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Welcome to the MERLOT Sociology Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning in sociology. You are invited to become a Member. It's free. We hope as you use the learning materials and other resources, you will discover and create your own learning materials to share with others!
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The Sociological Cinema is an online resource to help sociology instructors incorporate videos into their classes. The centerpiece of the site is a searchable database of video clips. Each clip is tagged with sociological themes, year, and includes a summary of the clip with suggestions of how to use it in the classroom. The focus of the site is on short video clips (<10 minutes), but videos may be up to one hour in length. The site also includes comment sections for all videos, a blog, assignments, video-related scholarship on teaching and learning, and a form to submit new video clips to the site
New Materials
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CoVis - Discover reliable COVID-19 research
CoVis provides a curated knowledge map of seminal works on COVID-19 research. The knowledge map is constantly evolving...
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H5P OER HUB
H5P's Authoring Tool (https://h5p.org) is used by the global Open Education and K-12 Education Community to create and...
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Everyday Social Justice
This website is for people who want to learn about social justice, or for folks who teach it. It has all of the teaching...
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100 Free University Courses Online [2020] [UPDATED]
Multiple global universities have joined hands to help people in this time of distress. They have made hundreds of...
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Data Analysis Exercises on Gun Issues
The goal of these exercises is to introduce students to quantitative data analysis using a Pew Research Center survey...
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Exercises for Analyzing Religious Variables
These exercises were written for courses that include a component on religion as well as for courses that introduce...
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Plague Diaries: Firsthand Accounts of Epidemics, 430 B.C. to A.D. 1918
A collection of nine excerpts from historical accounts of epidemics: two from ancient sources, one from the Black Death...
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Guideline
The EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect on May 25, 2018, replacing the Data Protection Directive...
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Coronavirus Disease Research Community - COVID-19 | Zenodo
Zenodo's Coronavirus Disease Research Community COVID-19 collects research inputs that may be relevant to the Coronavirus...
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Sociology of Education
Through this module, sociology of education, a subject that is not taught in secondary schools, you will acquire a very...
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OSF: Coronavirus Outbreak Research Collection
The Center for Open Science (COS) has launched April 23, 2020 in response to the urgent and ongoing need for aggregated...
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Neural Covidex: COVID-19 AI-Open Data Mining Search Engine
Scientists and researchers can now quickly, freely, and easily search through over 45,000+ scholarly articles, medical...
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Kaggle: Your Machine Learning and Data Science Community
Kaggle is one of the world’s largest data science communities with powerful tools and resources to help you achieve your...
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Data Dryad - Publish and Preserve your Data
The Dryad Digital Repository is a cross-disciplinary, curated resource that makes research data, discoverable, freely...
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Harvard Dataverse: Cross-Disciplinary Repository
Harvard Dataverse is a free cross-disciplinary repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and...
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ORCID: Connecting Research & Researchers
ORCID provides a "persistent identifier" (an ORCID) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other...
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Self-Motivation and the Online Learner
Online learning requires a significant amount of self-discipline and excellent time-management skills. Get tips for...
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Smithsonian Open Access: Create. Imagine. Discover
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images right...
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A Career in Sociology
A Career in Sociology was written for introductory undergraduate courses on sociological practice. The book was designed...
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Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective
Developmental Psychology, also known as Human Development or Lifespan Development, is the scientific study of ways in...
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Counseling 110 - Google Drive
Career and life planning is a lifetime process and this course is designed to equip you with the tools necessary to...
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Introduction To LGBTQ+ Studies
LGBTQ Studies: An Open Introduction will be an introductory level LGBTQ Studies OER text. The few textbooks in this area...
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Personality Theory in a Cultural Context
When you first think of personality, what comes to mind? When we refer to certain people as being “personalities,” we...
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Child, Family, and Community OER book
With its focus on the socialization of the child, this book helps readers understand how the child develops in a variety...
New Members
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Rosario BarbaAutonomous University of Queretaro -
Sundjata HymanLane College
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Adria ScharfRutgers University - New Brunswick
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Stephanie DuarteSchool for Advanced Studies
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Tania DoCarmoUniversity of Massachusetts System - Amherst
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Annette Armstrong-WilliamsElwood Community School Corp
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Sandra EscuderoUniversidad Nacional de Avellaneda
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RAch LambUniversity of Brighton
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Jake Alimahomed-WilsonCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Barbara McMillanAlabama Southern Community/Technical College
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Tasneem SeedatDurban University of Technology
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Cathryn LaveryIona College
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Sarah NicholsNone
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PAMELA STRUSSGeorge Mason University
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Muntasir MasumUniversity of Texas System - San Antonio
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Leslie Baker-KimmonsChicago State University
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Ronnie McCourtRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
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Brendan ClarkeThe Open University
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Brendon ShivesBarton County Community/Technical College
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Sheetal TankATMIYA UNIVERSITY
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Kathryn DouthitUniversity of Rochester
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Wendy HancockCity College
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Daniel McLaneState University of New York System - College of Technology at Canton
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Maria Jose TenutoCollege of Lake County
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Sociology on the Web
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Creating a lasting impact: How Heller fosters community and positive social change
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What We Get Wrong About Crime, Character, and Responsibility - Next Big Idea Club
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A cross-sectional study of factors influencing innovative behavior among basic education students
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ASU anthropologist Robert Boyd a pioneer in cultural evolution
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Call for Research Proposals on Community Forest Governance Program (Nepal)
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Have You Met Kelsey Wrightson? | The Quad - University of Alberta
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How Wuthering Heights was shaped by Emily Brontë's gothic poetry | Media Centre
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2023 Global Citizen Festival celebrated in NYC's Central Park - ABC30 Fresno
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CIP announces appointments for 6 new faculty members | Center for an Informed Public
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Colourism might help explain health inequities suffered by dark-skinned Black Americans ...
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Collection policies | Crisis and resilience in Latin American politics - Nature
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Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 19 February 2026
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