OECD has created a OECD.Stat, a single online platform which enables one to search for and extract data from across OECD’s many databases for the first time. It will be freely available, as a beta release via OECD’s iLibrary, for the first half of 2008.

Key features:

• Discovery: Search for complex statistical data across OECD databases with one click access to the datasets themselves from the search results.
• Mix and Merge: Extract data from across all 50 databases in one enquiry. New functions enable users to gather and assemble data from various datasets in unique and customizable tables.
• Metadata: Improved metadata down to the level of each datapoint means that users can understand the origins of each number and the overall context, aiding comprehension.

In an attempt to make statistics easier to find, by more people, the Statistics Dissemination Project of OECD is creating services with the following unique features:

• A searchable index: of over 285 data sets.
• A citation tool: to enable you to cite accurately and cut/paste into commonly used tools, such as EndNotes and RefWorks.
• Selective download: the ability to choose variables of interest and download the data directly to your PC for analysis using any database, spreadsheet or statistical package.
• Context and comprehension: the ability to drill down into the detailed statistical metadata.
• Alerts: to notify you of database updates.
• Links between data and analytical material: the ability to discover and navigate seamlessly between analytical outputs and related statistics.
• Explore data: by theme or by subject and use keyword searches to find relevant datasets.
• Single platform: having all of the data in one place will offer new opportunities for improving data comparability.

How to access to OECD.Stat?

Access from computers on campus, from the E-Resources on trial page clicking on OECD Stat.

Duration of trial: until the end of June 2008.