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Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for the week Search where you will find most: Comparing the disciplinary coverage of 56 bibliographic databases<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-022-04289-7> Michael Gusenbauer Scientometrics volume 127, pages2683–2745 (2022) Interesting open access article. Find out which databases will retrieve the beast results for academic subjects. Has tables comparing commercial and free sources including Google scholar. Voyage to Madagascar: Thomas Locke Lewis and the Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817<https://kingscollections.org/exhibitions/specialcollections/voyage-to-madagascar-thomas-locke-lewis-and-the-anglo-merina-treaty-of-1817/> fascinating online exhibition curated by Conal Priest, an MA History student at King’s College London who was an intern in KCL special collections during 2020 Lieutenant Thomas Locke Lewis (ca 1780-1852) was part of the 1817 British diplomatic and commercial mission to King Radama of Madagascar, which resulted in a treaty of formal alliance between the two countries. The mission was sponsored by Robert Farquhar (1776-1830), governor of Mauritius. The manuscript includes an account of colonialism. The exhibition has a gallery of images , transcriptions and details about colonialism and details about the lives of the indigenous people Archive-It - War in Ukraine: 2022<https://archive-it.org/organizations/2429> by Liladhar R. Pendse, Librarian for East European, Central European, Central Asian and Armenian Studies Collections, UC Berkeley has worked with partners to web archive key sources relating to the 2022 Ukraine conflict it has seven distinct sections, or collections: Russian Language Media The Separatist Enclaves Ukraine: Educational and Cultural Institutions Ukraine: NGOs and Social Media Ukraine: News Ukrainian Governmental Websites Ukrainian Public Figures/ Ministries on Twitter the site aims to preserve writings and images for the future and to be searchable. Yemen Truce Monitor - ACLED (acleddata.com)<https://acleddata.com/middle-east/yemen/yemen-truce-monitor/> Updated weekly tracking violations of the truce in Yemen which was agreed in April 2022. The site also is aso collected in partnership with the Yemen Data Project<http://www.yemendataproject.org/>, which is tracking air raids<https://twitter.com/YemenData/status/1508924379853377537?s=20&t=zKlvdyQ_wLthm_az9pE3eA> during the truce. Subscribe<https://yemendataproject.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=1912a1b11cab332fa977d3a6a&id=2b2ea6df5f> for their weekly updates. Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories<http://caribbeantakeawaytakeover.wordpress.com/> oral histories of ten Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s-1960s, have been recorded and shared on this website which offers insight into their experiences, identity and history Displacement Economies – Helping to realise the vast economic potential of displacement-affected communities around the world<https://www.displacementeconomies.org/> The Protracted Displacement economies project launched in September 2020 and runs until August 2023. it aims to focus on longer-term development responses to protracted displacement (more than 5 years) rather than immediate humanitarian aid. It includes articles data related to feminist economics, mutual ai and development economics countries covered: DRC Ethiopia Lebanon Myanmar Pakistan Rainbow Europe 2022 The Rainbow Map and Index<https://ilga-europe.org/rainboweurope/2022> produced by ILGA-Europe’s ranks 49 European countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTI people. 7 themes are covered equality and non-discrimination; family; hate crime and hate speech; legal gender recognition; intersex bodily integrity; civil society space; and asylum. The site contains all indexes since 2009 allowing longitudinal analyses. best wishes Heather Dawson ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEACHING-POLITICS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=TEACHING-POLITICS&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/TEACHING-POLITICS, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/