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Introducing the IMF eLibrary

In-depth, influential, indispensable. Introducing the IMF eLibrary. The information you need from a source you trust. IMF eLibrary Collections. Books and Analytical Papers More than 12,000 publications

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Introducing the IMF eLibrary

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  1. In-depth, influential, indispensable Introducing the IMF eLibrary The information you need from a source you trust

  2. IMF eLibrary Collections • Books and Analytical Papers • More than 12,000 publications • Books, Occasional Papers, Staff Discussion Notes, Seminar Volumes, Working Papers, Country Reports and more • Periodicals • AREAER Online plus more than 1300 publications • World Economic Outlook, Regional Economic Outlooks for Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Global Financial Stability Report, Finance & Development and more • Statistics • Four online statistical databases with more than 1,000,000 time series plus 300 publications and eight additional data sets • International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, COFER, Fiscal Monitor, Financial Soundness Indicators, Statistical Yearbooks, Manuals and guides and more

  3. Getting Started: IMF eLibraryMain Navigation Main navigation bar stays at the top to let users move between text, statistical data, AREAER Online, the IMF Bookstore and IMF.org.

  4. Getting started: IMF eLibrary(http://elibrary.imf.org)

  5. Home Page Layout • Featured publications in the center of the page • Essential reading section with link to full recommended reading list • What’s new – announcements • Multimedia area for videos, blogs, and more • Interactive map to explore publications by country or region

  6. Essential Reading on Homepage

  7. Recent Upgrades • Expanding tables • Essential Reading on Home Page • Improved navigation • BISAC codes for Browse by Topic • New Browse by Author/Editor tab • Improved Browse by Region/Country organization • Improved use of search results • Refine by subscribed content • New video tutorial

  8. Browsing the IMF eLibrary Browse by New Releases

  9. Browsing by countries updated

  10. Browsing the IMF eLibrary Browse by Topics

  11. Browsing the IMF eLibrary Browse publications by Collection and by series within collections

  12. Browsing the IMF eLibrary Authors tab for A-Z list of authors and editors

  13. Browsing the IMF eLibrary Librarians tab provides helpful information for administrators: MARC records, custom logo, catalog

  14. Searching on eLibrary Simple Search - Type a word or phrase in the search bar -- at the top of every page… …or Advanced allows multiple concepts and filters

  15. Search Results Page From the results page, you can refine your search and sort results in multiple ways.

  16. Search Results Page • Search within results to search within publications using a single word or phrase. • Check the box to show only content within your subscription. • Select Content Type (Books and Journals/Chapters and Articles), Countries/Region, Topics, Languages, or Date. • Type a word in the Starts with box to go to the first title that begins with the word. • Sort by Title, Date, Source or Author. • Change the number of Items per page.

  17. Publication Landing Page Click on a title from the results page to go to the publication landing page.

  18. Publication Landing Page Citation tools Read on a variety of devices Read on screen in HTML

  19. Publication Landing Page-User Tools • From any content page, users can • Print or save • Use a variety of citation tools to create MLA, APA or Chicago citation formats • E-mail or Share content with other users

  20. Tables within Publications New expand feature to see the data more clearly and copy and paste into Excel

  21. My eLibrary Users can set up a personal account to manage their content; no administrator assistance required.

  22. My eLibrary • Save searches • Set alerts for when new material is added

  23. My eLibrary My Content lets users keep track of saved and recent searches…

  24. My eLibrary …or publications, chapters or articles that are part of ongoing research

  25. My eLibraryCustom Books Users can create custom books by assembling chapters from different publications - for presentations or reading assignments.

  26. Getting Started: IMF Data (http://elibrary-data.imf.org/)

  27. IMF Data – Core Databases • International Financial Statistics • More than 335,000 time series • Broad coverage of major economic concepts • Archive through 1948 • Direction of Trade Statistics • More than 300,000 time series • Import/export activity between countries • Archive through 1948 • Balance of Payments Statistics • More than 400,000 time series • National accounts and economic transactions • Archive through 1960 • Government Finance Statistics • More than 1 million time series • Balance sheets and outlays by function of government • Archive through 1972

  28. IMF Data – Additional Sources • Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI) • More than 10,000 series • Capital adequacy, liquidity, asset quality, risk • Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) • Quarterly data on official foreign exchange reserves • Fiscal Monitor • Analysis and forecasts on public finance developments • Financial Access Survey (FAS) • More than 36,000 series • Demographic data on access to consumer financial services • Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) • More than 23,000 series • Cross-border holdings of equities and long and short-term debt securities …and more!

  29. MainPage Features IMF Data Mapper allows access to subsets of data for quick creation of data graphics.

  30. MainPage Features What’s Changed and Latest News provide information on new features and tools, and data updates

  31. MainPage Features Predefined Data Reports are a quick way to look at the last five years of frequently requested data the range of IMF databases.

  32. Pre-Defined Data Reports • Quick and easy access to key concepts

  33. MainPage Features Query Across Datasets and Query Within a Dataset are ways to create custom searches using any combination of data points, countries, databases and full archive. This is the primary way to search. Search is quick way to find data points by keyword

  34. Custom Queries • Access to the full database content • Refine queries by county, region, economic concept, database, or timeframe

  35. Custom Queries • Refine or change results with pull-down menus • Metadata, graphing tools • Easy export to Xcel, csv, SDMX and other formats

  36. IMF Data – My Data • Save the data reports you use often to your favorites • Receive data report updates automatically by email on a daily, weekly or monthly basis • Save your custom queries for faster access • Share queries and results with colleagues

  37. Documentation • Help is always in the upper left corner. • User Guides in many languages provide detailed instruction for using the site and building queries. • DSDs allow SDMX delivery of data results. • Find Concepts for Codes helps users map IMF codes to the concepts in the interface.

  38. For more information... For more information please contact us: • United States • Renouf Publishing Co. Ltd. • 812 Proctor Avenue • Ogdensburg, NY 13669-2205 • Toll-free Tel: (888) 551-7470 • Fax: (888) 551-7471 • E-mail: serials@renoufbooks.com • Outside North America and Canada • Renouf Publishing Co. Ltd. • 22-1010 Polytek Street • Ottawa, Ontario K1J 9J1 (Canada) • Tel: (613) 745-2665 • Toll-free Tel: (Canada): (866) 767-6766 • Fax: (613) 745-7660 • E-mail: serials@renoufbooks.com

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