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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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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.
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Presidential inaugurations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/presidential-inaugurations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 US senate has a list of dates off all ceremonies. Many examples have links to digitised images of official photographs or paintings plus ephemera such as tickets. U.S.
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VoxDev launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/voxdev-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 Free access to a great new portal from the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the International Growth Centre and the Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries...
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Is there an Alpha male culture in the British Finance industry?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/is-there-an-alpha-male-culture-in-the-british-finance-industry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 According to the latest report released this we e k by the Treasury Committee, there is.
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Queer Zine Archive Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/queer-zine-archive-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 Queer Zine Archive Project – QZAP Originally founded by Milo Miller and Chris Wilde in Milwaukee.
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What are the financial returns from a postgraduate degree?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/what-are-the-financial-returns-from-a-postgraduate-degree/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 This IFS report looks at which degrees bring the most financial rewards and considers the impact of the family background.
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Find health and social care statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/find-health-and-social-care-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Sources of Social Statistics: Health Services and Public Health Where can you find the latest data on a range of UK social welfare and topics? This useful briefing...
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The Gazette
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/the-gazette/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 New website for the Gazette. The Gazette is the official public record for the UK which was originally established in 1665.
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Social Media and Sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website.