International Labour Organisation publications
Resource guides produced by the ILO Library in Geneva provide guidance and direct links to key documents statistics and websites. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/guide.htm Topics covered include child labour, disability, gender equality, microfinance and the informal economy. The ILO also has a number of other excellent free sites for those interested in work related issues. These include the ILO […]
Citing datasets
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/new-dcc-guide-citing-datasets Download the 12 page guide which will help researchers cite datasets. Topics covered include elements of data citation, challenges involved in citing and linking to datasets associated with research. Produced by the Digital Curation Centre.
Occupy Archive
Another site archiving protest materials. This one http://occupyarchive.org/ , a special project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, is saving digital evidence and stories from the Occupy protests worldwide that began in September 2011 in Lower Manhattan. This includes archives of websites, personal accounts, photographs and texts. It is possible […]
Occupy Wall Street
http://www.archive.org/details/occupywallstreet The social movement now has a space on the Internet where they are permanently archiving protest materials. There are currently over 175 materials preserved. They include pictures of protests across the USA from activists, audio files of speeches and images of leaflets produced. For instance see the insert designed to deter companies that send […]
employability4socialsciences
http://employability4socialsciences.wordpress.com/ This new blog aims to support social science students who are applying for graduate level jobs. It is edited by academic staff at Sheffield Hallam University. Topics covered include career development plans, employability skills and work based learning. Blog posts offer comment and advice. There are future plans to invite special guest writers from […]
More years better lives
http://www.jp-demographic.eu/process the EU programme on demographic change is a central point for finding the latest social science research in ageing across Europe. It has lists of national research programmes focusing on demographic change in a wide number of EU countries. Themes include education, health, housing, social welfare and work. The website has links to the projects […]
Third Sector Knowledge Portal
https://cssfs10.bham.ac.uk/heritage/ Created by Third Sector Research Centre in partnership with the British Library, this major new website aims to provide access to a range of materials about the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors which have been produced by academic research centres, government departments and civil society organisations. It will include full text publications, working […]
Occupy Wall Street protest site
http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials. There is also a YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/occupytv Other useful background and comment can be found in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-wall-street Open Culture has films of S Zizeck and Stiglitz participating […]
Using Twitter in university research
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – A guide for academics and researchers: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/pdf/Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf Published this week by the LSE Public Policy Group Topics covered include: getting started, writing styles and possible usage by academic departments.
Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/03/guardian-new-business-blogs Economics blog – with Larry Elliott • Nils Pratley on finance • Business blog – with Jill Treanor Each contains data, stories and analysis.
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