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Discover Leveson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/discover-leveson/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The Leveson Inquiry was an inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press. This reource https://discoverleveson.
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Shakespeare’s first folio
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/shakespeares-first-folio/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 Shakespeare’s first folio from Senate House Library University of London.
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The LSE-Real Estate Economics and Finance index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/01/12/the-lse-real-estate-economics-and-finance-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2024 REEF provides data on local property markets in England and Wales 2010-2020 using price paid data. Methodology provided on the website . There is also an interactive data dashboard here .
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Hansard Corpus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/hansard-corpus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 Website containing nearly every speech in the British Parliament 1803-2005 with some linguistic analysis. Developed by the University of Glasgow. http://www.hansard-corpus.
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JFK Assassination records
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/03/jfk-assassination-records/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2017 A large batch of JFK assassination classified document s has been released by the USA government to supplement The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records collection.
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Black Women Radicals Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/01/black-women-radicals-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2024 Biographies of women activists from Africa and the African diaspora. The database is constantly updated and is free for educational use.
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Russian interference in US elections?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/russian-interference-in-us-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 View the recordings from Senate committee hearings into Russian interference in the 2016 elections via C-Span video library.
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The Counted
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/the-counted/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 The Counted launched by the Guardian newspaper to provide the public with statistical data about people killed by the police in the USA.
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E7 now and then
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/10/e7-now-and-then/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2024 E7 now and then A local history website which is run by not for profit volunteers and covers Forest Gate East London past and present.
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Google and tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/google-and-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The charity Full Fact has examined the claim that Google only pays 3% of its profits in tax. Consult its website to see what it concludes.