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  1. Biography Streaming

    Link
    http://www.biography.com
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Current Affairs, History, Media Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings, Update, Video Sources, Web Links

    Website version of the Biography channel, with 25,000 biographies of the rich, famous and notorious, past and present. There is a useful system of links to related personalities, web links, and filmographies, bibliographies or discographies where appropriate. Many audio and video extracts of programmes are streamed free on the website and the shop section of the site has a large number of the broadcast biographies available for purchase (NTSC format).

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  2. DNA Files Streaming

    Link
    http://www.dnafiles.org
    Category
    Bio-Medical
    Subject
    Genetics, Radio Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, Update, Web Links

    The DNA Files is an American radio series on the ‘genetic revolution’, broadcast on National Public Radio stations. The documentaries and features explore not only the science of genetics, but its ethical, social and legal implications. The site features programme summaries, PDF files of transcripts, and audio excerpts (using Real) from the programmes. There are web links to resources, and some entertaining ‘ethical scenarios’ to explore.

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  3. Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip Streaming

    Link
    https://www.loc.gov/collections/john-and-ruby-lomax/about-this-collection/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    American Studies, Ethnology, Music
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Update

    Part of the Library of Congress’s American Memory site, this ‘multiformat ethnographic field collection’ documents a three-month trip through the southern United States by folklorist John Lomax and wife Ruby. The site features 700 sound recordings, field-notes, dust-jackets and other manuscripts, with musical styles represented including blues, ballads, cowboy songs, field hollers, spirituals and work songs. The audio files are available in MP3, RealAudio and Wav formats; a separate listing gives textual transcriptions, and there is a photographic gallery.

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