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How far have we come? Lessons from the 1965 Race relations Act
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/how-far-have-we-come-lessons-from-the-1965-race-relations-act/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Free access to this collection of essays from the Runnymede Trust.
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Violence against women in elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/violence-against-women-in-elections-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 IFES release reports about violence against women in elections. Their website now includes a section which documents efforts to measure and combat this.
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Factiva tutorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/23/factiva-tutorials/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 23, 2013 Library tutorials on how to use Factiva ( http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/f/factiva ) available. Finding newspaper articles: https://connect.le.ac.
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In-work poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/in-work-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 Great posting from the European Parliamentary service posted by Verena Kern which links to EU related report with research and data covering all 28 EU nations.
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Health Databases from WHO
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/health-databases-from-who/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 WHO Europe new statistical database- HlthRes-DB Contains nearly 200 indicators on human and technical resources for health covering 53 states from WHO Europe.
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US Crisis Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/13/us-crisis-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2020 US Crisis Monitor The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) and The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) at Princeton University have launched a...
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The U.S. Media Index database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-u-s-media-index-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 F ind out who owns what . Compiled by the Future of Media Project the index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets.
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Better Life Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/better-life-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 2014 Better Life Index released by OECD This annual survey of OECD countries seek to answer the question “What do people want from life?” It has been in operation since 2011.
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LGBT+ History month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/31/lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2019 February is LGBT+ History month. Here is a list of some of the many LGBT-related resources in the library https://rl.talis.
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Explosive Violence Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/explosive-violence-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 Explosive Violence Monitor 2019 Latest annual report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – demonstrates that civilians continue to be disproportionately affected by the...