1. Library Research: Econometrics
Education vs. Training
Training = prepare against surprise.
Educate = prepare for surprise.
(Finite and Infinite Games. James P. Carse, 1986)
Information is a commodity
Econ599: Applied Econometrics
Carolyn Carpan, Rutherford-HSS library
Anna Bomback, Data Library

2. But I want data/stats/literature on…
It’s a long road from idea to you!
Somebody has to …
have idea 
do research  produce analysis 
publish results 
collect /buy/subscribe  catalogue/index
Then you have to …
search  find  access
\ choose general topic but be flexible

3. Important search concepts
“all” vs “best” vs “good enough” vs “good start”
searching = iterations of expand and refine
Known: you know a certain item exists and have enough info to find it From:
citations, references, footnotes
advice, recommendations
in-hand
Topic: you hope something exists or you have vague information Use:
search engine,
databases or catalogue
index

4. Databases General multi-disciplinary vs specific
Database tab: search “econom” – 20+ databases
Subject Guides Arts  Guides  economics
General:
Academic Search Premier
Econ general
EconLit, Economist Intelligence Unit
Working Papers, Reports
RePEC, NBER, SSRN, AGECON
Show LibGuide
EconLit:
1969 to the present. World economic literature. Indexes 400 major journals + collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
Economist Intelligence Unit:
risk briefings, country profiles, economist magazine
RePEc:
Abstracts on published and unpublished articles, working papers and software items, Full-text working papers, subscription published articles
internet search on repec
NBER:
Working papers (fulltext) from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
From Library  databases
SSRN:
Fulltext research papers. Includes research networks for Economics, Entrepreneurship, Financial Economics , Social Insurance
AGECON:
Index over 3000 full-text reports in agricultural economics + working-paper series (U.S. and some agicultural economics departments at major international universities. Conference papers from international agricultural organizations.

5. EconLit
ECONLIT: 120 years of economics literature from around the world … a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations.

6. University of Alberta Libraries

7. Go to live webpage

8. Do Search in EconLit
“educational level” AND “success”
Show limiter options
Scholarly Peer Reviewed
Journals
Language
How to change date range

9. Search by survey

10. JEL classification codes
JEL Classification Codes and EconLit

11. Your Topic

12. Topic Searching tips education level “education level”
Search String
Notes
(e.g. what search does)
education level
“education level”
“education level” AND success
“education level” OR success
(“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND success
(“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND success*
(“education level” OR “educational attainment”) N5 success*
Sylvain Weber , (2014) "Human capital depreciation and education level", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 35 Iss: 5, pp

13. Your Topic YOURS? Education level and success in Canada success canada
“educational attainment”
success
canada
(“education level” OR “educational attainment”) AND (success*)
YOURS?

14. Data Sources Variable Unit of Observation Metric Source
Ardagna, S., Caselli, F., and Lane, T. (2007), “Fiscal Discipline and the Cost of Public Debt Service: Some Estimates for OECD Countries,” The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 7 (1): pp. 1-33

15. Known search – from references
Weber, Sylvain. "Human Capital Depreciation And Education Level.“ International Journal Of Manpower 35.5 (2014):
Variable
Unit of Observation
Metric
Source

16. Your search
Variable
Unit of Observation
Metric
Source

17. Data and statistics