History Day 2018 will take place on 27th November. Book now!

By Mary Fisk|October 25, 2018|Archival collections, History, Libraries, Research methods|

This year’s History Day will be bigger and better than ever! Organised by Senate House Libraries and the Institute of Historical Research, it will take place in and around Senate House’s Beveridge Hall between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The event is aimed at history researchers at all levels, whether you are a PhD or MPhil student, an early career researcher, or writing an MA or undergraduate thesis. Or perhaps

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History: recent acquisitions for SOAS Library, April & May 2018

By Mary Fisk|May 25, 2018|Africa, Art and Archaeology, China and Inner Asia, History, Japan, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Pacific Islands, Religion, Research methods, South Asia, South East Asia|

 This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the History collections during April and May 2018 Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic Manuscripts and archives: comparative views on record-keeping / edited by Alessandro Bausi, Christian Brockmann, Michael Friedrich,

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Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2017

By Victoria Bird|August 29, 2017|Politics, Politics and International Relations, Research methods|

One of my summer jobs is the update of my various training materials. This includes working on the Digital Privacy and Security section of the Library’s online course Develop Your Information Skills. One resource that I’ve just added to the collection, and that might be of interest is the Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2017. Covering topics such as communicating with sources, safeguarding your data, password management tools, securing your email

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Research methods – 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 6, 2014|Research methods|0 comments

Doing your undergraduate social science dissertation / Karen Smith, Malcolm Todd, and Julia Waldman. Explaining society [electronic resource] : critical realism in the social sciences / Berth Danermark … [et al.] [e-book from ebrary] Case study method : key issues, key texts / edited by Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster. Beyond methodological nationalism : social science research methods in transition / edited by Anna Amelina … [et al.]. Qualitative

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