The Arts don’t really lend themselves to the Internet very well. There is a lot of theory involved and a considerable amount of regional knowledge being developed (or uncovered, as the case may be). Most of the theoretical knowledge that is created in Arts subjects comes from the western world. Subjects like Sociology and Psychology find their foundations in the theories of scholars who were/are either American or European. Obviously, this means that given the information technology leap that they have over other nations, their texts and study materials can be easily found online.
1. Sociology:-
Most of the core course materials and theory of Sociology is available online. This includes Foundations to Social Thought and Introduction to sociology. Information on most elective courses like kinship and society is also available.
(i) Sociology Central
(ii) Quia
www.quia.com/pages/sociologytamara.html
(iii) Sociosite
http://www.sociosite.net/
2. Psychology:-
For undergraduate psychology students, there is a vast amount of resources available on the Web that can be found for any psychology sub-topic including Organizational Behavior. Specialized subjects in the post-graduate programmes are slightly harder to find references for.
(i) Alley Dog
http://www.alleydog.com/
(ii) Higher Education Academy Psychology Network
http://www.psychology.heacademy.ac.uk/
(iii) American Psychology Association
http://www.apa.org/
3. Political Science:-
Political Science is very region-specific, as the information taught has a lot to do with the polity of the country with respect to the world. So though there are some general principles that are common to political science students around the world, there is a large portion of text that is entirely nation-specific.
(i) Vanderbilt University Central Library of Political Science
www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/polsci/
(ii) Samarth Bharat
http://www.samarthbharat.com/
(iii) Ministry of Law and Justice
http://lawmin.nic.in/
http://indiacode.nic.in/coiWeb/welcome.html
4. Anthropology:-
Anthropology coursework, like with sociology, can be found online for mainly the general theories and practices. This is relevant for both first and second year Anthropology graduate students. There is a vast portion of information also available for students pursuing higher education in Anthropology.
(i) Virtual Library of Anthropology
http://vlib.anthrotech.com/
(ii) Palomar College Anthropology Program
www.palomar.edu/anthropology
5. Literature:-
The subject matter taught in literature courses differs from college to college, and even UGC does not specify one particular guideline for colleges to follow in the discourse of this subject. However, I have tried to cover most commonly taught principles and courses covered in literature courses with the help of Digit’s Fast Track.
(i) Luminarium
http://www.luminarium.org/
(ii) The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit
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