2. Welcome Programme www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries systems and services The Systems and Services Department Library Services www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries

3. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

4. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

5. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Finding statistics: printed u National Statistics Guide to Official Statistics u Unofficial statistics directory

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

7. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

8. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

9. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Blue/Pink Book

10. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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.

11. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Statistics: International u ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics: printed ILO statistics http://laborsta.ilo.org/ http://laborsta.ilo.org/ For example: Compare wages in different countries - those with a minimum wage and those without

12. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Statistics - International u OECD: printed statistics – selection of OECD publications www.sourceoecd.org – all OECD publications plus a statistical database www.sourceoecd.org u For example: OECD Employment Outlook

13. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

14. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Finding journal articles: Indexing and abstracting services - for references u Printed: u Journal of Economic Literature u Electronic: u Zetoc u IBSS

15. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

16. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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)

17. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

18. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Example of Keywords National Minimum Wage / minimum wage / wage(s) / earnings labour/ labor market / employment / work force United Kingdom / UK

19. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Link Words (Connectors) "AND" u AND narrows down a search, looks for articles containing both keywords e.g. u minimum wage AND United Kingdom

20. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Link Words (Connectors) " AND" Minimum wage United Kingdom

21. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

22. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Using OR Labour market Employment

23. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

24. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Using NOT or AND NOT Minimum wage Europe

25. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

26. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

27. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries Government information u Government Expenditure Plans u Government Web site www.ukonline.gov.uk www.ukonline.gov.uk u Statistics http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ mainmenu.asp

28. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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)

29. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

30. www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries 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

31. Welcome Programme www.londonmet.ac.uk/libraries systems and services 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