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Liberation Technology
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...
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Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/mexico-turns-to-social-media-for-information-and-survival/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.
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US elections and politics pages from Google
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/06/us-elections-and-politics-pages-from-google-and-you-tube/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2012 http://google.com/elections/ed/us/results Useful for tracking progress in the 2012 presidential race! Includes the 2012 political calendar from pbs http://www.pbs.
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APO Digital Inclusion collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/apo-digital-inclusion-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 The APO (Analysis and Policy Observatory) Digital Inclusion Collection is currently funded by the Australian Digital Inclusion Index team within the ARC Centre of Excellence...
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ePractice.eu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/17/epractice-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2012 http://www.epractice.
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United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/united-nations-monthly-bulletin-of-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 2000 onwards free online: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/app/mbssearch2.
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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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Zapaday
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/01/zapaday/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2012 http://www.zapaday.com/home/ has launched a news service that publishes breaking future news headlines.
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Big data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/big-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14.
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Year in Hate and Extremism 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/year-in-hate-and-extremism-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/spring Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center.