Colleagues may be interested in the following resource.
> *From:* Roderick Dennis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> *Sent:* 07 December 2005 10:33
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> *Subject:* ESRC Society Today
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> Dear Catherine
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> I am emailing to let you know about a research resource that has been
> developed by the Economic and Social Research Council, called ESRC
> Society Today (www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk
> <http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/>). >
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> The resource is a free-to-access web-based one, which I thought would
> be of great interest to members of the Social Policy Association.
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> I have some information on the resource below that I thought would be
> of interest - perhaps for the Jiscmail and/or Policy World.
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> Thanks very much, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
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> With kind regards
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> Rod Dennis
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> On behalf of ESRC
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> *ESRC SOCIETY TODAY CELEBRATES SIX MONTH SUCCESS FOR ONLINE RESEARCH
> RESOURCE*
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> A major online project designed to encourage wider access to funded
> social and economic research has attracted almost a quarter of a
> million unique visitors in its first six months of life.
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> *WWW.ESRCSOCIETYTODAY.AC.UK* - launched in May 2005 by the Economic &
> Social Research Council - provides academics, students and researchers
> with a valuable, free digest of social sciences research available,
> planned and in progress.
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> Covering funded research on everything from crime, ageing and social
> exclusion to education, finance and environmental policy, the website
> also cross-searches material from a range of other national and
> international sites including the Social Science Information Gateway
> (SOSIG), the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and the UK Data Archive.
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> Crucially, material is presented in a number of different formats -
> ranging from brief news stories and plain-English summaries, to full
> research papers and datasets for those who need them. An expanding
> series of Facts and Figures sheets are also on offer, which give
> top-line statistics and bullet-point information on a range of key
> topics and incorporate helpful charts, tables and downloadable
> presentation slides.
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> ESRC Society Today editor, Cormac Connolly, says: "The real benefit
> for academic users is the website's powerful Autonomy search and
> personalisation features, which can be accessed by registering on the site.
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> "Autonomy familiarises itself with your interests, requirements - and
> even behaviour - allowing you to save your favourite searches and run
> them again at the press of a button. Registration also means that you
> can specify particular topics to be alerted to by email as soon as
> relevant new content is available.
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> "Work on ESRC Society Today is continuous and we are adding new
> content to the site and refining usability on a daily basis. Our aim
> is that ESRC Society Today will become the first port of call for all
> academics looking for the latest social and economic research," says Cormac.
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> *For further information visit www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk
> <http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/> or contact Cormac Connolly at the
> ESRC on 01793 413 079.*
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> *[Ends]*
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> December 2005
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> Issued on behalf of the Economic and Social Research Council by
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> *NOTES FOR EDITORS*
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> 1. The ESRC is the UK's largest funding agency for research and
> postgraduate training relating to social and economic issues. It
> provides independent, high-quality, relevant research to business, the
> public sector and Government. The ESRC invests more than £100m every
> year in social science and at any time is supporting some 2,500
> researchers in academic institutions and research policy institutes.
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> 2. *ESRC Society Today* consolidates the ESRC's online presence,
> combining its previous websites www.esrc.ac.uk and www.regard.ac.uk
> with information from a number of other high quality sources.
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> Rod Dennis
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