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MDB Reform Accelerator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/mdb-reform-accelerator/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 MDB Reform Accelerator Multilateral Development Banks, or MDBs, are supranational institutions set up by sovereign states, which are their shareholders.
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Which cities have the best tech industry?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/which-cities-have-the-best-tech-industry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 Find out using the 2019 Savills Tech index. It measures over 100 metrics.
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Rap music
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/rap-music/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 Rapsats statistics on rap music A tool to plot the frequency of words appearing in rap lyrics from 1988 through to the present day see more on contributors .
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Humanitarian Encyclopedia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/humanitarian-encyclopedia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 C reated by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, the Encyclopedia currently includes 129 commonly-used humanitarian concepts.
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UN Women constitutional database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/20/un-women-constitutional-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2013 http://constitutions.unwomen.org/ Use this great new resource to find out provisions relating to gender in constitutions worldwide.
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DCSSA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/dcssa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa Useful searchable site created by Holzinger, Kern, and Kromrey in 2013. Includes recent and historic versions in full text.
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Social Media + Society – new OA journal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/social-media-society-new-oa-journal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 New open access ejournal which will ‘discuss the use of social media in past, present and future societies’.
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Tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 In its most recent report Americans for Tax Fairness referred to a ‘Whopper of a tax Dodge’ alleging that Burger King owes $117 million in tax to the US government.
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NATO Encyclopedia 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/nato-encyclopedia-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Useful reference tool on membership and policies: includes statistics. Also worth exploring the online library has treaties and reports from 1949 onwards.
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The Guardian Activate conference on digital media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/the-guardian-activate-conference-on-digital-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 New York, 2011. Some useful videos from this key event: http://www.guardian.co.