> Dear all
> 
> Here is the latest update from Intute
> Giving a selection of the new resources added to the social sciences
> section.
> Remember to check our website for a complete list
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/
> <https://exchange.lse.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.intut
> e.ac.uk/> 
> In the blog this week: 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/
> 
> New uk government publications
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2010/03/26/new-uk-government-publications
> -22-26th-march-2010/
> Is social media changing how we view the budget
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2010/03/25/is-social-media-changing-how-w
> e-view-the-budget/
> 
> In the news this week.
> Natural disaster.
> 
> Ebrary natural disaster and extreme weather searchable information
> center
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/disaster/home.action
> &handle=20100322-11155373> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://site.ebrary.com/li
> b/disaster/home.action&handle=20100322-11155373
> This site has been created by Ebrary to provide a portal to
> information about natural disasters and extreme weather. It enables
> users to quickly search for government documents (mainly American
> agency) plus reports, guidelines, newsletters and manuals from
> inter-governmental agencies worldwide. Most items can be viewed online
> and downloaded free of charge. These cover all aspects of weather
> conditions. Sub--topics include hurricanes (including Hurricane
> Katrina); droughts, earthquakes, floods, climate change, mudslides,
> Tsunami, droughts, volcanic eruptions; bush and wild fires, snow
> storms. 
> 
> Towards a better tomorrow? the crucial role of social science
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2010/tbt/index.c
> fm&handle=20100325-13390267> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/e
> vents/2010/tbt/index.cfm&handle=20100325-13390267
> This site provides free access to mp3 audio files of an important
> panel discussion which took place at the Royal Society on Tuesday, 16
> March 2010. The speakers include: Professor Ian Diamond - Social
> science in society; Sir Michael Rutter - Research on family policy;
> Professor Harvey Goldstein - Research on education policy and Lord
> Newby - Social science and government decision making. Information on
> copyright and technical details is provided on the website.
> 
> Video on wikipedia
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://videoonwikipedia.org/&handle=20100325-08
> 054135> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://videoonwikipedia.o
> rg/&handle=20100325-08054135
> An interesting initiative by three non profit organisations: Miro,
> Open Video Alliance and Mozilla Drum beat which is speaking to provide
> free open access to video films and film clips via the Internet. It is
> creating a Wikipedia community centre for users to search and download
> these. The site contains a catalogue of materials available via the
> creative commons license and the facility to upload for registered
> users. It is possible to get email and other update alerts. Copyright
> and technical information is provided on the website. Many videos have
> added subject words and links to sources and related sites.
> 
> 
> 
> Fedflix: free film from US government
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix&handle=2
> 0100325-08364814> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.archive.org/de
> tails/FedFlix&handle=20100325-08364814
> FedFlix is a collaboration between the National Technical Information
> Service and Public.Resource.Org. It provides free access via the
> Internet to films from branches of the American government. These
> include public information films, historic film clips and footage from
> the National Archives; Department of War; Chicago Police Department;
> Mine Safety and Health Administration; United States Forest Service
> and Federal Civil Defense Administration among many other departments.
> The full range of American domestic and foreign policy is covered. The
> site includes information on sources, copyright and technical details.
> A useful source for studying the history of American political
> communication.
> 
> Methodspace - home of the Research Methods community
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.methodspace.com/group/sageresearchme
> thodsonline&handle=20100325-15201820> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.methodspace.co
> m/group/sageresearchmethodsonline&handle=20100325-15201820
> Methodspace is an online research community supported by commercial
> publisher Sage to provide researchers and students with a space to get
> information and discuss issues relating to research methods. It
> includes blogs, email forums, events lists, plus links to some free
> book chapters and articles published by SAGE. Information on
> registration and terms of use are provided on the website.
> 
> Georgia and Russia Conflict, August 2008 : web archive
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.archive-it.org/public/collection.htm
> l?id=1120&handle=20100325-14033777> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.archive-it.org
> /public/collection.html?id=1120&handle=20100325-14033777
> This site contains a database of archived websites relating to the
> 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia over the disputed region of
> South Ossetia. They have been archived by the Archive-It subscription
> service created by the Internet Archive. They include sites from
> British language news services, Russian language services, Russian and
> Georgian government bodies, human rights campaigners and selected
> blogs. Each entry has snapshots of the site from different dates which
> capture news stories and the unfolding events. The collection may be
> searched or browsed. Technical and copyright information is displayed
> on the website. 
