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> ______________________________________________ > From: Dawson,H > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:09 PM > To: Dawson,H > Subject: FW: Social Science Internet Update > > > 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/ > In the blog this week psychology blogs, Sierra Leone elections. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/ > > In the news this week. India and Pakistan. > > > India and Pakistan 2007: BBC Archive resources > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arc > hive/trial/open/home.shtml&handle=20070814-112856> > This site was created by the BBC to commemorate the 60th anniversary > of the partition of India and creation of Pakistan. As a trial service > it provides free access to a great collection of historical images, > video clips and films relating to the history of India and Pakistan > from the BBC archives. They include audiofiles of BBC radio broadcasts > (including original materials from 1947) historic documentaries and > interviews with key figures and some contemporary commentary on the > impact of independence on the region. Topics covered include > colonialism and the British empire; Indian independence, life and > identity. Materials also related to key figures such as M. Gandhi; > Nehru and Lord Mountbatten. Technical and copyright details are > displayed on the website. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arch > ive/trial/open/home.shtml&handle=20070814-112856 > find more in our blog > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/blog/?cat=9 scroll down. > > Human rights: 800 years of human rights in the United Kingdom explored > using original documents from the National Archives > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nationalarchi > ves.gov.uk/humanrights/&handle=20070815-135230> > An excellent online exhibition created by the British national > Archives. It provides free access to a large collection of full text > primary source materials of interest for the academic study of the > history of human rights in the UK from 1215-1945. Users may browse the > timeline of key events, view supporting images and read some > background text. There is also a glossary of terms. Documents include > extracts from the Magna carta; peasants revolts; womens rights and > materials relating to trade unions and the struggle for human rights. > Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nationalarchiv > es.gov.uk/humanrights/&handle=20070815-135230 > > GovTalks > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.govtalks.com/ > &handle=20070815-110358> > GovTalks is an interesting example of web 2.0 technology enabling the > sharing of online video content. it provides free access to a growing > collection of political videos. Members can share and upload examples. > The main emphasis is upon American politics and foreign policy. > However, there are also examples from other areas of the world. A wide > range of topics are covered including: Iraq; the foreign policy of > George W. Bush; 2008 presidential elections and the war on terrorism. > The site includes many examples of interesting academic discussions; > news programmes as well as campaign materials. Some materials are also > available on YouTube. Copyright and technical details are displayed on > the website. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.govtalks.com/& > handle=20070815-110358 > > Caring on the Home Front > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.caringontheho > mefront.org.uk/&handle=20070815-114555> > Caring on the Home Front is a multimedia site which offers insight > into the social history of life on the Home Front during the second > world war 1939-1945. It focuses on oral history interviews with Home > Front volunteers who served in the Joint War Organisation (JWO), a > partnership between the British Red Cross and St. John Ambulance; > offering fascinating insight into their experiences, lives and Red > Cross voluntary work during this period. The site is subdivided into > themes which include: air raids (coverage of the London Blitz); > voluntary work; fundraising and prisoners of war. Each section > includes text, photographs and some audio, film and video clips. The > site is designed to be of particular value to school children and > student's including a teacher's section with lesson plans and > curriculum guidance. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.caringonthehom > efront.org.uk/&handle=20070815-114555 > > find more online collections about the Home front. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=home+fr > ont&limit=0 > > 2012 watchdog: The Taxpayers' Alliance > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://tpa.typepad.com/2 > 012/&handle=20070814-110705> > This blog was launched by UK pressure group the TaxPayers' Alliance to > provide commentary and criticism of the cost of the 2012 London > Olympic games to British tax payers. It includes news stories, > commentary and reports criticising the budgets and economic funding of > the games. All materials published since July 2007 can be accessed > from the website. > > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://tpa.typepad.com/20 > 12/&handle=20070814-110705 > find more on the olympics > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=olympic > +games&limit=0 > > Global Crisis Atlas > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://global-atlas.jrc. > it/%20&handle=20070814-114157> > The Global Crisis Atlas is maintained by the Joint Research Centre of > the European Commission. It aims to increase public awareness of > contemporary conflicts and security crises by providing free access to > an online collection of maps. These are provided at country and > thematic level. Themes include ethnic conflict; refugees, humanitarian > aid distribution and mappings of current crisis regions. Each map > provides details on date of publication, scale and source of > information. Some satellite maps are accessible.Technical and > copyright information is displayed on the website. Certain maps are > offered to subscribers only. