This week’s main forum includes 4 steps:

1) Research two of the organizations below: one MUST be the ASA.
No specific author or webmaster is listed for the ASA site, so an example full reference citation is:

Name of Association/or whomever owns the copyright. (year of publication/copyright). Name of specific page viewed on site/or site name if the entire site was used. Retrieved on [insert date] from: [insert full url].

e.g.

American Sociological Association. (2009). American Sociological Association Website. Retrieved on December 23, 2009 from www.asanet.org.

2) For the two organizations, write a summary of its purpose/function/mission and benefits and resources it offers to members and the general public (if public resources are available).

3) NOTE:  Use direct quotes from the websites sparingly, and use proper APA in-text citations and full references for ALL paraphrased and directly quoted material. (not citing your sources constitutes plagiarism and will void the assignment points and result in a course grade of “F” if more than one instance is detected).
Organization List:

1.    American Sociological Association (ASA) http://www.asanet.org

2.    International Sociological Association (ISA) http://www.isa-sociology.org

3.    Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology http://www.aacsnet.org

4.    Association for Humanist Sociology http://www.altrue.net/site/humanist/

5.    Society for Personality and Social Psychology http://www.spsp.org/

6.    European Sociological Association http://www.europeansociology.org/

7.    Australian Sociological Association http://www.tasa.org.au/home/index.php

8.    British Sociological Association http://www.britsoc.co.uk/

9.    Association for the Sociology of Religion http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/

10.    Sociology of Education Association http://www.lmri.ucsb.edu/resources/sea/

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