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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/191/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Internet sites and censorship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/12/internet-sites-and-censorship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 12, 2010 The Hercdict site, maintained by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, gathers reports of blocked and inaccessible sites worldwide. http://www.herdict.
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Where is the Best Place to Grow old?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .
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Reports on military equipment: US
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/reports-on-military-equipment-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Digital collection also new from the Library of Congress , Office of Scientific Research and Development reports made to the US government during the Second World War and beyond...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/174/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Live crime tracker, USA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/live-crime-tracker-usa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the...
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UK Elections: voter’s regret
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/uk-elections-voters-regret/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 Voter’s regret An interesting fact has been the surge in LibDem membership applications since the election . The Conversation discusses the psychology of voter regret.
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Press freedom is declining
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/press-freedom-is-declining/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 According to the latest annual report from Reporteurs Sans Frontières which ranks 180 nations worldwide only 24% are rated as having a good level of press freedom, a decline from...
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UK Postal Service
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/uk-postal-service/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 This week UK government confirmed that Royal Mail will be floated on the Stock Exchange Royal Mail: myth-busters – Answers common misconceptions about the government’s...
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Presidential inaugurations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/presidential-inaugurations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 US senate has a list of dates off all ceremonies. Many examples have links to digitised images of official photographs or paintings plus ephemera such as tickets. U.S.