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://global-atlas.jrc.i > t/ &handle=20070814-114157 > > > Institutional reform of the European Union > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://europa.eu/institu > tional_reform/index_en.htm&handle=20070813-161213> > This website, part of the EU's main Europa site, "offers information > on the latest developments of the European Union institutional > reform." It gives a complete overview of the stages leading up to a > new Treaty in 2007. There are links to various key meetings and to the > European Constitution. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://europa.eu/institut > ional_reform/index_en.htm&handle=20070813-161213 > find more on the european union > http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=120614&gat > eway=European%20Studies;%20Government%20Policy > > 25 years of political influence: the records of the Human Rights > Campaign > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://rmc.library.corne > ll.edu/HRC/&handle=20070816-104730> > The Human Rights Campaign is a leading American organisation which has > worked to achieve equality on behalf of lesbian, gay male, bisexual, > and transgender (LGBT) Americans since 1980. This site is hosted by > Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection.It provides > information on the historical manuscripts of the group and free access > to an online exhibition of some of its key primary source documents > and campaign materials. It includes digital images of some of its > founding documents, campaign leaflets, badges and photographs of gay > rights events and activists. Also included are some digital images of > book covers and documents covering early/ historical attitudes towards > homosexuality and homosexuals. The site also offers suggested > bibliographies of further readings for students. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://rmc.library.cornel > l.edu/HRC/&handle=20070816-104730 > > > Australian Screen education collection: history film clips > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://australianscreen. > com.au/education/history/&handle=20070816-113429> > Australian Screen aims to provide information and free access to > materials relating to the Australian film and television industry, > from its earliest days to the present and Australian audiovisual > heritage. Project partners include the Australian Government; > Australian Film Commission and national Film and Sound Archive. It > includes free access to several hundred online film clips Australian > feature films, documentaries, TV programs, shorts, home movies, > newsreels, advertisements, other historical footage, and sponsored > films produced over the last 100 years, with curators' notes and other > information about each title. The educational section is specially > designed for educational use with suggested teacher's notes. The > collection on history includes materials relating to political > history; colonisation; famous prime ministers; contact with aborigines > and the social history of Australia. technical and copyright > information is displayed on the website. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://australianscreen.c > om.au/education/history/&handle=20070816-113429 > > > > not new but recommended ! > > Proceedings of the Old Bailey- 1674 to 1834 > <http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.oldbaileyonli > ne.org/&handle=sosig1047556308-18945> > The website of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey provides a searchable > online version of the Proceedings produced by the Humanities Research > Institute, University of Sheffield and the higher education > Digitisation Service, University of Hertfordshire. This online version > currently contains historical and legal background to trials at the > Old Bailey as well as the accounts of over 22,000 criminal trials held > at London's central criminal court, and aims to cover from 1674 to > 1834 on completion of the project. It provides "digital images of the > 60,000 original pages of the Proceedings" and a special section for > schools. The Proceedings can be searched by keyword, name, date, > place, crime and verdict and punishment. It also contains statistical > search, advanced search, or links to other materials relating to the > Old Bailey Proceedings. There is background information to life in > eighteenth century London covering communities, policing, crime, trial > procedures, judges, juries and punishment. There are links to notable > trials, information about the Proceedings and sources of other books > and documents dealing with Old Bailey trials. This online version is > free of charge for non-commercial use and many of the materials are > presented in HTML format. > http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.oldbaileyonlin > e.org/&handle=sosig1047556308-18945 > > > > > If you have any comments on this newsletter please > Heather Dawson > Government and Politics editor. > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm