hall
Tel: 352-273-3538
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Some search engines that can help you find sources of information beyond the "purely scholarly." These are good and work.
Google Scholar Includes some peer-reviewed papers, but also books and some theses. Often has materials from academic publishers, professional societies, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Infomine -- virtual library of over 35,000 Internet resources compiled by librarians
Scirus Science-specific search engine to over 450 million scientific reports, journal articles and government and university research websites. You can often find the full-text version through ScienceDirect (see UF library system)
Directory of Open Access Journals. Has over 600 journals, searchable by topic, and they meet quality control standards of scholarly journals.
Government Information Official U.S. government (includes states) search engine
Google Government Google's search engine for government and military websites
Government Science Authoritative selected science information from U.S. government agencies
Some sites that provide a lot of information about social theory
University of New England. Excellent overview of resources in the aera of social work. Goes by topic. Provides links to other sites with relevant theoretical information topic by topic.
University of Twente -- Overview of many social theories. Focuses on those that deal with interpersonal and mass communication and the media, but most of these theories are applicable well beyond the area of communication. Has good diagrams of the theories.
University of New England Master of Social Work Program has excellent materials, organized by topic (collective behavior & social movements, drugs, etc.)
The Aspen Institute - Roundtable on Community Chagne Includes Theoretical Approaches, Evaluation Approaches, Etc. Focuses on a structural approach theoretically.
Social Sciences Virtual Library
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
University of Amsterdam Sociosite
American Soiological Associatin's Cybertheory site
The Sociological Tour through Cyberspace (Trinity College)
McMaster University virtual library of sociological theory & theorists
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- searchable by theory
World Systems Theory - Globalization Website
Examples of Use of Conflict Theory