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The Guardian’s DataStore is an example of data journalism, where stories are generated from data available on a particular topic. Now that there is a move towards open data with governments and institutions opening up their statistics the scope for this form of journalism is growing. The Guardian presents the data they are collecting in a variety of formats, from interactive charts and blog posts to spreadsheets. All can be accessed from the DataStore’s hompage. For example, this interactive guide to government spending:
One great feature of the DataStore is the ability to search government data for countries, cities and states around the world via the Global Development gateway. This data is collected from sources such as the IMF, World Bank and United Nations.
You can also view a list of all of the Guardian’s data blog posts and spreadsheets in one table. This is really useful to see the range of topics covered.
Analyst reports on companies and industries are available through Thomson One Banker. The video below shows you how to log in to Thomson One Banker and search for analyst reports for a specific company:
You can also search for analyst reports by industry. To do this follow the link under Research in the Company Analysis menu to Conduct Research Report Search. You can then add criteria to your search including the industry, region and type of report:
In the past few weeks the Datastream Navigator has been updated to version 4.2. With this comes a number of changes to the way you search and browse for series and datatypes. This post covers the main changes:
The Explorer function that was available for Data Categories such as Economics has been incorporated into the main search:
The default search provides a variety of options for refining your results including by source, frequency and adjustment:
You can preview a series and view charts of key datatypes by selecting it in the results list:
More detailed information about the enhancements can be found on the Datastream Extranet which is accessible from within the Excel Add-in (you will need to register for a free account).
A short video introducing the enhancements can also be viewed on the Thomson Reuters Knowledge Network. And an updated Datastream factsheet to help you get started can be found on the Library website.
My colleague Jenny Delasalle has written a very useful post on finding the full-text of journal articles that you cannot access through the Library’s subscriptions. Her top tips are:
- if you know the article title and author then try Google – there may just be a free copy available somewhere
- try searching for an open access version using BASE to cross-search institutional repositories
- submit a Document Supply request (for this you will need the support and signature of a supervisor)
You can read Jenny’s full post on the Library Research Support blog.
Chad Boeninger, the Business & Economics Subject Specialist at Ohio University Libraries has created this great video showing how to easily find international economic data with Global Market Information Database.
Warwick staff and students can access Global Market Information Database from the Library Catalogue.
I often get asked for help finding case studies on various topics. Here are a few tips for searching for case studies:
- A lot of books available in the Library contain case studies. To find these try adding “case studies” to a keyword search on the Library Catalogue.
- You can search for journal articles containing case studies in a similar way. Add “case studies” to your search on e-journals databases like Business Source Premier or ABI/Inform Global. Alternatively look for an option to limit your search by selecting “case study” as the Document Type.
There are also a lot of case studies available for free online. They are often written by teaching staff in business schools or researcher centre staff. We’ve grouped together some useful links under the case-studies tag on the warwickbuslib Delicious account.
There seem to be problems in retrieving commodities data from UN COMTRADE through ESDS (Economic and Social Data Service). However, if you go directly to the website it is working correctly. if you have not used this database before, it is worth a look!
Update (23/01/12): The link to COMTRADE from ESDS is now working again!
WordPress, the site which hosts this blog, provides statistics of the number of visits. Recently we’ve received a round-up of activity on the blog in the past year and I wanted to share with you the top 5 posts of 2011.
- Economist Special Reports – published June 2011, 402 visits
- Accessing full-text articles through Google Scholar – published May 2011, 341 visits
- Revision and past exam papers – published May 2011, 324 visits
- OECD publications – don’t miss out! – published May 2011, 323 visits
- ABI/Inform Global redesign – published August 2011, 227 visits
Blogging is increasingly being used by academics as a method of communication. Blogs allow the research community to share and discuss ideas much more easily and quickly than more traditional publishing routes. Warwick’s Vice Chancellor, Nigel Thrift, has blogged on this topic.
Below the image are a list of blogs written by academics from Warwick and beyond in the fields of business and economics. This is by no means an exhaustive list; if there are others that you read please share them in the comments.
Bloggers from Warwick
- The Dean’s View – Mark Taylor, Dean of Warwick Business School and Professor of International Finance, WBS
- Mark Harrison’s Blog – Mark Harrison, Professor of Economics, Economics
- Around Europe 2010-2012 – Guglielmo Meardi, Associate Professor of Industrial Relations, WBS
- Open-Sourcing – Maha Shaikh, Assistant Professor, Information Systems Management, WBS
- Value Creating Service Systems – Irene Ng, Professor of Marketing and Service Systems, WMG
Bloggers from around the world
- Behind Blue Eyes – Simon Taylor, Lecturer in Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School
- Dilip S Mutum – Dr Dilip S Mutum, Lecturer in Marketing and Advertising, Coventry Business School
- Economics 101 – John B Taylor, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
- Greg Mankiw’s Blog – Greg Mankiw, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Andrew McAfee’s Blog – Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Ramblings – Ana Isabel Canhoto, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Oxford Brookes University
Thomson Reuters have recently launched a new website called the Knowledge Network. It provides online training for their finance products including Datastream and Thomson One.
Training is available in a variety of formats:
- On demand – self paced videos and interactive tutorials
- Live training – instructor led group and 1-to-1 sessions
To access training on this site you will need to register with a current university email address.
Contact your Academic Support Librarian
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