Weekend update: The weekly reference collection/research gleanings:


The useful links....

Reference

The Gallup Brain 60 years of polls in a searchable archive.

National Atomic Museum. in Albuquerque.

Waterwatch: USGS site shows current water levels compared to average.

Hurricanes and coastal storms websites; nice collection of links from USGS.

AntiTerrorism and Force Protection Glossary from Naval Facilities Engineering library.

The Taliban File: National Security Archive is posting previously classified documents on Afghanistan.
News:

Los Angeles Times has been added to ProQuest Historical Newspapers project.

Vanity Fair is now on Nexis, starting with the August 2003 issue.
Tools:

Whois Source recommended by Gary Price and others as best free Whois (domain name) search.

Polybuscadores new reference site en español will have several reference sources. Right now includes several encyclopedias and dictionaries. From Peter Jacso
Journalism:

Newspapers rethinking offsite linking; story in OJR.

Newspaper execs clueless about what women want column in Womensenews.com.

See list of new blogs, below.
Public Records:

UK Documents Online new service has scanned documents. Search for free, image download costs 3 pounds. Includes government documents, military records, wills. Latest file added: Wills filed at Canterbury from 1384-1858- Free sample: Shakespeare's will.

SoonerAccess: Oklahoma public records searches, including companies, trademarks, notaries, churches, banks.
Governments, Politics:

Our Documents new .gov site gives access to 100 important documents in U.S. history.

U.S. Government Manual New edition of this essential guide.

U.S. Treaties in Force from Dept of State.

Federal Budget Tradeoffs database: from National Priorities Project.

Kicking Ass: the Democratic Party (DNC) has a blog.
Business:

Leading National Advertisers from AdAge, annual directory.
People:

Civil Rights Movement Veterans site has over 200 veterans listed.
Statistics, Florida: No links this week.
Some Interesting stories/Weblogs:

Pressthink: blog by NYU J-prof Jay Rosen.

Copy editor blogs keep popping up: Copy Massage; Smilin' and Stylin'; Prints the Chaff (new address); Nicole Stockdale

The Border: Yuma, AZ reporter covering Mexico border posts photos and text on what he sees (mostly lots of pot).

MisLeader "a daily chronicle of Bush administration distortion" from the folks at MoveOn, the antiwar org. (also available by email.) (via JD Lasica).

TVTattle.com a new TV gossip/news blog.

The Good Life in Minnesota project by St. Paul Pioneer Press using public records and CAR to find out how things are going.

Kaye Trammell: So this is mass communication? UF grad student blogging about blogs.
Fun/Entertaining:

Begging to Differ Sunday comics for a change...