Basic introductory text books and online bibliographies


Textbooks
 
Hanneman, Robert A. and Mark Riddle (2005): Introduction to social network methods. Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside ( published in digital form - Free online introduction to Social Network Analysis).

Brandes, U. and T. Erlebach (2005). Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations. Berlin-Heidelberg.

Carrington, P. J., J. Scott, et al. (2005). Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

de Nooy, W., A. Mrvar, et al. (2005). Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek. New York.

Degenne, A. and M. Forse (1999). Introducing Social Networks. London/Thousand Oaks/New Dehli, Sage Publications.

Freeman, L. C. 2004. The Development of Social Network Analaysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science . Vancouver, BC Canada: Empirical Press.

Scott, J. (1991). Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. London.

Valente, T. W. (1995). Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations. Cresskill, Hampton Press.

Wasserman, S. and K. Faust (1994). Social network analysis: methods and applications. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.



Academic Journals

-> Connections

-> Journal of Compuer-Mediated Communication

-> Journal of Social Structure

-> Social Network



Social Network Analysis - Bibliographies on the Web

-> Extensive bibliography including alphabetical index, provided by The Vancouver NEtwork Anlaysis Team headed by Bill Richards.

-> Socialnetworks.org

-> Formation of Economic and Social Networks, site maintained by Leigh Tesfatsion



Special Topic Area

-> Application of new technologies and Social Network Analysis: Keila/Skillikorn (June 2005): Detecting unusual and deceptive communication in Email (PDF)



Popular Books

-> Barabasi, A.-L. (2002). Linked: the new science of networks. Cambridge, MA, Perseus Publishing.

-> Watts, D. J. (2003). Six Degrees - The Science of a Connected Age. New York/London, W. W. Norton & Company.