Research using the web

Resources and useful links

Press and Media databases

Lexis Nexis http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/lnexecutive.htm (requires Athens login)

BugMeNot. Lets you skip the registration process for many online news sites – although not those requesting paid subscriptions. http://www.bugmenot.com

NewsMap Useful little site that tracks graphically what is making the headlines at any given time. http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

Mailinator. Allows you to generate a free one-time only, incoming-only email address http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/index.jsp

Archives

Glasgow University http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/about/default.html

HBoS http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/history/group_archives.asp

RBS http://www.rbs.com/about02.asp?id=ABOUT_US/OUR_HERITAGE/OUR_ARCHIVES

National Archives of Scotland http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/default.asp

Scottish Executive Consultations [1]

Scottish Executive Publications http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/Recent

Glasgow City Council Archives http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Libraries/Collections/Localhistory/CityCouncilArchives/

Resources on lobbying/corporate power

Spinwatch http://www.spinwatch.org

Sourcewatch http://www.sourcewatch.org

Corporate Watch UK http://www.corporatewatch.org

Corporate Watch US http://www.corpwatch.org

Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org

Open Secrets, guide to money in (US) politics: http://www.opensecrets.org/

LobbyingInfo.org (part of Public Citizen) http://www.lobbyinginfo.org/

Clean Up Washington (part of Public Citizen) http://www.cleanupwashington.org/

White House for Sale (data on campaign finance in past US Presidential election) http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/

Freedom of Information

Statewatch – FOI in Europe http://www.statewatch.org/foi.htm

“Your right to know” Heather Brooke’s FOIA advice site. http://www.yrtk.org Campaign for Freedom of Information http://www.cfoi.org.uk/ Open Secrets A blog about freedom of information by Martin Rosenbaum http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/

Government Offices, Official Sources

Information Commissioner’s Office (England and Wales) http://www.ico.gov.uk/

Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/

Office of Public Sector Information http://www.opsi.gov.uk/

Departmental pages

Scottish Executive FoI page: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI

Ministry of Defence http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FreedomOfInformation/

Foreign Office http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1032370383930

Cabinet Office/Downing Street

Publication Scheme http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publicationscheme/

FoI Page: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/foi/foi.asp

Department of Health http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/FreedomOfInformation/fs/en

Department of Food and Rural Affairs http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/opengov/accessinfo.htm

Governmental publications/records

House of Commons Publications http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmpubns.htm

House of commons Archives

http://www.parliament.uk/publications/archives.cfm

Scottish Parliament Official Report

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/index.htm

National Assembly for Wales Record of Proceedings

http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypubrecordproceedings/index.htm

National Statistics (formerly ONS) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

Official Journal of the European Union

http://publications.europa.eu/general/oj_en.html

European Commission Representations - Office in Scotland http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/about_us/office_in_scotland/index_en.htm

Europe in the UK: Information Network

http://www.europe.org.uk/info/

European Union Documents

http://europa.eu/documents/index_en.htm

Web research

Web archive/Way back machine http://www.archive.org/index.php

The New York Times Newsroom Navigator. This is the home page of all journalists on the NY Times http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html/

STD Code Reverse List. Discover which area a dialling code is in: http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/tci/locator.shtml

Reverse List of US telephone area codes: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bsy/www/area.html

Royal Mail postcode/address finder http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/postcodefinder;jsessionid=BSED5FPVSVAQSFB2IGFENZQUHRAYWQ2K;jsessionid=BSED5FPVSVAQSFB2IGFENZQUHRAYWQ2K?catId=400145&gear=postcode

How to find the owners of domain names

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

http://www.whois.net/

http://www.allwhois.com/

http://www.whois.sc/

http://www.whois-search.com/

http://samspade.org/

For .uk domains: http://www.nominet.org.uk/

Reverse DNS (IP Address) lookup. http://remote.12dt.com/

Monitor changes in websites: http://www.changedetection.com/monitor.html

Or: http://www.changedetect.com/

Statistical Information on the net: useful database of Statistical Information – based in US. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Corporate information

Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/