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The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/22/the-australian-womens-weekly-1933-1982/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2013 Freely available on National Australian web service, Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/aww This title has one of the largest circulations of popular women’s magazines in Australia.
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A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chromosome-x-shape
A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the University of Leicester and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have determined at a molecular level how the iconic X-shape of chromosomes is generated during cell division.
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Social Sciences Directory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/05/social-sciences-directory/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2012 http://www.socialsciencesdirectory.com/index.
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Showcasing Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/showcasing-leicester
SHOWCASING LEICESTER’S CULTURAL HERITAGE Highfields Community Centre ‘Highfields, the last 50 years!’
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Drag up Chinese film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/drag-up-chinese-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 A project led by University of Nottingham and Queer China explores non-western drag culture, looking specifically at its role in the Chinese community.
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LGBT Equality in the Workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/lgbt-equality-in-the-workplace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 Find out the best place to work in the UK by consulting the latest annual Stonewall Equality Index.
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Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 1946 (US)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/photographs-of-the-medical-survey-of-the-bituminous-coal-industry-1946-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 New from the USA National Archives thousands of photographs of mining industry and regions taken in USA in 1946 as part of a survey of conditions In 1946 the Department of Interior...
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South Asian Digital Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/south-asian-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/ An independent non-profit site which seeks to document the experiences of Asian Americans.
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Same-sex marriage: France
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/same-sex-marriage-france/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 On-going discussion of same-sex marriage in the UK parliament and in France Read the full text of the relevant French law and details of the process in parliament from...
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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.