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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: September 28, 2012
This week the LibDem conference. See our blog on useful news sites and social media resources. Including the Nick Clegg video! Also on this theme: LSE Archives Liberal Party collection. The LSE Library holds papers from a number of parliamentary parties including the Liberals and the Liberal Democrats. For full catalogues and a brief history [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: August 24, 2012
This week in the news wikileaks and Ecuador See our blog entry. For useful information on Ecuador (and other Latin American nation’s see the LSE Library free subject guide: Recommended free statistical databases containing basic economic and social indicators for Ecuador include: United Nations ECLAC Produces the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean. [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: August 2, 2012
Olympic Games. Of course this week’s key story is the London 2012 Olympics. HM Government Olympic Communication newsroom. Acts as a central point for UK government department press releases and news relating to the Games. Includes photographs and twitter feeds. Topics covered include: sport, venues, transport, safety and legacy. For more links see our free [...]

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By ALISS | Published: April 20, 2012
This week: Titanic commemorations In the news this week the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. see our quick links to news and commemorative resources. Titanic: 100 Years Later Virginia Newspaper Project Useful website which examines media coverage of the tragedy using historic American and British newspapers from 1912. Topics covered include: headlines, misleading coverage [...]

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Social Science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: March 30, 2012
Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project launched. Marvellous new resource created by Google in association with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to commemorate the life and political career of this great man. See the blog. Features include photographs, letters written during imprisonment, draft manuscripts for his autobiography. Other useful sites for full text documents on [...]

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Social Science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: March 23, 2012
Budget week. The Guardian datablog issued a really good collection of 10 visualizations of data that you need to understand the British budget and the economy For our other suggestions on good starting points for budget information see our blog posting Internet enemies report 2012 Reporters without Borders Publishes Internet Enemies 2012 Report. This provides [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: March 20, 2012
Future for Women on boards: Milestone or Millstone? Annual report from FTSE and Cranfield University. It examines the percentage of women on top company management boards. It follows on from the Davies report which recommended greater female participation. Other good sources for data on women and management include: the 30% club which is seeking 30% [...]

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Social science sites of the week

By ALISS | Published: January 27, 2012
http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/social-science-sites-of-week_26.html 27th January is Holocaust memorial day To mark the occasion a new educational tool has been launched by University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation Institute IWitness http://iwitness.usc.edu/ Developed for school children 13-18, it has over 1,000 video testimonies from survivors and eye-witnesses. http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/Resources.aspx Selected guests to the site can edit and exchange films. See [...]

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