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World Kindness day 13th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.
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The Mexico-US border
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/16/the-mexico-us-border/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2022 South from the North: The Mexico-US border and beyond is a teaching resource from Box of Broadcasts which may be of interest to Media and Communications, Spanish and Latin American...
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Spectator Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/ Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.
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Greek television archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/greek-television-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Greek television archive launches.
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WGBH Openvault – Historic US TV and radio
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/wgbh-openvault-historic-us-tv-and-radio/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Free access to clips from the WGBH Media Library and archives which includes TV and radio programmes many with transcripts.
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Women in Trousers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/women-in-trousers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 A visual archive which draws upon resources taken from the Database of Mid-Victorian Illustration and The Illustration Archive.
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Historical American Newspapers – a reminder
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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Visualizing the Virus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/26/visualizing-the-virus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2021 An international digital project led by Dr Sria Chatterjee and made possible by a grant from DARIAH EU and support from the Institute of Experimental Design and Media, FHNW.
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Syrian Archives Chemical weapons database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/syrian-archives-chemical-weapons-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 The Syrian Archive aims to support human rights investigators, advocates, media reporters and journalists in their efforts to document human rights violations in Syria.