government information for economics students
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Government Information for Economics Students
Meghan EcclestoneFIS 2110: Information LiteracyWednesday, November 26, 2008
First: An aside...
Government Information for your Research: ECON 3124
Meghan EcclestoneInformation Literacy LibrarianRobarts Library, University of Toronto
Agenda
Government statistical information: Applications for your research
Specific Resource: OECD
Activity: Using the OECDStats database
Conclusions and questions
Question:
What is government information?
Any documents, publications or electronic information created or distributed by any governmental body
Question:
Why use government information?
Primary source of information
Relatively unbiased
Highly credible
OECD
What is the OECD?
What does the OECD do?
What sorts of topics do they cover?
Library Website:
www.library.utoronto.ca
Question:
Find the most recent expenditure figures for Canadian spending on health care. How does it compare to the United States?
Another aside...
Agenda
Government statistical information: Applications for your research
Specific resource: OECD
Activity: Using the OECDStats database
Conclusions and questions
Contact Information:
Meghan Ecclestone: [email protected]
Government Information Centre: 5th floor, Robarts Library
Research Guides for government information: http://main.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/library_guides.cfm
Evaluation
Name: Meghan Ecclestone
Presentation: Government Information for Upper-year Economics Students
Question:
Find the most recent expenditure figures for Canadian spending on health care. How does it compare to the United States?
Another aside...
Agenda
Government statistical information: Applications for your research
Specific resource: OECD
Activity: Using the OECDStats database
Conclusions and questions
Contact Information:
Meghan Ecclestone: [email protected]
Government Information Centre: 5th floor, Robarts Library
Research Guides for government information: http://main.library.utoronto.ca/MyUTL/guides/library_guides.cfm
Evaluation
Name: Meghan Ecclestone
Presentation: Government Information for Upper-year Economics Students