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Access to Middle East and Islamic resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/15/access-to-middle-east-and-islamic-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2013 http://amirmideast.blogspot.co.uk/ Useful blog highlighting open access resources in this area. Journals covering all subject areas. Created by USA libraries.
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2016 Global Food Security Index findings report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/2016-global-food-security-index-findings-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 This is the fifth edition of an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study, commissioned by DuPont, w hich covers issues of affordability, availability and quality of food across 113...
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New labour standards database from ILO
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/24/new-labour-standards-database-from-ilo/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2012 http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/ NORMEX information System on International Labour Standards.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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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.
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Good Practices for Urban Refugees Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/good-practices-for-urban-refugees-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A site created by UNHCR staff to gather together good examples of policy and practical implementation for those working with urban refugees.
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ecampaigning forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/23/ecampaigning-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2011 http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.
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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.
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Connecting Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/connecting-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa.
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Cyberpolicy portal launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/cyberpolicy-portal-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) has just launched a Cyber Policy Portal that provides researchers with a single route to quickly get information and...