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The Web Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/10/the-web-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2016 … “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.
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Labour Together
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/labour-together/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Find out more about this new political grouping launched this week by members of the Labour Party to unify and renew the party.
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NarcoData
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/narcodata/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 A new data visualization tool created by Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia , which aims to provide a visual mapping of drug cartels...
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More data portals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/more-data-portals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 O pen Data Inception has mapped over 1600 open data portals around the world. Hover over the maps to get statistics on different nations.
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How far have we come? Lessons from the 1965 Race relations Act
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/how-far-have-we-come-lessons-from-the-1965-race-relations-act/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Free access to this collection of essays from the Runnymede Trust.
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The Banksy Story
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/08/02/the-banksy-story/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2023 A playlist of 10 x 15-minute or 2 x 60-minute omnibus programmes on Banksy. Stories are told by people who have worked closely with him.
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Gateway to Global Aging Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/gateway-to-global-aging-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 The Gateway to Global Aging Data : a data and information platform developed by The Program on Global Aging, Health and Policy and The Center for Economic and Social Research which...
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Historical Newspaper Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/14/historical-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2015 The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Daily Mail 1896-2004, the Independent 1986-2012 and Punch 1841-1992.
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How to end the ‘UK’s role as a safe haven for corrupt individuals, their allies and assets’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/how-to-end-the-uks-role-as-a-safe-haven-for-corrupt-individuals-their-allies-and-assets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 A new publication from Transparency International which explores the rol e of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and complicity in the Panama Papers affair.
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World Investment Report 2018 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/world-investment-report-2018-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 The World Investment Report has been published annually since 1991 by UNCTAD. It provides specialist reports on trends in foreign direct investment worldwide.