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MEL’s Database of the Week for 2/5/10

February 5th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: SourceOECD, from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: SourceOECD offers statistics and full text books and reports from the OECD, whose focus is the world economy.

Start with this hint: The SourceOECD opening page has the search field for a simple search which will look for your term in resource titles and abstracts. If your subject is a phrase, be sure to use quotation marks: water policies will give different results from “water policies.” If you choose All publications for your simple search, the results will include book sections as well as working papers and periodicals.  Choose the Advanced Search option if you want to expand your search to the full text. The opening webpage has new publications and popular resources such as the OECD Economic Outlook Data, but a better way to browse is to select one of the tabs across the top, especially Books, Periodicals, Statistics, or Working Papers. The statistical databases in SourceOECD cover national accounts, economic indicators, trade, employment, migration, education, energy, and health.

Why you should know this database: The reports and statistics in SourceOECD cover key areas of the financial sector, the real economy, social policy, environment, development and innovation in both member and non-member countries. The OECD is also monitoring the impact of the current world financial crisis on developing countries.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: SourceOECD addresses regional issues in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The organization covers economic and social trends, from the labor force in persistently poor areas to the innovation and growth of the Internet economy.

Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.

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