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Children, happiness and well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/children-happiness-and-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 According to the latest Good Childhood report 2015 published this week by the Children’s Society, children in the UK are unhappy.
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World Internet Report 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/world-internet-report-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 The Center for the Digital Future has issued the latest annual edition of the World Internet Project Report.
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New United States elections (and other political) web archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/new-united-states-elections-and-other-political-web-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 The Library of Congress has just released a mass of themed web archive collections.
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Diversity in Media new tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/diversity-in-media-new-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business...
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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.
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Primary Sources US Presidents
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/primary-sources-us-presidents/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 State of the Union 2016 Read the full transcript of President Obama’s State of the Union speech on the White House website Politico has a video of the address and main responses.
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Chinese aid to Africa: what are the facts?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/chinese-aid-to-africa-what-are-the-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 China has become the biggest donor of aid to Africa- read more about the background in this interesting article from the Conversation .
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Tax havens- find out where they are located!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/tax-havens-find-out-where-they-are-located/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 If you have some spare cash to hide away try consulting this useful site created by the CORPNET group at the University of Amsterdam .
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World Autism awareness week
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The United Nations has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day. Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.
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Food and water
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-cost-of-a-plate-of-food-2020-wfp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP) A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according...