Trial Access to OECDSource (especially for Education)
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 18 Sep, 2008UCT has trial access to SourceOECD,
the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development's online portal for
their online journals, books, reports and statistical databases, until 16
October 2008. There is a link to the database on the Trials web page at
" SourceOECD is the online portal to
all the OECD’s books, periodicals, statistics and databases. It comprises of
thematic book collections, periodicals, reference titles, OECD statistical
databases and International Energy Agency (IEA) statistical databases – all in
full text. An interesting page to visit is the Hot Topics page to see OECD
documents, key reports, multimedia and articles from the world's media on key
global issues such as Development and Africa and Agriculture and Biofuels. "
Some of the titles which you have access to in terms of this trial, (fulltext, pdfs) include:-
* Reviews of National Policies for Education, South Africa (print copy on order)
* Trends Shaping Education 2008 (print copy on order)
* Education at a glance 2008: OECD Indicators (print copy on order)
as well as various publications on PISA
Please let Caroline Dean have feedback and
recommendations (caroline.dean at uct.ac.za)