sites of the week 24th June 2022
Here
is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists.
Here
are some recent United nations publications relating to Covid
Adding fuel to the fire? Inequality and the spread of COVID-19
(DESA Working Paper No. 178)
COVID-19
and the State of Global Mobility in 2021 (IOM / MPI)
The
Next Normal: The changing Workplace in Africa – Ten Trends from the
COVID-19 Pandemic that are Shaping Workplaces in Africa (ILO)
Rethinking risks in
times of COVID-19: Understanding and managing cascading and systemic risks:
lessons from COVID-19 (UNU-EHS / UNDRR)
Trade Therapy:
Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses (WTO / World Bank)
WHO compilation of
innovative concepts to communicate science during the COVID-19 pandemic
See more publications
on the blog
British Library world newspaper
data
Free to download. Get the full title list with dates of coverage and see a map
visualizing the areas of the world they cover.
There are amazingly 36,253 newspaper titles from 193
countries and territories, in 88 languages!
Ford Heritage vault
Designed for researchers and
enthusiasts to explore the history of the Ford Motor company throughout the 20th
century
Try the Ford
Heritage vault to explore thousands of images and product brochures that can be
consulted for personal use . search by keyword. Remember to check the copyright
information on the site.
UN Digital Portal against Hate Speech –
#NoToHate
New portal provides definitions of what
constitutes hate crime and free access to UN resources including: UN Strategy
and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, key law instruments, programmes of action
and materials from events
National Archives and Records Administration:
Watergate digital records
To mark the 50th anniversary of the break-in on June 17, 1972 which led
eventually led to the resignation of American President Richard Nixon.
The paper records, exhibits, and artifacts from the United
States v. G. Gordon Liddy trial are digitized and available to
view in the National Archives Catalogue. A new website has
been created where you can browse them. They Include images of telephone taps,
photographs of accused.
Institute
for the Study o f War Interactive Ukraine Map
Now
available using ArcGis an interactive
map of the current situation on the war in Ukraine. It includes maps Russian
claims, Ukraine defence positions. The Methodology is provided .There are also
daily static maps on the website
Free
access (time limited so take advantage quickly) to articles from SAGE
publishing covering gender equity and justice. Topics include intersectional
topics, labour, health, gender identity and the struggle for rights worldwide.
Retraction watched Hijacked journal checker
A
tool for researchers to find out about scams involving journal websites which
are seeking to dupe them. This lists titles known to have been ‘mirrored’ or
hijacked by fraudsters. The methodology is provided on the website which also
provides information on scientific papers which have been suspected and
retracted because of plagiarism, inaccuracy.
Women Who Meant Business: Stories of early businesswomen
who broke the mould
A great website maintained
by independent researcher Lizzie Broadbent. It includes The
FT-She 100 which contains articles and biographies on historic UK women
business leaders which she has researched
Latest
addition to the FT-She 100: Ethel M. Wood (1877-1970) feminist campaigner,
awarded a CBE, President of 1925-6 and hon sec of wartime
Committee on Woman Power. This was based on archives researched at the LSE
Library. You can sign up to get regular newsletters about the progress of her
work.
some other news from the LSE library two great new oral history additions
to the digital library
The first collection is
part of the 'These Dangerous Women' community
heritage project run by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) to mark the centenary of their founding in 1915. It comprises
interviews with 8 women who tell
fascinating stories about their time at WILPF.
The second collection includes
the recordings of 14 interviews done to mark the 50th anniversary of Women’s
Liberation Movement (WLM) in 2020. For the occasion, the Women's Resource
Centre (WRC) run a project, also funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund,
called ‘Sisters Doing It For
Themselves’ to create a unique oral history archive documenting the testimonies
of current and past leaders.
Best wishes
Heather Dawson
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