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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/200/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Expert panel visiting Leicester to take Brexit questions - spaces still available
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/expert-panel-visiting-leicester-to-take-brexit-questions
Yesterday (17 January), Prime Minister Theresa May gave a highly anticipated speech on Brexit in which she said the UK "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all".
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Who were the first students of the University of Leicester?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/10/13/who-were-our-first-students/
A blog post discussing the early students of the University of Leicester.
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American women making history and culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/6127/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 The American Women Making History and Culture, 1963-1982 (“American Women”) collection on the internet archive includes Pacifica Radio Archives’ holdings from the five...
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Anti-bullying
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/anti-bullying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 R ecent research from the TUC from a YouGov survey recorded nearly one third of people who responded had suffered bullying.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/5038/
Africana Historic Postcard Collection. New from the Library of Congress, more than 1,500 digitised photograph postcards from European colonial territories from the 1890s – 1960s. Most before 1930. Most are photos from colonial administrators and European missionaries.
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The most violent cities (Latin America, UK and Global)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/the-most-violent-cities-latin-america-uk-and-global/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 Chioda, Laura. 2017. Stop the Violence in Latin America : A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood. Latin American Development Forum;. Washington, DC: World Bank.
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Social Entrepreneurship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-entrepreneurship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 A new standard to measure social impact is now available from the EU.
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Citing datasets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/11/citing-datasets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2011 http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/new-dcc-guide-citing-datasets Download the 12 page guide which will help researchers cite datasets.
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TV News Search Borrow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/tv-news-search-borrow/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://archive.org/details/tv Internet Archive site. This service is designed to help USA citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S.