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Academic Freedom Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/30/academic-freedom-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent non-profit think tank based in Berlin.
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Money, Politics and Finance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/money-politics-and-finance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 N ew site with data on politics money and campaign finance worldwide. It is a collaboration between the Sunlight Foundation, Global Integrity and the Electoral Integrity Project.
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Trump’s inauguration – protests
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.
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Papers of Woodrow Wilson now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/papers-of-woodrow-wilson-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Latest free collection from the library of Congress which includes private papers, letters and manuscripts from the president who served from 1913-1921.
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Global Childhood report published
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/global-childhood-report-published/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Save the Children has just published its third annual report which examines the condition of children in different nations worldwide.
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Peace Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/peace-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://www.peacewomen.org/ A project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) which seeks to promote peace and disarmament.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/30/international-encyclopedia-of-the-social-behavioral-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 30, 2012 We now have access to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Over 4,000 articles from leading authors in your field.
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Historical American Newspapers – a reminder
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.
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EU referendum – some predictions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/eu-referendum-some-predictions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 Who will win – leave or remain? Get some predictions and look at the social monitoring from the SENSE-EU which has been developed by the SENSEI European Project.
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United Nations disability statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.