Choose an appropriate information gateway from Table 8.2 to search the Internet for secondary data on a topic which you are currently studying as part of your course.
a ‘Add to favourites’ (bookmark) those sites which you think appear most relevant.
b Make notes regarding any secondary data that are likely to prove useful to either seminars for which you have to prepare, or coursework you have still to undertake.

Data from in Table 8.2

 

 

 

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Table 8.2 Selected Internet secondary data gateways and archives Name Internet address Comment General focus RBA Business Information Sources UK Data Archive UK Data Service (UKDS) Wharton Research Data Ser- vice (WRDS) Morningstar Country focus Australia: Australian Data Archive Canada: Statistics Canada rba.co.uk/sources data-archive.ac.uk ukdataservice.ac.uk whartonwrds.com morningstar.co.uk ada.edu.au/ statcan.gc.ca/start- debut-eng.html Gateway with links to business, statistical, gov- ernment and country sites Archive of UK social and economic digital data Gateway to and support for social, economic and population data, both quantitative and qualitative for both the UK and other countries Gateway to databases in finance, accounting, banking, finance, economics, management, marketing and public policy Financial information, guide to companies and investment trusts, report service and market activity analysis Archive of Australian digital research data including census. Includes data from other Asia- Pacific countries. Links to other secondary data sites Gateway to statistics on economy, society and culture (including census) of Canada