Web Scraping for Researchers
Are you researcher? Are you using website stories and news articles in your research? Then you might find it worth attending a free webinar Web Scraping with Google Chrome on 24 June 2021. The...
Tagged: Social sciences
Strengths-Based Approach to Social Work
Interested in how to create a strengths-based approach in Social Work? Why not attend the free Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s upcoming free webinar Developing Strengths-Based Places – the Next Steps for Strengths-Based...
New Books and eBooks for Social Sciences – March and April
We’ve just added the latest books and eBooks for March and April onto the New Resources for School of Social Sciences Winter – Spring 2020/21. When you browse through the list you’ll find a...
Black Lives Matter – a Year On
It’s a year this week since the killing of George Floyd in the United States and I’ve pulled together a number of programmes from the British Box of Broadcasts (BoB) which look at current...
New Books for Social Sciences for February
We’ve added the February new items that have come in as eBooks or paperbacks for our collection onto our New Resources for School of Social Sciences Autumn – Winter 2020/21 list. Here’s a flavour...
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...
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 &...
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...