-freduse- is a Stata plug-in that allows users to access data directly from the Federal Research Economic Data portal at http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/.  Instead of having to download data files into text or Excel one at a time and clean them up and merge them all together, you can now download multiple series/variables from FRED and simultaneously import them into a properly-formatted Stata file.  For example, the syntax "freduse GASTHPI, clear" will read in FHFA housing price index data for Georgia. 

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research has just acquired the National Science Foundation Surveys of Public Understanding of Science and Technology, 1979-2006.  To quote Roper, "National Science Foundation's Surveys of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology have been used to monitor public attitudes toward a variety of science-related issues and topics since 1979.

Cartobibliography of the Maps in 18th Century British and American Geography Books is now available from the University of Kansas digital repository.Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5564.

The University of Michigan has announced a fellowship for graduate students interested in the study of data sharing:

http://opendata.si.umich.edu/index.html

The fellowship is two years in duration, with some opportunities for additional funding.  It is available to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents only.

The Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress recently released the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist

http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/

Faculty, staff, and students can access the Georgia set of maps through the Emory University Library http://sanborn.umi.com/

The latest edition (2009) of TIGER line shapefiles is now availalbe at the Census website.http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2009/tgrshp2009.html

New journal from Elsevier ….

Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that provides a home for high quality work which straddles the areas of GIS, epidemiology, exposure science, and spatial statistics. 

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/719813/description#description

The Fine-Grained Records Integration and Linkage Tool (FRIL) is a free/open-source tool for linking records across data files in the absence of unique ID's.  See http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/seminar-flyers/seminar-00338.pdf for an abstract overview of the application.

Now available via the ICPSR - "Seven Tenths Incorrect: Heterogeneity and Change in the Waist-to-Hip Ratios of Playboy Centerfold Models and Miss America Pageant Winners":

http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01331