Learn how to use the World Bank eLibrary (http://elibrary.worldbank.org) to quickly and easily find World Bank research and publications at the country and regional level. Tips for finding translated content, case studies, key data from World Development Indicators, as well as other materials for use in research, class, development work, and presentations are included. Viewers also learn how to set up content alerts to stay on top of the latest research available.

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Using the World Bank
eLibrary for Country and
Regional Research
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March 16, 2016

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Host:
Devika Levy
Sales & Outreach Manager, World Bank Publications
Presenter:
Shana Wagger
Manager of Publishing Systems and Electronic Product
Development, and Product Development Manager for
eLibrary
Today’s Speakers

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About The World Bank
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• Not-for-profit, Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO)
• Comprised of 188 member countries with offices in 120 countries
around the world
• Largest source of funding and technical assistance for
developing countries
• Research and knowledge products are meant to enrich and inform
policy research and debate, contribute to scholarly research,
and support the development goals of our client countries
The World Bank Goals
End Extreme Poverty and Boost Shared Prosperity

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Today’s Agenda
• Overview of World Bank eLibrary
• Finding
– Regional and Country Content and Data
– Translated Content
– Case Studies
• Using Alerts for Proactive Research
• Questions and Answers
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What’s in the eLibrary?
• Content
– Books: Complete backlist of 2,500 books, including
almost 5,200 chapters
– Working papers: 6,500+ premium research papers
– World Bank Economic Review and World Bank
Research Observer, without embargo
– Additional World Bank premium research
• Translations
– French and Spanish, plus others
• Data
– 50+ Key Indicators from World Development Indicators
– Across regions, countries, and time
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Broad “Social Science” Topics
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Multiple Ways to Access Content
• Browses
• Quick and Advanced
Search
• What’s Newest
• What’s Popular
• Tools to retrieve
content you need
– Favorites
– Saved Searches
– Content Alerts
– Search Alerts
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Powered by Metadata
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• Bibliographic
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Region
• Country
• Topic
• Plus Content Type,
Series or Journal,
and more
• Hyperlinking for
dynamic search

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Overview of Country/Regional Material
• Books and chapters
• Articles
• Working papers and
other research
• 50+ indicators across
time
• Flags or maps
• Links to key World
Bank resources
– Projects
– Country/Region Pages
– Blogs
– And more
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Browsing to Country/Regional Content
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• Browse options
– 6 Regions
– 180+ countries
• For comparative
publications
– Filter by country(ies)
– Filter by region(s)
• (Comparative data
covered later)

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Quick Search for Country* Content
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• Quick search of country
name
– Yields all publications mentioning
country name anywhere (1458)
– Equals Advanced Search
“anywhere”
– Use country filter to target results
(48)
• For comparative publications
– Filter by country(ies)
– Filter by region(s)
* Works the same for regions
• (Comparative data covered
later)

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Advanced Search for Country* Content
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• Advanced Search by country
filter
– Yields all publications
specifically tagged with country
metadata
• For comparative publications
– Filter by country(ies)
– Filter by region(s)
* Works the same for regions
• (Comparative data covered
later)

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Two Ways to Browse to Data
• By Data Tab and by
Country Browse
• Data tab options
- Country view
- Indicator view
- Plus information
about the data set
- (See slide 17 to
for these two
views)
• Country browse
- “View More Data”
shows full data for
country view

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Browses to Country Data View

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About Data Views (by Country and
Indicator)
• 50+ indicators
- Population (16)
- Environment (8)
- Economy (15)
- States and Markets (7)
- Global Links (8)
• Across all available countries
• Time series dating back to 1960
• Views
- Country view
- Indicator view
- Click on a link to change
the view
- (See slide 17 to for these
two views)

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Functionality and Additional Information
• Functionality
- “Select Years” to customize
view
- “Download as CSV” to
manipulate data
- “Create Citation” for
automatically created citation
- Dynamic URLs to save views
- Hyperlinked labels to switch
views
• Additional information
- Notes
- Sources
- Indicator definitions

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Links between Country and Indicator Views

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Version History and Other Information
• “About Data” tab
- Intro to World
Development
Indicators
- Overview of
functionality
- Update/version
history
- Links to release
notes and errata

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Translation Basics
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• Languages:
- French
- Spanish
- A few others
• Available as PDFs
• Find by
- Searching for “[language] translation”
- Clicking “Supplemental Material” link
• Forthcoming
- Language-based browses
- More translated content

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Finding Translations
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Other Translation Tips
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Finding Case Studies
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Narrowing Results for Case Studies
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“Save Search” for Automatic Alerts
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• Use “Save
Search” feature
• Found at bottom
right of every
search results set
• For any search,
simple or complex

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“Save Search” Functionality
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• Get alerts when
new content
matches your
saved search
criteria
• Rerun your
searches easily

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More Tools and Features
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• DOIs and citation exporting options for Endnote, ProCite, BibTex
Zotero, and others
• Easy emailing and sharing pages from the site
• ePub Files for eBook readers
• Mobile access on and off campus
• Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
• Perpetual use of downloaded material
• Several benefits for librarians

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How Can I Access the eLibrary?
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• Free access to users in subscribing institutions at:
elibrary.worldbank.org
• Check for links in your library’s catalog or LibGuides
(Economics, Political Science, International
Government/Affairs)
• Search via your library’s main search portal

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Subscription Information
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• Annual, institutional subscriptions (Libraries, corporations, NGOs, etc.)
• Prices are based on total number of FTE / authorized users and institution
type (e.g. non-profit, academic, corporate)
• Geographic & consortia discounts available
• Libraries may subscribe through:
- The World Bank (onlineresources@worldbank.org)
- Your preferred subscription agent
- Library consortia
• Students, Professors, development professionals, contact
onlineresources@worldbank.org for further assistance and to check access.

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Questions?

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Contact Us
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Shana Wagger
swagger@worldbankgroup.org
Devika Levy
dlevy@worldbankgroup.org
Customer Service
World Bank Publications
onlineresources@worldbank.org
Phone +1-202-473-8597
Fax +1-202-522-2631
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