Library Research: Econometrics Education vs. Training Training = prepare against surprise. Educate = prepare for surprise. (Finite and Infinite Games. James P. Carse, 1986) Information is a commodity Econ599: Applied Econometrics Carolyn Carpan, Rutherford-HSS library Anna Bomback, Data Library

But I want data/stats/literature on… It’s a long road from idea to you! Somebody has to … have idea  do research  produce analysis  publish results  collect /buy/subscribe  catalogue/index Then you have to … search  find  access \ choose general topic but be flexible

Important search concepts “all” vs “best” vs “good enough” vs “good start” searching = iterations of expand and refine Known: you know a certain item exists and have enough info to find it From: citations, references, footnotes advice, recommendations in-hand Topic: you hope something exists or you have vague information Use: search engine, databases or catalogue index

Databases General multi-disciplinary vs specific Database tab: search “econom” – 20+ databases Subject Guides Arts  Guides  economics General: Academic Search Premier Econ general EconLit, Economist Intelligence Unit Working Papers, Reports RePEC, NBER, SSRN, AGECON Show LibGuide EconLit: 1969 to the present. World economic literature. Indexes 400 major journals + collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers. Economist Intelligence Unit: risk briefings, country profiles, economist magazine RePEc: Abstracts on published and unpublished articles, working papers and software items, Full-text working papers, subscription published articles internet search on repec NBER: Working papers (fulltext) from the National Bureau of Economic Research. From Library  databases SSRN: Fulltext research papers. Includes research networks for Economics, Entrepreneurship, Financial Economics , Social Insurance AGECON: Index over 3000 full-text reports in agricultural economics + working-paper series (U.S. and some agicultural economics departments at major international universities. Conference papers from international agricultural organizations.

EconLit ECONLIT: 120 years of economics literature from around the world … a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations.

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Topic Searching tips education level “education level” Search String Notes (e.g. what search does) education level   “education level” “education level” AND success “education level” OR success (“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND success (“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND success* (“education level” OR “educational attainment”) N5 success* Sylvain Weber , (2014) "Human capital depreciation and education level", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 35 Iss: 5, pp.613 - 642

Your Topic YOURS? Education level and success in Canada success canada “educational attainment” success canada (“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND (success*) YOURS?

Data Sources Variable Unit of Observation Metric Source Ardagna, S., Caselli, F., and Lane, T. (2007), “Fiscal Discipline and the Cost of Public Debt Service: Some Estimates for OECD Countries,” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 7 (1): pp. 1-33

Known search – from references Weber, Sylvain. "Human Capital Depreciation And Education Level.“ International Journal Of Manpower 35.5 (2014): 613-642. Variable Unit of Observation Metric Source

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