Using Twitter in Your Research Webinar
Are you doing research for a dissertation or a PhD? Interested in incorporating Twitter data into it? Then you might want to sign up for the UK Data Service’s forthcoming free webinar The Twitter...
Tagged: Social sciences
Women and COVID-19
This week has marked one year since we joined the rest of the United Kingdom in locking down for the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in...
Policy Press eJournal Articles
Studying Social Work? Policy Press are celebrating Social Work Week with free access to a collection of eJournal articles through their Social Work Collection which focus on social justice and global support. These articles...
Using Venn Diagrams when Searching on HeinOnline
Are you a visual learner? Then you might like this graphic feature on HeinOnline. You can get HeinOnline to display a Venn Diagram of your search in the Law Journal Library HeinOnline’s Tip of...
Social Work Week 2021
For those of you studying Social Work it’s Social Work Week from 8-12 March. Social Work England is organising a programme of online events and you can sign up for these for free. The...
New Books for January
We’ve added the January print books and eBooks which have freshly arrived for Social Sciences onto our New Resources for School of Social Sciences Autumn-Winter 2020/21 list. You’ll see we’ve add the eBook tag...
Box of Broadcasts help videos
How are you getting on with using Box of Broadcasts? Isn’t it a brilliant resource?! For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet, Box of Broadcasts (often know as BoB) is an on-demand TV &...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) update for UoS students overseas
Box of Broadcasts provides on demand tv and radio. Usually it is only available inside of the UK but as part of Learning on Screen's Covid response international students who are enrolled at UK...
Getting the Latest eJournal Articles
Are you in the process of doing eJournal searches for your research project or dissertation? Alerts can save you time so you don’t have to keep running your searches time and time again. You...
Doctoral research
Sunderland University Library has a wealth of resources to support you during your doctoral studies. Check out our recent blog post for new students which highlights key ways in which we do this.
Disability Playlist for Social Sciences
Studying Sociology, Social Work (Integrated Degree Apprenticeship or Masters) Criminology, Health and Social Care or Professional Policing? I’ve put together a Disability BBC playlist on BoB focusing on recent programmes profiling disabilities. Peter Wright...
LGBT History Month 2021
February 2021’s LGBT History Month theme is body, mind and spirit. Uncover our collection of material on LGBT health issues and mental health. Interested in mind, body and health? Find more reading on the...
ScholarCheck Citation Tool on HeinOnline
Remember our blog post on citation trails? The post demonstrated how to use backward and forward techniques to find more material on your search topic. In addition these techniques are useful for checking the...
New Social Science Books and eBooks
We’ve just added the November and December new books and eBooks to our Social Sciences collection and onto our New Resources for School of Social Sciences list. Highlights from these two months include:...
Gender Stereotypes and Childhood
The Fawcett Society’s UK Commission on Gendered Stereotypes has published a report Unlimited Potential. The report examines the negative effects gender stereotyping has on the development and potential of girls and boys. It uncovers...