Social Science sites of the week Archive

Sites of the week Here is the latest round up Valentines Day for social scientists For the economist Consider how much people spend on Valentines Day National Retail Federation (USA) Gives the data that in 2020 American consumers are expected to spend $196 up 30% to 2019. One of the fastest rising markets is gifts for pets! 27% of those who celebrate buy a gift for pet. Get further details from the website! They have a very good data resources center. with gift trends and demographics of those who buy. Find out who is the most generous.! For the UK. Statista has data. Remember to check the methodology of any surveys. they quote a Savvy survey of shoppers on what they spend and what they hope to get Ibisworld has a good infographic on spending in 2019 £391 million on eating out and £62 million on cards Search SSRN papers to find examples of economic articles on the topic. For social historians and romantics Some great examples of historic cards can be found on many online libraries an...

Post Brexit In the post Brexit transition period we are continuing to update our blog. This includes links to some postings from key twitter accounts on Brexit day The Uk government department has closed The EU has set up a new website with information on the task force negotiating the future partnership with the UK The EU exit archive from the National Archives preserved the legislation on the day the Uk left the EU Corona virus update Euromonitor has produced a brief economic analysis of the possible impact on global supply chains Ministry of Foreign Affairs China English language news and press releases Our blog has updates with places where you can get free academic journal articles LGBT History Month During LGBT history month time to revisit the marvellous free British Library resources.   LGBTQ histories The British Library website exploring the development of LGBTQ identities and communities in the UK. it has a timeline f...

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites of the week Post Brexit In the post Brexit transition period we are continuing to update our blog. This includes links to some postings from key twitter accounts on Brexit day The Uk government department has closed The EU has set up a new website with information on the task force negotiating the future partnership with the UK The EU exit archive from the National Archives preserved the legislation on the day the Uk left the EU Corona virus update Euromonitor has produced a brief economic analysis of the possible impact on global supply chains Ministry of Foreign Affairs China English language news and press releases Our blog has updates with places where you can get free academic journal articles LGBT History Month During LGBT history month time to revisit the marvellous free British Library resources. LGBTQ histories The British Library website exploring the development of LGBTQ identities and communities in the UK. it has...

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites of the week Brexit see links to todays’s leaving statements on Twitter on our blog Coronavirus- free recommended academic sources for facts For factual background and articles try searching PubMed. They include this basic introduction Some commercial publishers are offering free ac c e s s to resources at the moment . Elsevier has launched the Coronavirus Information Center with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV. Wiley has made available free access to over 50 scientific and medical articles from its journals. For information, news and facts on the current outbreak see World Health Organisation website which has a special information centre CDC Centers for Diseases and Control has reports and fact books The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus o...