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Charitable giving
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/charitable-giving/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 For research on charitable giving try these resources. Charities Aid foundation publishes UK giving https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/uk-giving-2011.
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Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/27/measuring-peace-in-the-media-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2012 The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide.
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Crime statistics: India
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/04/crime-statistics-india/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2013 Following the depressing news of the rape case in India , the National Crime records Bureau India has official crime statistics. Search the website by keyword to find some materials.
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Understanding Society – new website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/understanding-society-new-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 UK Household Longitudinal Study has launched its new website: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.
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Internet enemies report 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/internet-enemies-report-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 Reporters without Borders has publishes the Internet Enemies 2012 Report http://march12.rsf.
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Sandy: Crisis response
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/05/sandy-crisis-response/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2012 Crisis Response maps from Google: http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy marks disaster areas. Also highlights local emergency twitter feeds.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Egyptian protests digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/egyptian-protests-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Recently, Mosireen launched its Internet “resistance archive,” 858 The collection includes footage shot during the revolution by both members and non-members from 18 days in...
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The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/02/the-journal-of-learning-and-teaching-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2018 A new open-access journal produced by Leicester Learning Institute – The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (JLTHE) – was launched this week.
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Stop and Search
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/stop-and-search/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 A new report – a joint project by StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative with the support of the Runnymede trust includes case studies of the harm done to individuals and...