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• Accuracy of web-based news

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .

• 1979 elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/1979-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Rewind to the 1979 elections  #79 rewind from the Open University  is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.

• Smart phone usage USA 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life.  Download the Pew survey results for the full data.

• Global Competitiveness Report

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/05/global-competitiveness-report/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 5, 2014 World Economic Forum: latest global competitiveness report  released It assesses the competitiveness landscape of 148 economies.

• Arabic collections online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/arabic-collections-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 Free digital library which aims to provide full-text access to Arabic language books from the collections of American University of Beirut, Columbia University, Cornell...

• State of the World 2014/15: Amnesty International

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/state-of-the-world-201415-amnesty-international/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Amnesty International’s annual review of human rights includes overview essays and country surveys covering  freedom, rights, discrimination and abuses.

• UK elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/uk-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 ‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society.

• Bitcoin ‘offers opportunities to charities’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/bitcoin-offers-opportunities-to-charities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 According to the latest report from the Charities Aid Foundation online currencies such as Bitcoin could enable charities to  cut currency transfer costs and encourage transparency.

• United States Treaty Series 1776-1949

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/united-states-treaty-series-1776-1949/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Free access to the United States Treaty Series , compiled by Charles I. Bevans, via the Law Library of Congress website.

• Trump’s inauguration

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 On inauguration day The Guardian news is experimenting with a number of live news features. See the first filmed inauguration in 1901 via the Library of Congress website.