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1. R.M.D.P. Rathnayaka,
Temporary Lecturer,
Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Kelaniya,
dhammikarathnayaka75@gmail.com

2. EconBiz is what ?
• EconBiz is a Full text database (search portal)
for economics.
• Was started in 2002 as the Virtual Library for
Economics and Business Studies.
• Funded by the German Research Foundation
(DFG)
• Developed by the German National Library of
Economics (ZBW) with the support of the
EconBiz Advisory Board and cooperation
partners.

3. EconBiz
• Covered all kinds of Economic subject
information
• Have direct access to full texts.
• Important German and international databases
for economics and business studies.
• Can access to full texts on the Internet.
• Calendar events in economics and business
studies.
– International Conferences
– Meetings

4. Structure of organization

5. Types of Materials
• Main Types of Publications
1. Book / Working Paper (175554)
2. Article (144005)
3. Journal (4920)
4. Other (1205)

6. Type of Publication
(narrower categories)
1.Graue Literatur (47031)
2.Non-commercial
literature (47031)
3.Working Paper (34439)
4.Article in journal (30630)
5.Aufsatz in Zeitschriften (30630)
6.Arbeitspapier (29874)
7.Article in book (13975)
8.Aufsatz im Buch (13975)
9.Collection of articles of several
authors(9543)
10.Sammelwerk (9543)
11.Amtsdruckschrift (8223
12.Government document (8223)
13.Thesis (3491)
14.Congress report (3262)
15.Kongressschrift (3262)
16.Dissertation (2390)
17.Kongress (2337)
18.Hochschulschrift (1653)
19.Bibliographie enthalten (1342)
20.Bibliography included (1342)

7. 21. Statistik (1326)
22. Aufsatzsammlung (1072)
23. Statistics (809)
24. Mehrbändiges
Werk (592)
25. Multi-volume
publication (592)
26. Bibliographie (580)
27. Case study (507)
28. Fallstudie (507)
29. No longer published / No
longer aquired(503)
30. Konferenzschrift (469)
31. Collection of articles
written by one
author(468)
32. Sammlung (468)
33. Dissertation u.a.
Prüfungsschriften (406)
34. Survey (400)
35. Übersichtsarbeit (400)
36. Congress Report (348)
37. Article (325)
38. Conference Paper (274)
39. Lehrbuch (264)
40. Country Report

8. Subject coverage
1. Entwicklung (23964)
2. Economic development (22370)
3. Wirtschaftswachstum (13827)
4. Economic growth (12908)
5. Entwicklungsländer (11088)
6. Theorie (10811)
7. Theory (10481)
8. Welt (8557)
9. Developing countries (8507)
10.World (8163)
11.China (7064)
12.USA (6744)
13.Wirtschaftspolitik (6334)
14.United States (6247)
15.Indien (5831)
16.India (5729)
17.Economic policy (5059)
18.Regional development (4835)
19.Regionalentwicklung (4786)
20.Entwicklungshilfe (4435)

9. 21. Sustainable
development (4315)
22. Deutschland (4264)
23. Entwicklungspolitik (4127)
24. Nachhaltige
Entwicklung (4098)
25. EU-Staaten (3936)
26. EU countries (3798)
27. Development aid (3742)
28. Germany (3713)
29. Internationale
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen(3651
)
30. Development policy (3629)
31. International economic
relations (3608)
32. Globalization (3589)
33. Industrialisierung (3495)
34. Globalisierung (3486)
35. Africa (3407)
36. OECD-Staaten (3402)
37. OECD countries (3388)
38. Schätzung (3334)
39. Russia (3249)
40. Systemtransformation (3211)

10. Geographic coverage

11. Authority
• German Research Foundation (DFG)
• German National Library of Economics (ZBW)
• EconBiz Advisory Board
• cooperation partners.
• Imprint
• Disclaimer
• Privacy
• Updates

12. Search
Simple Search
Advanced
Search
Select any or all
fields
Tick open
access
information
Type anything
you want (1)
Select any or all
fields (1)
Select any or all
fields (2)
Select any or all
fields (3)
Type anything
you want (2)
Type anything
you want (3)
Tick open
access
information
Select a
language (39
Languages)
Select a format
( 4 formats)
Select a database
( 8 databases)
Tick number of
view
Select year range
of publicationSelect Search Button
Final result
Searching structure

13. Searching Teqcniques
• Truncation
• Wildcard search
• STW thesaurus search
• How to Find

14. Searching
• Advanced Search
• Full bibliographic record
• Normal Search
• Limited Search

15. Online search and download
• Search
– https://www.econbiz.de

16. Using new technology
• Web publication
– https://www.econbiz.de/eb/en/facebook/
• Google mobile app
– https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co
m.zbw.econbiz&hl=en

17. Others
• EconBiz Student Competition
• Nobel laureates in Economics
• Research Guide EconDesk: E-Mail
• EconDesk Examples of Questions and
Answers
• About Research Guide EconDesk / FAQ

18. • Feed backs
• Suggest an event
• Suggest a book

19. References
1. German National Library of Economics. EconBiz [Online].
German National Library of Economics, Germany.
https://www.econbiz.de [17 July 2015].
2. German National Library of Economics. ECONBIZ API
[Online]. German National Library of Economics, Germany.
http://zbw.eu/en/about-us/key-activities/econbiz-api/ [17
July 2015].
3. German National Library of Economics. Find more results
[Online]. German National Library of Economics, Germany.
https://www.econbiz.de/eb/en/hilfe/hilfe-mehr-treffer-
finden/[17 July 2015].

20. Thank You