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Archived Listservs

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Discussion Groups

The usual procedure for subscribing to discussion groups maintained by software such as listserv, listproc, or majordomo is to type the following message in the body of your e-mail (leave the subject line blank):

subscribe List Name Your Name

A subscription request from me, to the Computers and Society discussion group (ASASCAN) would look like this:

subscribe ASASCAN David Kincheloe
(written in the body of the message, leaving the subject line blank)

The message should be mailed to the address that is listed.

For example, the request for ASASCAN should be mailed to listserv@vm.temple.edu

Mailbase is the most popular system for discussion groups in the United Kingdom.

Type the following in the body of your e-mail to subscribe to a list:

join List Name Your Name

A subscription request to childcare-quality would look like this:

join childcare-quality John Smith

Now send the message to the address that is listed.

This request would be sent to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk

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The following list of discussion groups is organized as follows:

Listserv name
Description
Internet Subscription address (Bitnet addresses are in parentheses)

ABSLST-L
Association of Black Sociologists
LISTSERV@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU (LISTSERV@CMUVM)

AHS-TALK
Association for Humanist Sociology
LISTSERV@NCSU.EDU

APPSOC
Applied Sociology
MAJORDOMO@INDIANA.EDU

ASASCAN
Computers and Sociology
LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU

ASQ
Administrative Science Quarterly Research Discussion Listserver
ASQ@UMICH.EDU

BADSUBJECTS
Popular culture discussion
BADSUBJECTS-REQUEST@UCLINK.BERKELEY.EDU

BUBBA-L
Popular culture of the Southern United States
LISTPROC@KNUTH.MTSU.EDU

CAPDU-L
Canadian Association of Public Data Users
LISTSERV@VM.UCS.UALBERTA.CA (LISTSERV@UALTAVM)

CENSUS-ANALYSIS
Discussion of census data in the United Kingdom
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

CENSUS-NEWS
Items of news about census data in the United Kingdom
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

CENSUS-PUBLICATIONS
Distribution of details of census research reports in the United Kingdom
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

CHILDCARE-QUALITY
Non-parental daycare for young children
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

COMURB_R21
Community and Urban Sociology section (American Sociological Association)
MAJORDOMO@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU

CUSSNET
Computer use in social sciences
LISTSERV@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU

CYBERSPACE-AND-SOCIETY
Cyberspace and Society
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

DEMOGRAPHIC-LIST
Demography and Demographic Techniques
MAJORDOMO@COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU

DRUG-MISUSE-RESEARCH
Research in drug misuse
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

DURKHEIM
Durkheim mailing list
MAJORDOMO@LISTSERV.CSO.UIUC.EDU

ECONSOC
Economic Sociology
LISTPROC@LISTPROC.HCF.JHU.EDU

ERS-NEWS
European Society for Rural Sociology
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.FUNET.FI

ETHNO
Ethnomethodology/conversation analysis
COMSERVE@CIOS.LLC.RPI.EDU (use JOIN instead of SUBSCRIBE)

EUROPEAN-SOCIOLOGIST
European Sociologist (European Sociological Association)
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

FAMLYSCI
Family studies
LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU

FAMILY-SOC
Sociology of the Family Discussion Group
listserv@crcvms.unl.edu

FOLKLORE
Folklore discussion
LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU

FORCED-MIGRATION
Refugees and other victims of forced migration/involuntary resettlement
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

GLQSOC-L
Gay/Lesbian/Queer Social Science mailing list
LISTSERV@BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU

LIMES
Sociology in Central Europe (LIste fuer MittelEuropaeische Soziologie)
LISTSERV@LS.UNIVIE.AC.AT

MARXISM
Discussion of the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
MAJORDOMO@WORLD.STD.COM

MATHSOC
Mathematical Sociology Discussion Group
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU

METHO
Quantitative methodology in the social sciences (French language)
LISTSERV@UQUEBEC.CA

METHODS
Research methodology in the social sciences
COMSERVE@CIOS.LLC.RPI.EDU (use JOIN instead of SUBSCRIBE)

METHODS
Social science research methods instructors
LISTSERV@UNMVMA.UNM.EDU (LISTSERV@UNMVMA)

MOST-LIST
MOST (Management of Social Transformations--UNESCO)
MAJORDOMO@UNESCO.ORG

NCSABB
North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Bulletin Board
LISTSERV@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU

NERDNOSH
Stories around a virtual campfire; An emphasis on personal experience, a focus on journal writing
MAJORDOMO@STORY.NERDNOSH.ORG

NIATRN-L
Researchers in population aging
NIATRN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV

NIGHT-L
Folklore about supernatural creatures
LISTPROC@UNICORN.ACS.TTU.EDU

ORTRAD-L
Discussion of living oral traditions
LISTSERV@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU (LISTSERV@MIZZOU1)

POPCULT
Popular culture
MAILSERV@CAMOSUN.BC.CA

POR
Public Opinion Research
LISTSERV@UNC.EDU OR LISTSERV@GIBBS.OIT.UNC.EDU

PPN
Progressive Population Network
LISTSERV@CSF.COLORADO.EDU

PSN
Progressive Sociology Network
LISTPROC@CSF.COLORADO.EDU

RURSOC-L
Rural sociology discussion list
LISTSERV@UKCC.UKY.EDU (LISTSERV@UKCC)

SEX-LINK
Academic discussion of issues such as gender research, identity politics, and policy concerns. (Society for the Study of Social Problem's (SSSP) Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division)
LISTSERV@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

SOCBB
Events and news relevant to UK sociologists
SOCBB-REQUEST@SOC.SURREY.AC.UK

SOCCHR_L
Discussion list for sociology department chairs LISTSERV@MAINE.MAINE.EDU

SOCED
Sociology of Education
MAJORDOMO@LISTS.STANFORD.EDU

SOCGRAD
Sociology graduate students discussion list
LISTSERV@UCSD.EDU

SOCIOLOGY
Sociological issues
LISTSERV@THINK.NET

SOCIAL-THEORY
Social theory in the social sciences
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

SOCNET
Social Network Researchers
LISTSERV@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU

SOS-DATA
Social science data
LISTSERV@UNC.EDU

SOSIG
Social Science Information Gateway
MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK

SPORTSOC
Sociology of Sport
LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU

SSSANN
Southern Sociological Society (Official Announcements)
LISTSERV@UNC.EDU

SSSITALK
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
LISTPROC@SUN.SOCI.NIU.EDU

TEACHSOC
Teaching Sociology Electronic Bulletin Board
LISTSERV@MAPLE.LEMOYNE.EDU

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Last Updated: Thursday October 26, 2006

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