I’ve been mailed links to two resources by different readers. Each resource has high research value, and I thought your attention should be drawn to them.
The first is the authoritative source for anyone who wants to examine the spoken parliamentary record - like, for example, when the post-war Labour government first decided to invite Jamaican immigrants into our midst. This, of course, is Hansard and is:
generated from information from Hansard, the Official Report of debates in Parliament. Information presented here is generated from the publicly available XML files ... There’s Hansard itself; by volume, just the Lords sittings, Commons sittings or Westminster Hall sittings. You can also view Written Answers, Written Statements, Lords reports or Grand Committee reports.
We also have extracted lists of People who are recorded as having spoken, Constituencies, Offices, Acts, Bills and Divisions. You can also see information about the Source files containing the original XML and the Data files we generate from them.
I am indebted to JB for the link.
The second link is for something quite different but no less useful, and it is to “perhaps the most comprehensive biomedical site on the net”, according to the reader, James, who sent it:
BioMedSearch is an enhanced version of the NIH PubMed search that combines MedLine/PubMed data with data from other sources to make the most comprehensive biomedical literature search available. BioMedSearch also provides advanced account features that allow saved searches, alerts, saving documents to portfolios, commenting on documents and portfolios, and sharing documents with other registered users. Registering for BioMedSearch is free.
MR readers are a useful lot, I’m pleased to say.
Posted by Dan Dare on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:45 | #
With respect to Hansard, the above link is exceptionally useful for historical research, and I have used it extensively when preparing the article on race relations legislation. A complementary source is ‘New’ Hansard which includes everthing since 1988, up to and including three hours ago. Very handy if you want check what was actually said rather than what was printed in today’s fish-wrap.
I’d also flag the research reports of the Commons library, which MPs themselves use when swotting up on the background to a new Bill. They’re usually very well written and highly useful for background detail.