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Please email the Data Librarian to make an appointment for hands on training or advice on finding and using Data.

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Data Library

The Data Library contains a wide range of easily accessible datasets:

Microdata - Government surveys, longitudinal data and opinion polls
Aggregated Data - Socio economic indicators from organizations such as OECD, EUROSTAT, IMF, World Bank. Includes Census data
Financial Databases - Information on markets, companies, exchange rates
Geographic Information Resources, GIS - Covering EU admin boundaries and Ordnance Survey data
International Data Centres and Statistical Institutes - Government statistics online

News|

Patent Information in Orbis
In addition to covering nearly 100 million companies, ORBIS will soon be enhanced with patent information for over 6.5 million patents, linked to 585,000 companies.

Patents can be searched for using:
- Word(s) in the title
- Publication date
- Number of patents per company
- All companies with patents
Patent information is provided by the European Patent Office from their Patstat database, which covers over 80% of the world's patents.
For further information and basic assistance with using ORBIS, please contact our Data Library team

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Data PCs

These are used to access Bloomberg, Datastream Advance, Telegeography and Prowess.

These are available on a first
come first served basis
whenever the Library Help desk|
is open.

Data PC

Library Companion for Data Users

For further information on using Data at LSE please look at the Library Companion for Data| in Moodle (LSE login required).

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