Database and Journal Updates

• We'll be adding two new social science databases this spring: Public Administration Abstracts, and Family and Society Studies Worldwide.

• Criminal Justice Abstracts is changing from the CSA platform to the EBSCO platform
• The CSA platform will be making a very considerable interface change early this year
• Health and Psychosocial Instruments will now also be on the EBSCO platform
• New online access journals: Communication Reports, Congress and the Presidency, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Mobilization, Urban History Review, Western Journal of Communication. Word and Image, Journal of Forensic Science.

FedFlix : Free Movies : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Some additional holiday viewing? Lots of good stuff here - these are movies created by U.S. governmental agencies and available in the public domain.
FedFlix : Free Movies : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Methods altered in jobless statistics - USATODAY.com

Another asterisk and footnote for researchers...

Methods altered in jobless statistics - USATODAY.com

The Pentagon/North Pole Connection - Sunlight Labs: Blog

From SantaLeaks:

The Pentagon/North Pole Connection - Sunlight Labs: Blog
"There's recently been a lot of discussion about government secrecy: how much of it is desirable, and how and when that secrecy must be violated in service of the greater good. Unfortunately, we now found ourselves in the position of having to make such a disclosure.

Many of you may be familiar with NORAD's Santa Tracker...."

Project Looksharp - Media Literacy at Ithaca College

Project Looksharp - Media Literacy at Ithaca College: Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns: "Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns
A Document-Based History Kit, 3rd Edition

All materials are classroom-ready, including: teacher guides, student handouts, overviews, assessments, resource lists, and more than 140 historic media documents.

* To order hard copy, click here.
* To download entire 513-page teacher guide with all print materials, click here.

To download slideshows, or video or audio materials, go to each unit below."

Videos: Presentations on Using Digital Resources for Historical Research | Readex Blog

Videos: Presentations on Using Digital Resources for Historical Research | Readex Blog - WSU has the Serial Set and other government document resources available - check out the Government Documents Guide.

Foreign Policy's Second Annual List of the 100 Top Global Thinkers | Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy's Second Annual List of the 100 Top Global Thinkers | Foreign Policy

Sign Up for a 1-Credit Social Science Library Research Class!

UCOLL 300 (SLN: 76414) will meet M W 2:10-3:00 for 8 weeks only. We'll be focusing on social science library research methods and resources - sign up now!

ICPSR Additions and Updates

New Releases through 2010-11-14

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

22660 Evaluation of Gender Violence and Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, 2006-2007 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22660

27364 New York City Community Health Survey, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27364

27701 National Judicial Reporting Program, 2006 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27701

29064 Evaluation of Better Jobs Better Care: Direct Care Worker Survey,
2004-2007 [Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29064

29181 Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATHCAP), 2006-2008 [United States] Restricted Use Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29181

29602 The Measurement of Cross-cutting Cleavages and Other Multidimensional Cleavage Structures
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29602

Updates

2804 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #3, October 1996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02804

8339 Health Interview Survey, 1974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08339

9744 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO) Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09744

9760 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Accident Supplement http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09760

9761 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Family Medical Expenses Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09761

9762 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Physical Fitness Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09762

9763 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO) Sample Person Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09763

25002 Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25002

25281 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS
II): Cognitive Project, 2004-2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25281

27321 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, July 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27321

27327 ABC News/Washington Post Poll #3, September 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27327

27329 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27329

27330 Washington Post Maryland Poll, October 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27330

27765 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, June 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27765

28381 Health Interview Survey, 1963
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28381

New American Community Survey Reports

"The U.S Census Bureau is pleased to announce the release of twelve more reports from the American Community Survey (ACS) Brief series for 2009. These short reports cover a wide range of topics including public transportation usage, population with Haitian ancestry in the United States, rental housing market conditions, and science and engineering degrees. An initial set of seven reports was released on Sept. 28, 2010."

You can access all reports at: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/ACS_briefs/