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• Eurostat statistics explained

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/eurostat-statistics-explained/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 A guide to European statistics from the European Commission: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.

• EU high earners

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/eu-high-earners/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.

• Global Teacher Status Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/global-teacher-status-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Global Teacher Status Index A new study out this week ranks the status of teachers in various countries.

• Global Risks 2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/17/global-risks-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2014 Global Risks 2014 Released by World Economic Forum. Analyses 31 global risks.

• Obama’s 2008 election

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/21/obamas-2008-election/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 21, 2014 President Barack Obama Visual Iconography A digital library from Cornell University which provides free access to campaign materials from the 2008 election campaign of president...

• The Data Journalism Handbook

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/28/the-data-journalism-handbook/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2014 http://datajournalismhandbook.org/  A free, open-source reference book written after a 48-hour workshop at MozFest 2011 in London. Also available in the library at 070.40285 DAT.

• Are Students addicted to their Mobile Phones?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/are-students-addicted-to-their-mobile-phones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Read this interesting exploratory paper.  Hooked on Smartphones: An Exploratory Study  on Smartphone Overuse among College Students by Uichin Lee et al.

• 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.

• Right to education: global database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/07/right-to-education-global-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2014 Right to education global database   New from UNESCO  a gateway to information on legal and civil rights relating to education worldwide.

• Scottish independence

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/07/scottish-independence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2014  Scottish independence referendum collection Details about this project from the National Library of Scotland which will include a webarchive .