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Canadian Statistics: How to find them

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Ever needed trustworthy statistics to back up your research?  Not surprisingly, Statistics Canada is your “go-to” source for Canadian stats, but you may not be sure where to find what you need.  The major issue for most people is deciding which of the two main databases that UBC Library subscribes to will have the information […]

Pricing water for efficiency and responsibility: OECD Reports

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The OECD announced today that three separate studies support that conclusion that “putting the right price on water will encourage people to waste less, pollute less, and invest more in water infrastructure.”  In the view of the OECD, the “right price” is one that reflects the true cost of the water they consume  – both […]

OECD: Going for Growth 2010

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The OECD released one of its flagship economic policy publications today: Going for Growth 2010 “First published in 2005, this annual report provides an overview of structural policy developments in OECD countries from a comparative perspective.” Not surprisingly, given the title, this year’s report focuses on the “modest, uneasy, yet much-welcome recovery” that most OECD […]

Acts of the Parliament of Canada

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Students, faculty and staff at UBC Library now have online access to the session laws of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada – 1926 – 2007 via the subscription database HeinOnline.  Print copies are also available – covering the years 1867 – 2007 at call number KG16 .A25

World Bank e-Library Trial

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

UBC has a trial to the World Bank e-Library and a few other of their databases until the end of August. You can access the trial page here World Bank e-Library: An electronic portal to the World Bank’s full-text collection of books, journals, working papers and other documents on social and economic development. It is […]

New Database Trial

Monday, June 29th, 2009

We’ve been lucky enough to get a 30 day trial to the IMF e-library which “contains publications from recent years as well as statistical resources: Balance of Payments, Direction of Trade, Government Finance Statistics, and International Financial Statistics.”  The trial expires July 22nd.  Please check it out and fill out the feedback form to let […]

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