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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 .

• 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.

• International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.

• Operational research resources for development

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/operational-research-resources-for-development/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) has created a Wikipedia-type page of free resources for development workers and developing countries to read and...

• Security Council Meetings 1946-2020

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/security-council-meetings-1946-2020/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Another resource for those interested in international relations:  A list of vetoes and decisions . It has been prepared and maintained by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

• Observatory of Algorithms with Social Impact

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/observatory-of-algorithms-with-social-impact/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 A listing from the Eticas Foundation  which is indexing algorithms used by search engines and organisations and classifying them by type location and impact.

• Migration Network Hub

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/migration-network-hub/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The United Nations Network on Migration was launched recently It aims to provide a place where researcher scan access a variety of resources relating to worldwide migration including...

• University students and mental health

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/university-students-and-mental-health/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 UCAS has published a report, Starting the Conversation, which explores mental ill health in university applications.

• Gender bias in Chinese media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/09/gender-bias-in-chinese-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2022 Who makes the news in China? Men mainly.

• Digitised Olympic games resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/digitised-olympic-games-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 IOC’s Olympic Studies Centre is finishing the process of digitising all the publications of the Organising Committees (OCOGs) of past Olympic Games hosted in France.