library economics & statistics collections and services 30 august 2011 [email protected]...
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Library Support for Economists
• Economics Collection homepage• [email protected]• Weekly e-Bulletin (every Friday during term)
• Departmental InfoDesk– Mon., Wed., & Fri. afternoons
• Badia Info. Office– Weekday mornings and Tue. & Thurs. afternoons
• Badia ✆ 2346; VSP ✆ 2904
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Library Opening Hours
• Badia FiesolanaAugust to June
• Monday to Saturday: 08:30-22:30
• VSP Departmental RefLibrary• 24 hr. access with EUI card
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Departmental RefLibraryVilla San Paolo
• 455 VSP books (in Catalogue order)
• Procedure for checking out books• Multiple copies at Badia• Manuals & Dictionaries• North Holland Handbook series• Book delivery from Badia to VSP
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Multiple formats
• Online / IP, PW
• DVD / CD-rom• Paper• Internet• Microform• Shift from ownership to access
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The Collection
• 6,200 e-Journals (7,500 total)
• 700,000 books• 70 major numeric databases• 14 bibliographic databases• 120,000 e-books• Inter Library Loan service
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The Catalogue• Full text journals• Book locations (shelf marks)• Full text working papers (eg. NBER)• e-Book access• Keywords (bibliographical)
• Place a ‘hold’• Renew a book• View own record / view own reading history• VSP Book & Article delivery service• Inter-Library Loan
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Book Delivery Service
• From Badia to Department• Complete the online form• Books delivered at 1pm each day• Pick up at Porter’s office• Return via the white drop-box• Do not order books for other patrons
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Economics Journals Online
• Multiple links in Catalogue - periodisation
• Journals’ database searching (keywords &c.)
• Ingenta• JSTOR• Springerlink• Science Direct (Elsevier)• Sage
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e-Journals List
• List of electronic journals: Economics
• Note: Also check Catalogue for paper holdings
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Connectivity
• Computing Service presentation– Wednesday, 31 Aug. 2pm, VSP 1
• Martin & Josh, VSP site office
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Library Rules
• Rules• Fines
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Institutional Repository
• EUI – Cadmus
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Portal: Economists Online
• A network of Economics research library collections, integrating access to scholarly content in Europe and beyond
• Led by Tilburg & LSE libraries
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Working Papers
• via internet• via the Library Catalogue• WP subscriptions
– NBER– CEPR– SSRN– FMG
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DeskTop Statistics
• Data Portal
• Macro data sets Description / Access
• Micro data setsDescription / Access
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Access to Statistical Databases
• Web based (Internet Protocol or password)• Programme-run / Desktop (Datastream)• CD-rom server (Mail format login / PW)• Statistics on the internet• K:/drive micro data• Statistics via Administrator (ICPSR)• Free-standing CDs / DVDs (eg. GSOEP)• Misc.: Statistics on Journal / WP portals• Paper
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Statistics – platforms
examples:
• OECDiLibrary (IP)
• Datastream (run from ‘programs’)
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Statistics CD-rom format
examples...
• WIIW Industrial Data Eastern Europe
• Direction of Trade Statistics
• Fünfzig Jahre Deutsche Mark
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K:\ microeconomic data
• Special terms for micro data• Microeconomic data resources
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Library Support for Economists
• Economics Collection homepage• [email protected]• Weekly e-Bulletin (every Friday during term)
• Departmental InfoDesk– Mon., Wed., & Fri. afternoons
• Badia Info. Office– Weekday mornings and Tue. & Thurs. afternoons
• Badia x 2346; VSP x 2904