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Gender balance in politics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/gender-balance-in-politics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 A crowdsourcing game called Gender balance is trying to gather information about women in politics. The data collected will then be fed into the everypolitician site.
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The Cultural Heritage of LGBT Activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbt-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 A new online exhibit from Europeana. It gives a short history of Pride festivals using items such as photos and badges from Europe’s leading library and museum collections.
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Bloomberg: geographical distribution of revenue
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/28/bloomberg-geographical-distribution-of-revenue/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 28, 2013 Analysing a company’s revenue geographic breakdown is interesting angle to predict future strategic development. Find case studies using the function FFM on your Bloomberg terminals.
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Robert MacFarlane
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/26/4585/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2021 Robert Macfarlane, scientist and writer, has been on Desert Island Discs.
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MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-9/
4. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The first folio contains some drawings and what appears to be a talismanic verse seeking protection from harmful forces. This may have been added by the manuscript's owner.
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Chilean political songs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/chilean-political-songs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 For political songs try this recently released Spanish archive.
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200 paintings for 200 years
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/200-paintings-for-200-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A chronological catalogue of in-depth reference cards for 200 of the most famous resources.
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Bosses’ high pay
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/bosses-high-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 FTSE 100 bosses earnt more money in the first 3 days than an average worker in a year. Get the facts on how this was calculated from the High Pay Centre .
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End of Term web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/28/end-of-term-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2025 The End of Term Web Archive is a project which saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
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Systematic Review Search Strategies
https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/systematic-reviews/search-strategies
Systematic review search strategies are often more complex than search strategies you may have used in the past. They can run to hundreds of lines long, depending on the research topic, as you will need to take into account all the synonyms and variant spellings for your topic.