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> 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. > > Heather Dawson > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/planningAndCorporatePolicy/legalandComplianceTeam/legal/disclaimer.htm