Friday 10 February 2017

New arrival! Independent Voices digital collection



Independent Voices is a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Independent Voices is a work in progress. This collection currently contains 13,484 issues comprising 415,789 pages. Browse by series (e.g. Black American, Campus Underground, Feminist, LGBT), by title or by date.

Sage Research Methods - What's New for 2017?


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Attention all researchers! Lots of new content has been added to Sage Research Methods online recently. Here are some of the things to tempt you

49 new book titles including:
  • Designing and doing survey research
  • Writing successful reports and dissertations
  • Developing transferable skills
33 new case studies including:
  • The use of online forum data in the study of gaming behavior
  • Restorative youth justice
  • Online political activism in Syria
 26 new data sets including:
  • Analysing focus groups on politics with young people in Wales
  • Interviewing elites: employing a feminist and interpretative approach in grounded theory techniques
  • Analysing oral histories
There are also 2 new tools to help you complete your research project:
  • Project Planner - from picking a topic to gathering data to choosing a method,  here is your step-by-step guide to a successful research project.
  • Which Stats Test tool - answering a handful of multiple-choice questions this tool will provide you with a recommendation on which statistical method to use to analyze your data.
Both can be found under the Research Tools menu.

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Japan Times Digital Archive






Japan Times Digital Archive includes digital and searchable scans of all pages published in The Japan Times between 1897 and 2015. The Japan Times is the English language daily newspaper published in Japan.