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NarcoData
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/narcodata/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 A new data visualization tool created by Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia , which aims to provide a visual mapping of drug cartels...
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Little Data book on Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/little-data-book-on-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A new handy reference tool from the World Bank for those seeking accessible statistics on gender. It covers 217 countries, tracing progress in closing gender gaps between 2000-2017.
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Credit Explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/02/credit-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2013 http://creditexplained.org.
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OHCHR anti-discrimination database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/ohchr-anti-discrimination-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 OHCHR anti-discrimination database launched .
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Our marathon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/our-marathon/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 Northeastern University Launches Digital Archive of Boston Marathon Bombings Entitled Our Bombing it has crowd sourced journalist materials.
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Write an essay, get a kitten!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/write-an-essay-get-a-kitten/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 Originally compiled to assist students with dyslexia and special needs, AbilityNet’s great blog posting has tips on apps for motivation and focus when studying which will help everyone.
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Stonewall Good University Guide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/stonewall-good-university-guide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Stonewall have recently created a good universities guide . This rates what specific UK colleges are doing to support LGBT students. Leicester is on the list http://www.
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Online harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/27/online-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2014 How common is online harassment? According to a Pew Internet Project repor t 40% of Internet users in the USA have personally experienced online harassment, 73% have...
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s knowledge economy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/sub-saharan-africas-knowledge-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 Geonet is a new project from the Oxford Internet Institute. It is mapping ICT developments and analysing their potential for economic and social development.
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American race riots
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/american-race-riots/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Newsmuseum has created a teaching and learning site which has archived front pages of newspaper coverage of events, plus lesson plans and links to historical resources on early...