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- https://www.usgs.gov/products/multimedia-gallery/audio
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- Environmental Studies, Geology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Information Sources, Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The USGS is a science organisation that provides impartial information on ecosystems and environment. The site offers audio and video podcasts, the majority of which are accompanied by downloadable transcripts. The description of content is good, there is a keyword searching facility, and helpfully the summary gives information on the director/producer/interviewer. Recent topics have included Mercury and Global Change, Geomagnetic Storms and Preparing for Earthquakes.
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- https://www.virtualmicroscope.org/
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- Science and Technology
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- General Science, Geology
- Type of resource
- Discussion Lists, Web Links
This Earth Sciences resource was developed by the Open University to broaden access to rock collections previously only available in universities, museums or specialist institutions. The aim is to engage with students at school or in higher education and to help develop identification and classification skills without the need for expensive microscopes or the facilities to prepare thin slices of rock. Users can zoom, pan and rotate specimens in light conditions that mirror those previously only possible using specialist petrological microscopes. The collections include meteorites as well as a news section and a list of teaching resources.
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- http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/News-and-Events/Audio
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Agriculture, Archaeology, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Current Affairs, Environmental Studies, General Science, Geography, Geology, Medicine, Physics, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
A number of interviews with staff from GNS Science talking about topical issues on Radio New Zealand, available as audio files or podcasts. GNS Science is a New Zealand government-owned research organisation offering independent scientific and technical advice in areas including: assessing the risks and managing the impacts of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and tsunamis; evaluating and managing oil, gas, geothermal, groundwater, and mineral resources using earth sciences; applying isotope chemistry and nuclear technology in biological and medical research, industrial processes, archaeology, fisheries and atmospheric research, oceanography, geology, hydrology, geochemistry, geothermal research and exploration, and environmental monitoring.
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- http://www.palestinefilm.org/
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Geology, Politics and Government
- Type of resource
- Databases, Festivals
The Palestine Film Foundation (PFF) was established by the Palestine Society at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies to programme and run the annual London Palestine Film Festival, which showcases Art, fiction, documentary, and experimental work relating to Palestine by artists from across the world. The website contains Festival programmes from the years 2005-2007, including synopses of all films screened in this period, as well as a growing database of documentaries and films on and around the subject of Palestine.
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- https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
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- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Geography, Geology
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases
The large quantities of NASA satellite imagery placed here have been broken down into dozens of categories, from such broad areas as Agriculture, Atmosphere and Oceans to narrower items such as individual countries, cities and events like an eruption from Mount Etna for example. Whether they be straightforward stills or infrared images, the quality and resolution of the material (presented as JPEGs and TIFFs) is generally excellent, and all the stills are accompanied with details of their exact provenance and short essays exploring the individual images. The database can be searched using standard Boolean operators. The images are free to use and are considered to be Public Domain by NASA.
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- https://xtlearn.net/Intute
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- Science and Technology
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- Astronomy, Chemistry, General Science, Geology, Physics
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Web Links
Formerly known as PSIgate (Physical Sciences Information Gateway), this site is the physical sciences hub of Intute (formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network or RDN). Intute became inactive in 2011 and the archived site was closed in December 2014. Here is presented an archive of the listings that are still available in the physical sciences: astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, physics and general science.
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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Biology, Classics, Current Affairs, Drama, Economics, Education, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, Geology, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Politics and Government, Radio Studies, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Social Welfare, Sports Science, Women’s Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters
A site which brings together podcasts from the BBC available on i-Player. Programmes can be searched by genre (e.g. Drama, Religion & Ethics, News) or channel. Searches on educational level can also be made (e.g. Pre-school, Secondary, Adults).
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- https://archive.org/.php
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Advertising, Agriculture, American Studies, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Business Studies, Chemistry, Classics, Computing, Crafts, Current Affairs, Dance, Dentistry, Design, Development Studies, Drama, Economics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethnology, Film Studies, Food, French Studies, General Science, Genetics, Geography, Geology, German Studies, History, Information Studies, Languages, Law, Literature, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medicine, Music, Nature, Photography, Physics, Politics and Government, Psychiatry, Psychology, Radio Studies, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Social Welfare, Sports Science, Technology, Women’s Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources
Part of the Internet Archive, which also covers archived moving images (The Internet Moving Images Archive), audio and software, the Wayback Machine holds cached versions of thousands of websites and billions of pages, allowing users to look at sites that are no longer available or at earlier versions of ones that are still around. An invaluable resource that, due to the gigantic nature of the holdings, is slightly hampered by the fact that no list of the holdings can be easily provided. This means inevitably that correct recall of the URL in question is necessary, or failing that, searching for it on the web first.
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