This document provides an introduction to economic resources available through the Georgia Tech library. It outlines key databases for literature and data, including EconLit, NBER Working Papers, ICPSR, and government sources. It also mentions citation management tools and the library's future renovations. Students will learn to access economic information and apply retrieval skills for research. The library shares resources with Emory and items are retrieved multiple times daily.

1. ECONOMICS LIBRARY
INTRODUCTION
S E T H M . P O R T E R M A , M L I S

2. Learning Outcomes
• Students will list subject specific economic databases
• Students will describe economic information access through
the Georgia Tech Library
• Students will apply skills demonstrate information retrieval for
their own research.

3. Key Points
• Accessing Literature
– Articles
– Journals
– Books
• Accessing Data
– Databases
– Government Information
• Bloomberg Terminal
– Access
• Citation Management
– An introduction

4. Before I get started…..
What do you want to know?

5. Library Next
• 97% of collection is in shared resource center with Emory.
– Multiple retrieval trips daily.
• Eventually fully shared print collection.
• Library under construction and will be renewed in 3-5 years.
– Study space, data visualization, research assistance classes, scholars
event network & more.

6. Literature Access
• Catalog
• Discovery Service
• ILL
• Database Access

7. Economic Database Access
• EconLit
• NBER Working Papers
• Euromonitor
• IMF eLibrary
• OECD iLibrary

8. Data access
Databases
• ICPSR
• Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
• Proquest Statistical Insight
• Simplymap

9. Data Access
Government Information
• Census:
http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
• CIA World FactBook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
factbook/geos/us.html
• Data.gov
https://www.data.gov/
• Contact me anytime for government information access.

10. Think-Tanks
• Index: http://repository.upenn.edu/think_tanks/10/
1. Brookings Institute: https://www.brookings.edu/
2. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) :
http://www.nber.org/
3. Adam Smith Institute: http://www.adamsmith.org/
4. Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/

12. Your turn!
• Take the next 5-10 minutes to pull up a relevant database or
journal.
• Do a quick search in your research area.
• Did you find what you were looking for?

13. Citation Management
• Endnote
• Zotero
• Mendeley

14. Contact Information
• Seth M. Porter, MA, MLIS
• Co-Coordinator of Library Instruction
• Social Sciences Librarian
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• seth.porter@library.gatech.edu
• 404-894-1392