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•About the OECD

•Why am I here?

•Why is access to online information important?

Libraries and Librarians

play a crucial role in the innovation process

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Links in the orange navigation bar for:

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1. Top Navigation Bar

General Site Navigation

2. Go To and Quick Search Functions

General Site Navigation

Go To: drop-down list of titles.

Quick Search: search the titles and abstracts

General Site Navigation

3. Advanced Search Functions in six steps

2. Search specified fields or all, including full text.

1. Phrases, exact or truncated

4. Search within publication types

5. Specify year of publication

6. Sort results

3. Boolean operators

Marked list to e-mail or download results.

Modify and search further.

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Learn of future titles with the Save Search Email Alert

service.

5. Keeping track of your Searches

Search History maintained throughout session

General Site Navigation

6. Using the Left-hand menus

Left-hand menus on provide support information and links.

General Site Navigation

Books Periodicals StatisticsHomepage

Annual indicators for OECD and some non-members

Factbook

Select an indicator, shows contents.

List of different indicators corresponds to chapters in print version.

Factbook

Contents for each indicator and link to underlying data using StatLink

Definition, analysis, trends, with links to sources and further reading.

View graph or table.

Alternatively, using StatLink, open XLS spreadsheet.

Definition, analysis, trends, with links to sources and further reading.

Alternatively, using StatLink, open XLS spreadsheet.

View graph or table.

StatLink

StatLink – link to data from tables and graphs in electronic or print formats

Working Papers

OECD Working Papers – nearly 1000 papers

11 different Working Paper series, full-text searchable, from 1983 onwards.

Reference

Loose-leaf and reference publications

Expanding collection of specialised guidelines and conventions.

Periodicals Home Page

Use the Left Hand Menu to browse through our various periodicals by title.

Or find articles via the search screen.

Click on Periodicals tab to go to Periodicals homepage.

Periodicals

Working with Periodicals - EasyLinks

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Every periodical has an EasyLink –

short-cuts to regularly used

titles.

Periodicals

Periodical Home Page – Finding your way

The Latest Issue’s Table of Contents is listed on the periodical’s home page.

Use left-hand menu to access previous issues (Year), support services and information.

Periodicals

OECD Economic Surveys

Latest Issues listed at top of page.

All editions published since 1998 listed by Country.

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service.

Periodicals

Books Home Page

Use Left Hand Menu to browse through categories by title.

Or use the search screen.

Books

Find a Book – use its ISBN!

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Type a book’s ISBN after the

SourceOECD URL to go to its table of

contents!

Books

Book Theme Home Page

Latest Titles listed at top of the page.

Or browse through All Titles

Annuals, Outlooks and other key titles are listed here.

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Sign up for new title

Email Alerts.

Books

Books – Using EasyLinks

Each Book Theme has a specific EasyLink to link to the theme home page.

Each Book Title has a specific EasyLink using its ISBN linking to the book’s table of contents.

Complete list of EasyLinks available in the Librarians’ and Users’ areas.

Books

Statistics Home Page

Left Hand Menu to browse through list of statistical databases and e-books.

Or use search screen.

Statistics

Database Product: Home Page Step 1 – choose database

Use Left Hand Menu to access support information.

Statistics

Each database homepage lists the available databases. Click on Tables to proceed.

Database Product: Step 2 – choose table

Each database comprises one or more tables. From list of tables, click on title to proceed.

Statistics

Database Product: Step 3 – abstract & deliver data

Each table has a descriptive abstract (used by the search engine). Click Deliver Data to access the data in Beyond 20/20.

Statistics

Database Product: working with data in Beyond 20/20

Under Selection start to build your data query parameter-by-parameter.

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If there are folders, open them for more detailed data.

Statistics

Database Product: working with data in Beyond 20/20

Statistics

When selection complete, choose your report under Options. View Report will build a table, View Chart will build a chart.

While in “View Report & Advanced mode”, you can export data in ExcelTM, .csv or Beyond20/20 formats.

Look out for Notes Icons. These explain sources, methodology and units

When selection complete, choose your report under Options. View Report will build a table, View Chart will build a chart.

Database Product: My Reports - Saving Selections

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Save your extractions for

future sessions – it will save time when new data becomes

available..

Statistics

Database Product: Sources and Methods/Glossary

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Extensive Sources and Methods documentation, freely available from every

database homepage..

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The OECD’s Glossary of Statistical Terms - important in helping to understand our

data..

Statistics