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How do you access news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/how-do-you-access-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 39 out of 50 of the top US news sites now get more traffic from mobile devices than desktop computers.
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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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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...
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Bitcoin ‘offers opportunities to charities’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/bitcoin-offers-opportunities-to-charities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 According to the latest report from the Charities Aid Foundation online currencies such as Bitcoin could enable charities to cut currency transfer costs and encourage transparency.
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APO Disability Research Collection (Australia and New Zealand)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/apo-disability-research-collection-australia-and-new-zealand/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 Australian Policy collaborating with the National Disability Research Partnership to create a portal of links to research published in Australia and New Zealand.
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Republican nomination delegate calculator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/06/republican-nomination-delegate-calculator/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 6, 2016 The New York Times have created a delegate calculator for the battle to be the Republican presidential candidate.
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In Safe Hands: The Battle for Midwifery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/the-battle-for-midwifery-royal-college-of-surgeons-of-edinburgh-digital-exhibition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 This digital exhibition from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh explores the story of midwifery and obstetrics through the centuries, with particular emphasis on the increasing...
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Employment Policy Action Facility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/employment-policy-action-facility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 Launched by the International Labour Organization, the Employment Policy Action Facility (EPAF), is a website that contains materials for employment policy makers.
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Netflix research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/netflix-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Netflix have just launched their own official site where they will be posting white papers and articles on what they are researching. See the Netflix official blog for further details.
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Parliamentary Procedure handbook now free online UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/parliamentary-procedure-handbook-now-free-online-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 Now freely available via the UK parliament website: Erskine May’s treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament (25th edition, 2019).