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Write an essay, get a kitten!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/write-an-essay-get-a-kitten/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 Originally compiled to assist students with dyslexia and special needs, AbilityNet’s great blog posting has tips on apps for motivation and focus when studying which will help everyone.
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Open-access books on gender and sexuality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/5242/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 Big Ten Open Books project, a collaboration between the six large American university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance aims to offer...
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Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Digital resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/black-lesbian-and-gay-centre-digital-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 Free access via the Bishopsgate Institute to newsletters and publications from this London-based support group.
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Women Peace and Security Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/women-peace-and-security-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 Launched in 2017 by Georgetown University in conjunction with Peace Research Institute (PRIO)— this free tool ranks 153 countries on both peace and security—and women’s...
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SDG Investor Platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/sdg-investor-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 On 14 April 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance launched the ‘SDG...
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New issue of Museum and Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/16/new-issue-of-museum-and-society/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2023 Museum and Society, one of our university’s open-access journals, has published a new issue.
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Gender-based violence: Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/gender-based-violence-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 Afrobarometer surveys of Africans on gender-based violence This dispatch reports on a special survey module included in the Afrobarometer Round 9 (2021/2023) questionnaire to explore...
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Oxfam launch land rights website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/oxfam-launch-land-rights-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 Oxfam have now gathered together reports, news and indicators on all aspects of their work on land rights on a new website .
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Dangerous Women Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/dangerous-women-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Research project from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.
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Europeana story dice
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/story-dice/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 Europeana is a cultural heritage site containing images and ephemera from Europe’s major libraries and cultural institutions. Its fun story dice kit can be downloaded and used in teaching.