Sources

[DarthZeth]

this is a copy of a thread fomr the old board. the purpose is to get sources of information besides news agencies. (most people know good news sourcesor jsut Google up current events. im lookin for somehting more substantial)

all users are welcome to post where they get their info.

my favorite reputable source on public opinion: http://www.gallup.com

its got the benefit of decades worht of back information to compare current trends to. its got the bummer of a subsciption needed to get at stuff older then 2 weeks.

CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/download.html
for: general geographic and political information on every country

Strategy Page: http://www.strategypage.com/
for: uptodate military analysis (tho it has an annoyingly crappy archive system)

http://www.cryptome.org/
these guys are great. their site is a BITCH to search, with not a whole lot fo continuity, but they get all sorts of Documents.

The Internet Public Library ( http://www.ipl.org/ ) is a good source for finding public domain books out there on the net. its basically a catalouge of .edu sites and such with the books stored. I think this builds heavily on the fruits of the Gutenberg Project.


New sources for specific documents.
the Al Qaeda trainging manual that was foudn in Manchester England: http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/trainingmanual.htm

and the 9-11 congressional report:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/911.html
alternate link:
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/911rpt/


I finally got aroudn to testing out my school's publication databases subscriptions. Tons fo nifty stuff (like Lexus Nexus subscriptions!) but they also list a lot of free services:

cool stuff > http://magportal.com/

dunno why anyone here woudl want it, but DOE publications: http://www.osti.gov/bridge/overview.jsp

US Patent and Trademark office http://www.uspto.gov/

European Patent office : http://ep.espacenet.com/

"Highwire Press is the Internet imprint of the Stanford University Libraries. Covers 4500 journals. 345 journals are in full-text" : http://highwire.stanford.edu/



hammy had posted this source in response to my request for "Does anyone have a good archival source of the history and written desicions of the justices of the US Supreme court, or even any court?"
http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/




please please add to the list

[darknation]

the rotten library is suprisingly filled with wonderful information.

I don't want to url it, because I don't think the mods would be too chuffed, but as they say... Google is your master.

[Mags]

http://www.online-literature.com/ sponsored by Amazon, has all kinds of public-domain literature on it, in case you absolutely positively need The Professor by Charlotte Bronte in ten seconds or else fail Lit class.

I know, lame. What do you want? I'm an English major.

-Mags

[Deathosaurus Wrecks]

http://world.guns.ru/main-e.htm
the BEST site for firearms

[DarthZeth]

a statement by David Kay abotu the WMD search in Iraq from cia.gov
http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/2003/david_kay_10022003.html

[DarthZeth]

heres a source i found today, full of statistics comparing different nations:
http://www.nationmaster.com/

[DarthZeth]

want Senate roll call votes? http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

here's the senates site all together
http://www.senate.gov

here is the House of Reps clerk office site:
http://clerk.house.gov/


the site that brings them all together, tho, is
http://thomas.loc.gov/

[DarthZeth]

more politcal crapola. This is factcheck.org (http://factcheck.org/default.aspx). It refutes factual claims in poltical ads.

it doesnt seem to have a slant (altho it says that a statement by Bush is "false" when its really just easy to misunderstand), and it apperently is focusing on the national presidential election.


EDIT (no point posting more posts?):
George Kennan, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" (1947) (http://www.historyguide.org/europe/kennan.html)
and thats from http://www.historyguide.org/ which i know nothing about.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/
sort of like Strategy page, cept not as focus on military details like rifles and ships and missile systems.

[Bob the Mercenary]

I like The Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com) myself. It seems like he gets the news before it even happens. And it's always interesting. He's not really a news agency.

[Fifthfiend]

Some of my frequent reads -- generally news analysis/commentary

http://www.billmon.org -- brilliant news analysis. Covers mostly military and economic issues.
http://www.pandagon.net -- frequently snotty but always incisive commentary on a wide range of subjects
http://www.guardian.co.uk -- Whatever happens, the truth always comes out -- 6 months later, in Britain
http://www.dailyhowler.com -- daily fact-checkings and media commentary

[Luna Santin]

The US Code (ie: every federal law in existence):

http://law2.house.gov/download.htm
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ <-- I personally use this one the most; maintained by Cornell.

Note that the US Code isn't the whole legal system. There are still state codes. There are still various regulations at federal and state levels (regulations could be quickly described, for those who are unaware, as rules made by bodies other than Congress). So, the Code of Federal Regulations can also come in handy on occassion:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/ (and a search (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html))

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And of course plain old us.gov (http://www.us.gov/) can come in handy on occassion, too. It's a bit too... I dunno, fuddy duddy for me to use it regularly, but it's main usefulness to me is that, at least in theory, it links to every public website of the US government -- including the State governments.

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I have a feeling I'll edit this at some point.

[MFD]

Lots of primary sources are online for various stages in history at this site (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/) from Fordham.

[Viper Daimao]

gonna copy a post by shiney here

If you need to access a site which requires registration, check www.bugmenot.com (http://www.bugmenot.com/) to see if they have a valid login. Input the base URL (i.e. www.nytimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/) and not the direct link to the article) and it should give you something.

[Mashirosen]

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (http://www.agi-usa.org) site is probably the best online resource for reliable, well-researched information about abortion -- how many other sites supporting either vocal side of the issue can say that their articles are subjected to blind peer review before being accepted?

[DarthZeth]

http://taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/tfdb/TFTemplate.cfm

the Tax Facts Database from the Tax Policy Center

Information Overload!


EDIT o-rama

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/hist.html

^ more US federal budget stuffs

[Squishy Cheeks]

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/S...TheyHateUs.html

[Bob the Mercenary]

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/S...TheyHateUs.html

That's possibly the most biased "source" I've ever seen.

[Viper Daimao]

its not a source. that page backs up zero of its claims, and provides zero references.

[Re[e]bo]

One of my personal favourte information sites would have to be this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Although it isn't directly associated with laws, government, and nations of the world, there is just about everything you want to know on that site, history, political figures etc. etc. Just search and you'll most likely find something related to what you want.

[Skyshot]

Real Clear Politics (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/) -- Commentary, news coverage, editorials, polls, talk show transcripts, all from a variety of newspapers, political show transcripts. My mother found out about it from a political talk show when they were quoting it as their source for polls. They present opinions from all sides of the issues, Anne Coulter or Maureen Dowd. If Political Figure X (say, Karl Rove and the indictments) is in the news, it shows opinions from both sides. They don't have a regular crew of reporters; they just select the pick of the day. It's a good place to get news, particularly that of the political variety, although it also carries information on, say, Hurricane Katrina and similar pressing issues not inherently political. Basically, it covers actual news, as opposed to the latest J. Lo wedding, or a panda birth at the local zoo, or what have you. Worth a look.

[Crazy Go Nuts]

I'm fully aware that the last post was from September of '04, but (unless I missed it, which is possible, since it's 3 am right now) I felt that Al-Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage) would be a good addition to the links page. Especially given how much of a hotbed the Middle East tends to be, it's an interesting look at world events, especially when compared with most American news sources.