ECON 699 Library Resources

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ECON 699Library Resources

• Katy Sullivan
• Reference Department
• Spring 2007

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Library Databases

• Overview
• Access
• Off-campus through Research Port
• Retrieving materials
• Find It
• Interlibrary Loan
• Have a citation? Use Serials Search

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Primary Databases

• ECONLit
• PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service

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Secondary Subject Databases

• Health/Medicine Medline
• Sociology/Psychology SOCIndex PsycINFO
• Education ERIC
• Political Science Worldwide Political Science
  Abstracts Columbia International Affairs Online
  (CIAO)
• Business Industry Business Source Premier
  Lexis Nexis Academic

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Other Database Resources

• Datasets/Statistics ICPSR Archive Lexis Nexis
  Statistical
• Newspapers/Newswires Lexis Nexis Academic
  National Newspapers
• Government Documents GPO Monthly Catalog
  Government Documents Subject Guide
• Working Papers (Economics) National Bureau of
  Economic Research (NBER) Economics Research
  Network

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Library Catalog - Catalogusmai

• Catalog of books, government documents, media
  items, and periodicals at 16 USMAI institutions
• Place a Request to have an item sent from another
  institution

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Need Help?

• Contact Katy Sullivan at
• sullivan_at_umbc.edu
• 401-455-1783
• Use Ask Us!
• Online chat
• Reference E-mail
• Reference Desk