WISER WISER EconomicsEconomicsMark JanesMark Janes

Social Sciences Subject Social Sciences Subject ConsultantConsultant

mark.janes@ouls.ox.ac.ukmark.janes@ouls.ox.ac.uk

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/index.htmlhttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/index.html

Task 1Task 1

Searching for academic articles and books …Searching for academic articles and books …

Bibliographic and e-book Resources: Bibliographic and e-book Resources:

Google Scholar Google Scholar (quick and easy but not up-to-(quick and easy but not up-to-date)date)

RePEc RePEc (working papers online)(working papers online) EconLit EconLit (largest index of economic literature)(largest index of economic literature) Web of Knowledge Web of Knowledge (the most cited economics (the most cited economics

articles)articles) Scopus Scopus (general search, can limit to economics)(general search, can limit to economics) E-Books E-Books (Elsevier and Blackwell handbooks, OUP (Elsevier and Blackwell handbooks, OUP

Economics, Google Books)Economics, Google Books)

Task 2Task 2

Searching news, analysis and other full-text Searching news, analysis and other full-text reports …reports …

News, analysis and reports (grey literature):News, analysis and reports (grey literature):

Financial Times Online Financial Times Online (full-text and searchable (full-text and searchable back to 2001)back to 2001)

Lexis-Nexis Lexis-Nexis (newspapers, reports, business news)(newspapers, reports, business news) Factiva Factiva (similar product to Lexis Nexis)(similar product to Lexis Nexis) RGE MonitorRGE Monitor (blogs, views and news from leading (blogs, views and news from leading

economists)economists) ABI Inform/Proquest and Business Source ABI Inform/Proquest and Business Source (full-text (full-text

business, finance, industry and economics serials)business, finance, industry and economics serials) Emerging Markets Information Service Emerging Markets Information Service (news, (news,

reports and data on emerging markets)reports and data on emerging markets) SourceOECD SourceOECD (full-text of all OECD publications and (full-text of all OECD publications and

databases)databases)

Task 3Task 3

Searching for economic history …Searching for economic history …

Historical sources:Historical sources:

JSTOR JSTOR (many classic journals back to (many classic journals back to early 1900s, most recent years not early 1900s, most recent years not usually available)usually available)

Economist Historical Archive Economist Historical Archive (1843-2003, (1843-2003, full-text, images and post 1983- data)full-text, images and post 1983- data)

Making of the Modern World Making of the Modern World (full-text of (full-text of books and papers from the books and papers from the Goldsmiths'-Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850)1450-1850)

Global Financial Data Global Financial Data (extensive historical and (extensive historical and current data for over 200 countries)current data for over 200 countries)

Task 4Task 4

Searching for data …Searching for data …

Data services:Data services:

SSL Data page:SSL Data page: www.ssl.ox.ac.ukwww.ssl.ox.ac.uk Source OECDSource OECD databases databases ESDS InternationalESDS International (IEA, IMF, OECD, UN and World (IEA, IMF, OECD, UN and World

Bank macro data, requires ATHENS password)Bank macro data, requires ATHENS password) Global Financial Data Global Financial Data (extensive historical and current (extensive historical and current

data for over 200 countries)data for over 200 countries) UN Comtrade and UNCTAD UN Comtrade and UNCTAD (UN commodity and trade (UN commodity and trade

data)data) ICPSR and UK Data Archive ICPSR and UK Data Archive (US and UK research data)(US and UK research data) Nuffield Data Library Nuffield Data Library (holds key macro and survey data (holds key macro and survey data

on local network, access to all members of the University)on local network, access to all members of the University) Global Market Information Database Global Market Information Database ((countries, countries,

consumers, lifestyles, markets and companies) consumers, lifestyles, markets and companies) Wharton Research Data ServicesWharton Research Data Services (financial and market (financial and market

data, via Business School)data, via Business School)

Now your turn ….Now your turn …. Task 1Task 1Search for academic articles and books on Search for academic articles and books on EconLitEconLit

Task 2Task 2Search for news, analysis and other full-text reports on Search for news, analysis and other full-text reports on Business Business

Source CompleteSource Complete

Task 3Task 3Search for economic history on the Search for economic history on the Economist Historical ArchiveEconomist Historical Archive

Task 4Task 4Search for data on Search for data on Global Financial DataGlobal Financial Data