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

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

Finding statistics: printed u National Statistics Guide to Official Statistics u Unofficial statistics directory

Finding statistics: electronic u u OECD: Mainly subscription but some free u International Labour Office u International Labour Office u Datastream (Moorgate Only) u ESDS – via Athens u Bloomberg (Moorgate Only)

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

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

Blue/Pink Book

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

Statistics: International u ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics: printed ILO statistics For example: Compare wages in different countries - those with a minimum wage and those without

Statistics - International u OECD: printed statistics – selection of OECD publications – all OECD publications plus a statistical database u For example: OECD Employment Outlook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Using OR Labour market Employment

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

Using NOT or AND NOT Minimum wage Europe

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

Final search Minimum wage Minimum wage AND Labour market OR Employment AND NOT Europe Minimum wage AND Labour market OR Employment AND United Kingdom OR UK OR Britain

Government information u Government Expenditure Plans u Government Web site u Statistics mainmenu.asp

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

Other useful sources u Reference collection/Electronic reference collection Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, Country reports u Working Papers Publishing recent research often prior to journals u European Documentation Centre European Access u World Wide Web

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

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