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Here is this weeks round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/library/2014/10/10/recommended-social-science-resources-of-the-week-from-lse-library/ Hong Kong protests, September 2014. Here is this week's selection of study resources available from LSE Library. Hong Kong protests * The South China Post has created an Occupy live webpage where you can follow events as they happen.<http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1610472/live-students-prepare-dialogue-hong-kongs-commuters-rush-work-early> * For discussion of Chinese media censorship of events see our earlier posting<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/library/2014/10/09/media-censorship-and-china-study-resources-available-from-lse-library/> which highlights free internet and LSE Library subscriptions Brazilian presidential elections * A recommended source for discussion of this week's election is the portal<https://brazilportal.wordpress.com/elections-portal-2014/> created by the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. For more recommendations try our elections blog <http://electionsinthenews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/brazil-presidential-elections.html> Do the social sciences need a shake up?<http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-do-the-social-sciences-need-a-shake-up/2016165.article%20> An interesting feature in this week's Times Higher Education Supplement <http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/feature-do-the-social-sciences-need-a-shake-up/2016165.article%20> by Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald. (Use the Library subscription for unlimited use <http://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/44LSE_VU1:44LSE_ALMA_DS51143672140002021> ). It is a response to an article published in the New York Times in 2013<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/opinion/sunday/lets-shake-up-the-social-sciences.html?_r=0> which considered the scope and methodology of the social sciences. Find out more about the changing nature of the social sciences by: * Investigating the ESRC website <http://www.esrc.ac.uk/research/> - the funding council has examples of recent research programmes with free access to some of their outputs. * Reading the Impact of the Social Sciences blog <http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/> Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2014 The latest report<http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/research-publications/childrens/children-parents-oct-14/> from Ofcom presents findings on the use of new media by British children and the role of parents in monitoring Internet use. * EU Kids Online<http:[log in to unmask]> has related reports from EU nations * The literature database of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI).<http://www.izi-datenbank.de/> offers free access to over 20,000 references to articles, books and reports relating to all aspects of children's use of media. Particularly strong coverage of German language * Our subject guide<http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/subjectGuides/mediaAndCommunication/journalArticles.aspx> has links to more LSE subscription databases. The United States Election 2010 Web Archive Archive * This new collection of over 1,2000 archived websites<http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/elec2010/elec2010-overview.htm> relates to the USA 2010 elections. Each one has a description and several snapshots of the site through out the campaign enabling the examination of issue development. * The UK has its own national Web Archive<http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/%20> with special collections for elections. You can use it to locate reports from government department which have since disappeared. What is bitcoin? Find out using this handy Harvard Business school working paper<http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7643.html> . * Bitcoin.org <http://bitcoin.org/en/resources> -unofficial website managed by Bitcoin core developers * Coinmetrics <http://www.coinometrics.com/> allows you to view detailed statistics * Quandl also has free data <https://www.quandl.com/c/markets/bitcoin-data> * Repec <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search/search.asp?ft=bitcon> has economic papers What made them happy? * Free access to this book from the OECD<http://www.oecd.org/statistics/how-was-life9789264214262-en.htm> which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality. The OECD have been considering how happiness should be measured in their Better Life Index <http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/> . LSE students also have access to OECD Ilibrary<http://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/44LSE_VU1:44LSE_ALMA_DS61146910940002021> Oor Willy, Your Willy, A'body's Willy Finally National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie's guide website<http://digital.nls.uk/oor-wullie/> for children. See how this presents Scottish identity and listen to the audio files. Heather Dawson LSE [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer