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New York Times Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/24/new-york-times-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2012 We have electronic access to the full text of the New York Times for 1851-2008 and an index for 1851 to 1993 which enables searching on specific subject terms.
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Hate Crime USA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/25/hate-crime-usa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2012 http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/research-data-journal-for-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 A new free open access journal from Brill and a number of research institutes based in the Netherlands seeks to highlight research based on data.
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Women on Boards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/women-on-boards-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 Latest 5 year progress summary from Lord Davies shows progress. Get the full data plus previous reports from the UK government website.
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Map Kibera
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.
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Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/guardian-newspaper-launches-new-business-blogs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.
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Parentview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/24/parentview/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 24, 2011 Parentview http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ A new citizen focused initiative launched by the UK Ofsted body which is giving parents the right to comment on their child’s school.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.