Sociopôle is a portal to sociological online resources developed by a Social and Human Sciences unit at the CNRS, the French national institution for scientific research. The portal offers a indexed guide to resources covering France and French-speaking countries, organized in two main sections. The pages devoted to France are subdivided into 10 areas, aiming at providing research materials and at orienting users among research institutions, associations, journals and publications. Along with sections devoted to teaching and research, others parts covers academic publications, journals (on-line and on paper), working papers, thematic sites. For each section, the web-resources are alphabetically ordered and briefly described. The francophone sociology pages are divided also by geographical areas, while the access to the various content, from full texts to abstracts or journal issue indexes, depends on each resource’s specific policy. Overall this website is very basic and its navigation is quite intuitive, while the content material is loosely updated and released under a Creative Commons license. Strictly focused on France and French-related social studies, this resource is neverthless a useful tool for those interested in the francophone research areas.
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