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 […]
The riots of summer 2011: Seminar organized by the Campaign for Social Science
http://www.socialsciencespace.com/2011/10/the-riots-of-summer-2011-seminar-organised-by-the-campaign-for-social-science/ Access the presentations from an event which took place at Gresham College, London on 13th October 2011. Podcast available soon. The presentations cover 3 main themes: How did we come to this? Is Britain “broken”? Were the rioters “just criminals”? It also has some useful suggestions for further reading. Including links to articles and reports […]
Google Transparency Report
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/ The official Google website which provides 6-monthly reports on requests from governments to remove content. Country files have graphs of trends plus comment on the content and information on court cases. Materials generally from 2009 onwards. See the notes on limitations to understand how the index is calculated. http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/faq/#governmentrequestsfaq
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 […]
BFI new historic film clip site
http://beta.bfi.org.uk/ BBC/ BFI launch the beta site of historic film online archive – The Reel History of Britain. The site includes features films from the BFI and film archives around the UK. This complements the BBC series of the same name of over 120 non-fiction films permanently available online. These are themed in collections such as […]
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 […]
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.
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