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• Mapping Segregation: Google Maps and the Human Rights of Palestinians

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/mapping-segregation-google-maps-and-the-human-rights-of-palestinians/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Interesting report by 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement which argues that the boundaries and names used on Google Maps favour the cause of the Israeli government in the...

• Mental health: International

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-international/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 Useful mental health resources include: World Health Organization Mental Health Atlas; the latest (2017) edition  provides data on 177 WHO members covering mental health policy,...

• Modern Slavery Data Stories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/modern-slavery-data-stories/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 Created by the  UN University Centre for Policy Research  using datasets from the ILO, IOM, Walk Free Foundation, SmartLab, UK Government, Delta 8.

• Global Consumption Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/global-consumption-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Global Consumption Database Just launched by The World Bank and International Finance Corp (IFC).  Useful for finding data on how people in developing countries spend their income.

• Historical American Newspapers – a reminder

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress  provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.

• United States Election 2010 Web Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/united-states-election-2010-web-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 The United States Election 2010 Web Archive This new collection of over 1,2000 archived websites relates to the USA 2010 elections.

• Hacking the academy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/hacking-the-academy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.digitalculture.org/hacking-the-academy/ Access the full text of a new book released by MPublishing, the publishing division of the University of Michigan Library.

• British Bankers’ Association Libor Rate

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/29/british-bankers-association-libor-rate/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2012 http://www.bbalibor.com/rates Free access to one of the measures which has dominated the news recently. See the quick guide ‘What are libor rates?’ http://www.bbalibor.

• Mapping Digital Media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/mapping-digital-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 The Center for International Media Assistance in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, announced the publication of an interactive map   The project examines the global...

• Bloomberg: currency

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/bloomberg-currency/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 Implied volatility in some major currency pairs has fallen below realized volatility. The dollar-yen 6-month realized versus implied spread was the widest in four years on Sept. 26.