Finding Data at the Marshall Library - Jasper's Xmas tips number 9

 Looking for data for your own independent project, dissertation or research? At Marshall Library we subscribe to a variety of Macroeconomic, Microeconomic and Financial datasets. We also curate lists of free to access data. We also have bookable Live Financial Bloomberg and EIKON data terminals at the Marshall Library.

Here is a list of datasets, split by Microeconomic, Macroeconomics, Finance and Statistics on the Marshall Library website: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/onlineresources/economic-data

You will also find a link to Data sources for replication studies from this page.

If you know what dataset you are looking and want to know if it is free to access for members of Cambridge University go to our A-Z list here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/z-datasets-list We have over 60 subscribed and free-to-access datasets on this list. The left hand column lists the datasets or sites by name in alphabetical order. The middle column tells you about the database or dataset and the right hand column tells you whether access is unrestricted or if you need to set up an account/register/contact Cambridge Judge Business School etc.

If you know you would like to use the Bloomberg or EIKON terminal please book using our booking form here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/eikon-bloomberg-booking-form
Please describe the type of data you are looking for - name, time series, frequency, date range etc. 

Using My Favourites lists when searching iDiscover on a keyword, topic or theme - Jasper's Xmas tips number 8

 If you are doing a literature search on a topic, e.g. Labour economics and crime for a project did you know you can use IDiscover like a database to search by keyword, topic or theme? Then you can use My Favourites in iDiscover to save your searches for later or to help you with your references.

Do a search on your keywords: labour, economics, crime in iDiscover under Articles and online resources

You will see that you get a large number of results, over 14,000 - so it is a good idea to refine or filter your results using the right hand side menus. You could choose Peer-reviewed Journals, Articles, and refine the publications to recent dates e.g. 2018-2022

Then you could start looking at the titles of the articles and deciding if they are useful for your project. As long as you have logged in you can use the little pin symbol next to each article you are interested in reading or saving to save your readings to a list 

Clicking on the pins next to articles collects them under the pin next to your name at the top right hand side of the screen 

Clicking on this pin will then bring up your list of saved readings

From here you can tick the records you want to save, print, email or download and export the reference details by using the three dots at the top to open a menu of options

Or you can sort your list into labelled lists by using the Add Labels link at the top of My Favorites

Once you have added labels they will appear at the right hand side e.g.

Really useful for organising your literature review for your project or dissertation!!!

Requesting a book that someone already has on loan - Jasper's Xmas Tip number 7

Do you really need a copy of a book at the Marshall Library  and all our copies are out? Don't worry - here's how to request a book.

1. Go to iDiscover idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk and make sure you login via the top right hand side button

2. When you have logged in search for the book in the iDiscover Search box under Cambridge Libraries Collections e.g. Labor Economics Borjas and refine your search by choosing 'Marshall Library' from the Library list on the right hand side.

3. Click on the blue link where it says, "Available at Jesus College> Quincentenary Library and other locations". Go through the alphabetical 'Get it' list to find Marshall Library under 'M' and you will see that we have 3 copies of the book at shelfmark 63 A 135g along with a link to Click & Collect a copy of this book. Click on Marshall Library and the shelfmark to see which copies are out on loan:

4. When you click here you will be taken to a page of REQUEST OPTIONS for the Marshall Library. As long as you have logged in as yourself you will see an option in blue to 'Request' any of the copies out on loan:

5. Clicking on the Request button opens up a little form in iDiscover which shows the item, the pick up collection point as Marshall Library and an opportunity to open a calendar to show you no longer need this book after a certain date, along with a blank space for a comment:

6. When you have filled out the form click the green request button and you will be told you are number 1, 2 etc. in the queue. You can then go to your My Library Account to check for updates:

You will receive an email to your Cam Email Address when the book is ready to collect from the Marshall Library!

Newspapers and FT.com at the Marshall Library - Jasper's Xmas Tip number 6

Print Newspapers

Fancy reading a daily print newspaper? During term-time we subscribe to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times and The Economist.