> Find more on this conflict
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=South+Ossetia&limit=0
> 
> Bibliothque Cantonale et Universitaire - Lausanne Ebooks
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.unil.ch/bcu/page50690.html&handle=20
> 100325-14330770> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.unil.ch/bcu/pa
> ge50690.html&handle=20100325-14330770
> This website provides free access to over 100,000 historic out of
> copyright books from the libraries of the Bibliothque Cantonale et
> Universitaire - Lausanne, Switzerland which have been digitised as
> part of the Google Books agreement. They include titles published
> before 1870 covering all subject areas and languages, with a
> particular emphasis upon Swiss economic history, politics, culture and
> society. The texts are located on the main library catalogues. Advice
> on searching for the free eBooks is provided. 
> Nietzschesource
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nietzschesource.org/&handle=20100325
> -1534171> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nietzschesourc
> e.org/&handle=20100325-1534171
> Nietzschesource. is an excellent electronic library on the life and
> work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche which is maintained by
> the Nietzsche Source Organization (formerly, the Association
> HyperNietzsche), a non-profit organisation hosted at the cole normale
> suprieure in Paris. It contains the full text of the Digitale
> Kritische Gesamtausgabe  German critical edition of the complete works
> of Nietzsche edited by Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari. Digitale
> Faksimile Gesamtausgabe  Digital facsimile reproduction of the entire
> Nietzsche estate, including first editions of works, manuscripts,
> letters and biographical documents. More than nine thousand pages are
> available at present. 
> Threatened voices: tracking suppression of online speech
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://threatened.globalvoicesonline.org/&handl
> e=20100325-15522941> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://threatened.globalv
> oicesonline.org/&handle=20100325-15522941
> This site is a special project of Global Voices and Global Advocacy
> online. It is tracking threats, surveillance and censorship of online
> activists and bloggers. Users may view maps or map instances where
> bloggers and online writers have been threatened, arrested, killed, or
> disappeared by authorities since 2000 worldwide. Each entry has
> details of the case plus links to the websites and blogs involved
> (where available). It is also possible to view statistics of trends by
> country. Information on compilation is provided on the website. 
> 
> Designing democracy: posters and the political transformation of
> Europe 1989-1991
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/f
> eatures/designing_democracy/&handle=20100322-11050311> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/coll
> ections/prints_books/features/designing_democracy/&handle=20100322-110
> 50311
> This online exhibition was created as part of the Children of the
> Revolution project, by the Victoria and Albert Museum. It provides
> free online access to around 250 political posters important for the
> study of the fall of communism and post communist transitions in
> Europe. Many of the items were gathered by V& A curator Margaret
> Timmers in Central and Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the fall of
> the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
> It is possible to search or browse the collection. Each item has
> publication and copyright details
> 
> Opinion space: US Department of State
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.state.gov/opinionspace/&handle=20100
> 322-10484621> 
> http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.state.gov/opin
> ionspace/&handle=20100322-10484621
> This is a useful example of a web 2.0 government project launched by
> the US Department of State to encourage citizens to debate and submit
> their opinions on American foreign policy. In conjunction with UC
> Berkeley's Center for New Media it has created a discussion forum
> which uses data visualization and statistical analysis to give
> participants an opportunity to have their opinions heard and to vote
> on the ideas of others. Information on the project and examples of its
> use can be viewed on the website.
> 
> Not new but recommended!
> 
> C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle
> </cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/congres
> s.php&handle=20100322-11340057> 
> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/congress.php
> This site is maintained by American educational broadcaster C-SPAN. It
> comprises an index to the C-SPAN video recordings of the House and
> Senate floor proceedings. House proceedings date from 1979, Senate
> from approximately 1985 onwards. The index includes members who
> appeared on the floor to deliver or insert their remarks Users can
> browse or search to read the remarks and watch the video recording of
> them. It is possible to search the index by member name, bill /
> legislation, committee. Also retrievable is statistical data on
> appearance by specific members. Many records also have transcripts.
> Copyright, technical and compilation information is provided on the
> website. 
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