Here are the list of open-source tools for analyzing social networks
Gephi (http://gephi.org/). Visualization and basic network metrics.
NetLogo (modeling network dynamics)
iGraph (for programming)
Pajek (http://pajek.imfm.si/doku.php). Very extensive functionality via drop-down menus. Open-Source. Works only on windows.
NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/). SNA integrated into Excel. Windows-only. Free. In beta.
NetworkX (http://networkx.lanl.gov/). Extensive functionality. Open Source. Scales to large networks by taking advantage of existing C, Fortran libs.
SNA Package for R (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sna/index.html). Extensive, statistics-heavy functionality
Social Network Image Animator (http://www.stanford.edu/group/sonia/)
Books:
Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)
Social Network Analysis: History, Theory and Methodology
Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings
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