Social Sciences

• Social Sciences (general), Sociology & Anthropology
• Open Courseware (OCW)
   
  • Business Studies and Economics
  • Open Courseware (OCW)
     
  • Law and Politics
  • Open Courseware (OCW)
     
  • Psychology
  • Open Courseware (OCW)

• Business Studies - combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies and economics.
• Economics - social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics aims to explain how economies work and how economic agents interact. Economic analysis is applied in business, finance and government and throughout society.

• Why Study Economics? - questions about studying Economics at university: your ambitions, during your study, after you graduate, blog
• Why you should study economics! Video by danielderbyshire
   

  Business Studies and Economics - Open Textbooks  
Links to open access (free) textbooks.

• BookRix - Read online or download Business & Economics eBooks for free
• textbooksfree.org - Economic Classics
• Economics Web Institute - free economics books

  Business Studies and Economics - Support for Learners  
Sites that actively support learners - eg learner communities, forums, expert help etc

• EASA Media Anthropology Network - foster international discussion and collaboration around the anthropology of media.
• The Science Forum - Social Sciences

See Also:
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

  Business Studies and Economics - Best resource sites  
iBerry's choice - recommendations welcome!

• Connecticut University (US), IDEAS - bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely, Over 1,900,000 items of research browsed or searched; large volunteer effort to enhance free dissemination of research in Economics
• EconSources (US) - portal to information on the web; economic topics and data
• Open Economics Working Group - Identifying best practice as well as legal, regulatory and technical standards for open economic data
• Wikipedia, Portal:Business and economics - categories, business news, market indices

• American Economic Association - Economics Search Engine; search over 23,000 economics websites
• Bristol University (UK), The Economics Network - publications, events, funding opportunities and other resources: Lecturer resources, Learning materials, News, Events, Topics, Sub-disciplines
• Connecticut University (US), Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World - over 13,000 institutions listed in 231 countries
• European University Institute - Economic and Social Data Portal
• FreeEconomics.com (PK) - free economics portal; provides links to other economics resources, information and educational & research material on different topics from online dictionaries & encyclopedias
• FreeLunch.com (US), Free Economic, Demographic & Financial Data - more than 165 million economic, financial and demographic time series covering more than 180 countries and their sub-regions
• Inomics (DE) - international service for economists and individuals: Jobs, Courses, Programs, Funding, Events, Institutions, Insights
• New York State University (US), - economic journals on the web
• Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) - collaborative effort to enhance the dissemination of research in economics, decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software component