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Rap music
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/rap-music/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 Rapsats statistics on rap music A tool to plot the frequency of words appearing in rap lyrics from 1988 through to the present day see more on contributors .
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UN Women constitutional database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/20/un-women-constitutional-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2013 http://constitutions.unwomen.org/ Use this great new resource to find out provisions relating to gender in constitutions worldwide.
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Bitcoin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/bitcoin/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 What is bitcoin? Find out using this handy Harvard Business school working paper . Bitcoin.
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Is UK Higher Education Sustainable?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/is-uk-higher-education-sustainable/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 This question was considered by the Higher Education Commission who found the answer far from clear. Read their discussion of future options.
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UK household spending
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/08/uk-household-spending/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 8, 2014 How much do UK Households spend? Find the latest annual data on trends in food, entertainment, housing and fuel from the ONS.
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Music, Sound and the Moving Image
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/25/music-sound-and-the-moving-image/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2011 We now have full text access to the journal Music, Sound and the Moving Image from 2007 onwards. This title can be found on Leicester e-link.
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US Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange: 1956-2005
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/26/treasury-reporting-rates-of-exchange-1956-2005/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2012 Free digitized US Treasury Library materials: the Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, 1956-2005, which list the exchange rates of foreign currencies based on the dollar, are now...
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IZA Discussion Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/02/iza-discussion-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 2, 2013 http://www.iza.
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Hate crime statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/04/hate-crime-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2013 FBI latest figures for 2011 Compare with the UK latest figures . Projects and action plans to combat hate crime can also be found on the Home office website .
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Christmas comes earlier every year!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/christmas-comes-earlier-every-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The Royal Statistical Society recently published an essay based on Internet search terms which found that in 2007 people started thinking about Xmas in November however last...