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Expansion of GovInfo (US government)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/14/expansion-of-govinfo-us-government/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2019 For those seeking full-text US government documents Govinfo has now added more than 1500 Congressional Hearings since 2008.
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Black Britain on Film Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/black-britain-on-film-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 Free via the BFI player this collection of films celebrates the Black presence in Britain.
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Citizen Evidence Lab
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/21/citizen-evidence-lab/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2014 The Citizen Evidence Lab is a new site from Amnesty International which has been created to help journalists and human rights workers authenticate user citizen journalist video materials.
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Development studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/development-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 Two major annual reports released recently. African Human Development report 2016 focuses upon women’s empowerment. The Arab Human Development report focuses upon Youth.
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What institutions do people trust?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-institutions-do-people-trust/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer surveyed 33,000 people in 27 countries on their trust in the institutions of government, media, business and NGOs.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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Bloomberg: effects of QE in fixed income markets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/07/bloomberg-effects-of-qe-in-fixed-income-markets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 7, 2013 Quantitative easing has increased the level of liquidity in financial markets and helped drive down yields in government bond markets.
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Who trusts advertising ?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/who-trusts-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile.
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Access to new journal titles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/02/access-to-new-journal-titles/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2011 We now have access to: Fashion Theory: the journal of dress, body and culture (1997 – ) (which also includes access to Fashion Practice).