Thesis whisperer
http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses. It is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia but contains materials relevant to students all around the world. Topics covered include writing, relations with supervisors and creativity.
Big Innovation Centre
http://www.biginnovationcentre.com/ Launched by the Work Foundation and Lancaster University in September 2011. Chair is Will Hutton. It aims to bring together researchers and the commercial world to create a centre for business orientated research. The website provides information about the aims of the Centre. It also offers free access to its research reports on how […]
Future Gov Asia Pacific
http://www.futuregov.asia/pages/about/ Free online magazine serving public officials in Asia and the Middle East; includes news, events, blogs and articles on e-government and use of it by public sector. Subsections include cloud computing, e-government and use of IT by health organisations.
Gewerkschaftspresse
http://library.fes.de/gewerkschaftspresse/content/below/index.xml A project by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung which provides access to a large collection of digitized German trade union periodicals from the beginnings of the German trade union movement until 1933. The most important trade union journals have been digitized and made freely accessible online. Site is subdivided into Freie Gewerkschaften (free trade unions) and Christliche Gewerkschaften […]
ROAD 2.0
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/outdoor_advertising/ Site maintained by Duke University. Free access to over 30,000 images of outdoor advertising and related topics. It is possible to search by company, product, place and date. They include iconic images for coca cola, Kellogg’s and cigarette brands. Also useful for those interested in the history of advertising […]
World Bank Mobile Apps
http://publications.worldbank.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=16&cid=EXT_TwitterWBPubs_P_EXT The World Bank has launched a number of mobile apps which allow direct access to some of their free statistics. Key examples include: World Bank DataFinder app which lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators Doing Business at a Glance which draws on the data and information from […]
My Subject pages
Subject Rooms are changing their name to My Subject pages. They go live officially on August 15th with the new website, but yours are available now if you would like to have a look. Go to the new website (at the moment the address is http://www2.le.ac.uk/library ) choose My Subject (the tab the furthest right […]
E-G8 Forum
The first G8 conference on the impact of the Internet upon G8 nations was held in Paris on May 24-25th. This website has information on participants, agendas, some papers and videos of key speeches: http://www.eg8forum.com/en/ Many of the key themes covered are summarized in this 70-page report: Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity: […]
UK Council for International Student Affairs
The UK Council for International Student Affairs website http://www.ukcisa.org.uk provides access to a useful collection of factsheets covering basic questions asked by international students. Topics include regulations, finance and support services.
Journal of Cultural Economy
We now have access to the Journal of Cultural Economy from 2008 onwards. Find it on Leicester Elink. The journal contains useful articles on marketing and advertising, consumption and fashion.
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