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
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/
