Social Science sites of the week Archive

  Here is the latest round up  of new and interesting sites for the week   Search where you will find most: Comparing the disciplinary coverage of 56 bibliographic databases   Michael Gusenbauer   Scientometrics volume 127, pages2683–2745 (2022)   Interesting open access article. Find out which databases will retrieve the beast results for academic subjects. Has tables comparing commercial and free sources including Google scholar.       Voyage to Madagascar: Thomas Locke Lewis and the Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817     fascinating online exhibition curated by Conal Priest, an MA History student at King’s College London who was an intern in KCL special collections during 2020     Lieutenant Thomas Locke Lewis (ca 1780-1852) was part of the 1817 British diplomatic and commercial mission to King Radama of Madagascar, which resulted in a treaty of formal alliance between the two countries. The mission was spo...

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists    Covid   Ruling returning elderly to care homes was unlawful   See more recent UK government publications on the blog  http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/      2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon  Report    Teaching and Learning Edition Find out about the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, in this recent US report. They include the use of AI and micro credentials. Case studies are offered.  See more links to other key items on our scoop.it page    https://www.scoop.it/topic/higher-education-news-for-libraries-and-librarians I nuit website archive  A new resource available via Archive.it  Aims to preserve the voices of the Inuit indigenous community in Alaska by making a web archive of their key websites   Archive-It - Inuit Circ...

Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists   In the news this week: Local elections took place on Thursday  Here are some basic links that might prove useful. Electoral Commission   Independent body established by the UK Parliament.  https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/local-government-elections-england  https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/england-local-council-elections  YouGov polling   Electoral calculus   elections centre Plymouth   results from each local authority since structural change in 1973 (1964 in the case of the London boroughs) until 2011/2012.  All three volumes of the historical London election results compiled and published by Alan Willis and John Woollard are also available. An amazing piece of work and a great resource for election enthusiasts. Volume 3 summarises the voting for eac...

In the news this week    Ukraine  Some useful collections of factual papers  UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Ukraine   Overview of the latest information from the United Nations system on the Ukraine crisis.   House of Commons papers   CRS reports for US Congress     More international reports on COVID   Caring for those who care – Guide for the development  and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers (ILO / WHO) COVID-19 Research and Innovation: Powering the world’s pandemic response – now and in the future (WHO) See more on the blog     Inclusive Britain  The release of  a new policy to tackle racial inequality in the UK.   which is a response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.  see more on our  scoop.it page   including a report on racial and ethnic inequality in chemistry funding and research which was released this week and shows...