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Our marathon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/our-marathon/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 Northeastern University Launches Digital Archive of Boston Marathon Bombings Entitled Our Bombing it has crowd sourced journalist materials.
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Better Life Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/better-life-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 2014 Better Life Index released by OECD This annual survey of OECD countries seek to answer the question “What do people want from life?” It has been in operation since 2011.
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Vaccinate yourself against fake news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/vaccinate-yourself-against-fake-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 Using a new online game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Dutch media collective DROG .
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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.
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Bloomberg: effects of QE in fixed income markets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/07/bloomberg-effects-of-qe-in-fixed-income-markets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2013 Quantitative easing has increased the level of liquidity in financial markets and helped drive down yields in government bond markets.
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Free data journalism handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/free-data-journalism-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 Released by European Journalism Centre: http://datajournalismhandbook.
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Social Science Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/social-science-bites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 Podcasts of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world. Published by Sage. http://www.socialsciencebites.
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British Library releases free sports oral history collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/26/british-library-release-free-sports-oral-history-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2012 http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Sport%20 Free access to interviews and recordings of famous British athletes.
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Crowd Behaviour Network
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/26/crowd-behaviour-network/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2012 http://www.crowdbehaviournetwork.org/ Recently launched international forum for academic research on crowd behaviour, management and safety.
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Open UNDP
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/open-undp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 http://open.undp.org/ New open data website from the United Nations Development Programme. Get official data on over 6,000 development projects in 177 countries worldwide.