I was recently asked if I had any recommendations for 5 sites that I used regularly. At the moment my most frequently used sites are all careers-based job sites and I will write some thoughts on those shortly. However, as a librarian in the commercial sector, I have had to research some bizarre questions where the only stipulation was that the sources should be free. I found myself doing a lot of macroeconomic statistics research and regularly monitoring the UK political landscape and in doing so, I discovered sites that I still visit regularly out of personal interest in the topic.
Housepricecrash
Great for real estate or banking projects in the UK. Collating statistics on the
housing market from a number of sources. Having recently moved house, I made great use of the resources section with links on buying/selling, neighbours from hell, etc...
The World Bank made their data freely available a while ago so this is the
source I recommended most frequently to staff. The World Bank DataFinder app for iPhone/android, lets you
access fifty years of World Bank data on global economic indicators, chart and
visualize that data, and share those charts.
Health
Policy Insight is a great place to go for insider commentary on policies and news in the UK public
health sector. Every time the UK government go through a phase of 'change' for the NHS it is essential reading.
It has frequently cut through the jargon in White Papers and commented
with authority.
Politicshome The re-branded epolitix site filters parliament, press releases, radio, TV,
newspapers, websites, blogs and Twitter. They also
write many newswire articles making this a very comprehensive site for UK
political current awareness.
Phil Bradley’s Blog
is a must-read for me. He covers themes such as search
engine developments and applications that do clever things on the web which saves me the time researching them myself.
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