You can find them by our easy chairs in the Reading Room.

Online Newspapers

You can access The Economist online by searching for The Economist on iDiscover via Proquest. Or you can go to the useful Newspapers Libguide: https://libguides.cam.ac.uk/newspapers

Here you will find many national and international newspaper archives on the left hand side under Newspaper Archives. Under Current newspapers on the right hand side of the guide under the picture you will find direct links to theo Economist, and the Financial Times. Clicking on this page takes you to a page that explains how to access FT.com online and how to register and set up your own account, so you can read FT.com on your own laptop, tablet, device or phone.

Also under Current newspapers you will find links to aggregator newspaper services e.g. Lexis Nexis and Factiva. These are great places to search for a particular news story or search by topic or theme. Lexis Nexis only covers UK news but Factiva is international, so you can find regional and national newspaper stories from across Europe and the US.

Where to find books and advice for Statistics Analysis - Xmas Tip number 5

 Got your data together for your project but now you need to analyse it? Hopefully you have been to the Faculty of Economics STATA classes.

Never fear we have plenty of books on Statistical Analysis and different programs, including Matlab and STATA. You will find them in the Marshall Library Reading Rooom at 70 H

There is a list of different software manuals on our website here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/onlineresources/software-support

If you click on the software you are interested in you will find training courses and online sites to support you

Bloomberg and EIKON Live Financial Data for Projects and Dissertations - Jasper's Xmas Tip number 4

 Are you interested in learning how to search our Financial Data terminals? We have a Bloomberg Terminal and an EIKON Terminal available to book in the Marshall Library. You might find this useful for a project or dissertation you are working on independently. You may also find it useful for your future career!

Bloomberg is a computer software system  that enables professionals in the financial service sector to access Bloomberg Professional Services through which users can monitor and analyze real-time global financial market data. It also provides excellent news feeds

Bloomberg Video Tutorials

If you have not used the Bloomberg Terminal before we recommend you download and read the Bloomberg Getting Started Guide: https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/10/Getting-Started-Guide-for-Students-English.pdf

Bloomberg: Our Top 25 Tips and Tricks - CJBS video from 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOUEiraEtg

Three Bloomberg tutorial videos by Eric from May 2020

Part I - Quick Introduction to Basic Functions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ee-x6IXWK8

Part II - Advanced Function Exploration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia158DGKnhU

Part III - Additional Economic Stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKNUxOmQrgw

To book the terminals you can go to this form here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/eikon-bloomberg-booking-form

Eikon is a software system used to monitor and analyze financial information. Eikon provides financial professionals with access to market data, analytics, and messaging tools. Information can also be exported to Microsoft Excel for continued data analysis.

Book to use our terminals here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/eikon-bloomberg-booking-form

Finding digitised E-counter items on your Reading Lists via the Marshall Library - Xmas Tip number 3

 When you are asked to read a particular chapter or article in a book on your reading list you will find them as Ecounter items or digitised reading. We make these digitised readings available via the iDiscover Library catalogue.

If , for example, you are an Economics Tripos student asked to read this item for Part IIB Paper 2, how do you find this reference:

Carlin, W. & Soskice,D. (2015), 'Debt dynamics' in Macroeconomics: institutions, instability and the financial system, Oxford University Press, pp.516-530?

Start by searching for the book in which the relevant pages are published by searching iDiscover for the author and keywords from the title:

Using the Library Refine menu - refine to MARSHALL LIBRARY to get to the correct edition and book record. Although it says Clare College (Forbes Mellon Library) and other locations - this is the correct record. Click on the blue link to find details about the Marshall Library copies and the digitised readings under Get It:

As you can see these pages are digitised for Economics PIIB students only - click here to access the digitised reading and enter your Raven CRSID and password to access it. Once you have done this the reading will open up with a copyright cover sheet for you to read and download!