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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/about/
This is the blog of the Social Sciences Librarians at the University of Leicester. Your librarians are Andrew Dunn (Learning and Teaching) and William Farrell (Research). We hope to provide you with interesting and useful information on this blog.
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Booker Prize winner 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/14/booker-prize-winner-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 14, 2024 Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.
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IMF revamps data portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/imf-revamps-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The IMF’s new data portal provides streamlined access to international financial data it is easy to explore and has updated API capabilities.
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Museums in Ukraine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/25/museums-in-ukraine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 25, 2023 A special issue of Museum and Society has been published on the topic of museums in Ukraine https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.
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New resources for primary teachers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/02/new-resources-for-primary-teachers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2013 New resources in the David Wilson Library for primary school teachers.
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Ofcom Market Research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/ofcom-market-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 Ofcom has many market research reports on media issues.
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Google tracks your movements even when you tell it not to
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/google-tracks-your-movements-even-when-you-tell-it-not-to/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 Associated Press investigative report with worrying findings released this week.
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Migration Policy Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/migration-policy-centre/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 Publishes research on migration, asylum and mobility in Europe and in countries located along migration routes to Europe.
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Newsmuseum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/newsmuseum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Show’s today’s front pages from around the world . Also has an archive . A US bias.
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The diversity of HE governors
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/the-diversity-of-he-governors/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 The first ever report on this subject has been published by AdvanceHE.