1. Social Science Research Institutions in the Berlin Area

• Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

• German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW)

• Centre Marc Bloch

• Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin

• Department of Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin

• Sociology at the Department of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam

 

2. Sociological Journals

• List of sociological Journals in Thomson Reuters' Social Science Citation Index

• Collection of main journals by the German Sociological Association

 

3. Sources for Statistical Data

• Statista - Statistik-Portal im Internet (statistical research portal; in German only)

• The MacroDataGuide - An International Social Science Resource (information on datasets on the macro level)

• Eurostat (statistical office of the European Union)

• OECD Statistics (broad range social and economic statistical data)

• ZACAT - GESIS Online Study Catalogue (datasets from ALLBUS (GGSS), Eurobarometer, EVS, ISSP and more)

• German Federal and State Statistical Offices (central access to German official statistics)

• FDZ-RV Forschungsdatenzentrum der Rentenversicherung (micro data of the research center on pension insurance; in German only)

• Pew Research Center (nonpartisan fact tank with american and global coverage)

• CIA - The World Factbook (basic information on countries of the world)

 

4. Sociological Blogs and General Sociological Information

• Sociology FU Berlin @socFUB (Twitteraccount of the Institute of Sociology at FU Berlin)

• EUROPP - European Politics and Policy (broad-based and multidisciplinary focus, covering European governance, economics, politics, culture and society, both at the European Union and national levels)

• SozBlog (official Blog of the German Sociological Association; in German only)

• homo sociologicus (Weblog on the gateway between sociology and the public)

• SocioSite (information on sociological research areas, journals, databases, institutes and more)

• 50 Klassiker der Soziologie (dictionary with information on biography, bibliography, and abatement; in German only)

• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (access via the University library of FU Berlin)

 

5. Information on the European Union

• Overview of EU institutions

• Official EU documents

• European Union law (EUR-Lex)

• Libraries and archives of the EU

• Archivportal Europe

• Archive of European Integration (AEI) at the University of Pittsburgh

• Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) at the European University Institute (EUI)

 

6. Sociological Associations

• German Sociological Association (DGS)

• European Sociological Association (ESA)

• American Sociological Association (ASA)