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New York Times Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/24/new-york-times-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2012 We have electronic access to the full text of the New York Times for 1851-2008 and an index for 1851 to 1993 which enables searching on specific subject terms.
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Net Children Go Mobile Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/net-children-go-mobile-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 http://www.netchildrengomobile.eu/ A new project funded by the Safer Internet Programme of the European Commission has been launched.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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United States Census Bureau Repository launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/united-states-census-bureau-repository-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 The United States Census Bureau Data Repository is hosted by ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research).
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French Presidential elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/new-fact-check-sites-for-french-presidential-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Newspapers pay a key role in forming the opinion of the French electorate according to the recent Baromètre des médias, l’intérêt des Français pour...
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Women in developing countries 9% less likely to have a bank account
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/women-in-developing-countries-9-less-likely-to-have-a-bank-account/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make...
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Does the Internet have a negative effect of Morality?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/does-the-internet-have-a-negative-effect-of-morality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 Certainly according to the latest Pew global attitudes survey from Spring 2014 which covered 32 nations.
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Radio and Health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/radio-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 Can radio help improve health in developing countries? A useful case study from BBC media action which examines a radio soap opera by public health officials to encourage good practices...
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How China Became a Global Information Power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/17/how-china-became-a-global-information-power/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2017 Beyond the Great Firewall: How China Became a Global Information Power Read the latest online report from Center for International Media Assistance to find out how.
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European Union – 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/european-union-60th-anniversary-of-the-treaty-of-rome/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 The EU has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.