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The Systems and Services Department Library Services londonmet.ac.uk/libraries

The Systems and Services Department Library Services www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries. Finding Information in Economics. Analyse Topic: Type of Information Journal and trade articles Newspaper articles Facts / figures - statistics Government / EU legislation Other useful sources.

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  1. The Systems and ServicesDepartment Library Serviceswww.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries

  2. Finding Information in Economics • Analyse Topic: Type of Information • Journal and trade articles • Newspaper articles • Facts / figures - statistics • Government / EU legislation • Other useful sources

  3. Analyse Topic: Location of Information • Printed sources: journals, reference books, text books, reports and statistics • Electronic Library: databases, electronic journals • Web sites

  4. Finding statistics: printed • National Statistics Guide to Official Statistics • Unofficial statistics directory

  5. Finding statistics: electronic • http://www.statistics.gov.uk • OECD:http://www.oecd.org Mainly subscription but some free • International Labour Officehttp://laborsta.ilo.org/ • Datastream (Moorgate Only) • ESDS – via Athens http://portal.londonmet.ac.uk • Bloomberg (Moorgate Only)

  6. Statistics: Datastream & Bloomberg • Online Databases • Economics information for most countries • Information from international organisations eg IMF, OECD and from National Statistical Offices • Datastream info can be downloaded into Excel • Bloomberg info can only be printed out

  7. Statistics (UK) • Economic Trends + Annual Supplement: statistics also available on Statistics.gov and Datastream • Note: Statistics.gov does not always give example units. Useful to use the printed table for reference • Also has articles • For example, you could find statistics for the unemployment rate in the UK since the introduction of the National Minimum Wages Act 1998

  8. Blue/Pink Book

  9. Statistics (UK) • New Earnings Survey • Labour Market Trends: printed, and labour market statistics are on Statistics.gov More detailed statistics on unemployment rate, for example, by age and region • Also articles: The Low Pay Commission strategy for monitoring and evaluating the national minimum wage, December 2000 pg 549. Pay structures of the low-paid and the national minimum wage, March 1999, pg 129.

  10. Statistics: International • ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics:printed ILO statisticshttp://laborsta.ilo.org/ For example:Compare wages in different countries - those with a minimum wage and those without

  11. Statistics - International • OECD:printed statistics – selection of OECD publicationswww.sourceoecd.org – all OECD publications plus a statistical database • For example:OECD Employment Outlook

  12. Using statistics: remember • Units : £, $, millions, 000s, etc. • Index or values • Constant / current prices • Base year for indexes / constant prices e.g 1985 =100 • Look at footnotes e.g series may be redefined • Classification systems • Ask for help

  13. Finding journal articles: Indexing and abstracting services - for references • Printed: • Journal of Economic Literature • Electronic: • Zetoc • IBSS

  14. Finding journal articles: Full Text Articles • Subject search: • Business Source Premier) • JSTOR (archive) • Science Direct • Journal title search: • Millennium • Electronic journals • List on libraries website • Online Resources from catalogue

  15. Research topic e.g The effect of the National Minimum Wage on the labour market in the UK • Find Keywords to describe your topic also looking at: • synonyms • plurals • alternative spellings (American vs British)

  16. Search Techniques • Are essential in enabling you to extract relevant information from the databases. • Take the same search: the effect of the national minimum wage on the labour market in the UK

  17. Example of Keywords National Minimum Wage / minimum wage / wage(s) / earnings labour/ labor market / employment / work force United Kingdom / UK

  18. Link Words (Connectors) "AND" • AND narrows down a search, looks for articles containing both keywords e.g. • minimum wage AND United Kingdom

  19. Link Words (Connectors) " AND" United Kingdom Minimum wage

  20. Link Words (Connectors "OR" • broadens a search • looks for articles containing one or other or both keywords United Kingdom OR Britain Labour market OR Labor market OR employment

  21. Using OR Labour market Employment

  22. Link Words (Connectors) "NOT" or "AND NOT" • excludes terms from a search Employment AND minimum wage NOT Europe Labour market AND minimum wage AND NOT Europe • Labour NOT Labor

  23. Using NOT or AND NOT Europe Minimum wage

  24. Truncation: ? or * or ! • Allows searching for any words starting with that word stem • With some databases, you can replace a letter within a word to account for variant spellings Replace (Wage OR Wages) with: Wage* / Wage?/Wage! Replace (Labour OR Labor) with Labo?r / Labo*r

  25. Final search Minimum wage AND Labour market OR Employment AND NOT Europe Minimum wage AND Labour market OR Employment AND United Kingdom OR UK ORBritain

  26. Government information • Government Expenditure Plans • Government Web site www.ukonline.gov.uk • Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/mainmenu.asp

  27. Newspaper sources • Lexis Nexis Global Full text international news • updated daily • Over 800 worldwide sources: Financial Times, The Times, New York Times, India Today • Printed newspaper collection (1 Week)

  28. Other useful sources • Reference collection/Electronic reference collectionDictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, Country reports • Working PapersPublishing recent research often prior to journals • European Documentation CentreEuropean Access • World Wide Web

  29. Remote Access • Most databases are available off-campus via LIBRARY CATALOGUE • Amadeus, Bankscope, Business Source Premier • Jstor, Lexis Nexis Executive, Science Direct

  30. Finding information in economics Don’t forget to check subject guides on library web pages Ask For Help! Your Subject Librarians Dawn Kinnersley Moorgate Library, City Campus Carolyn Smith Holloway Road Library, North Campus

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