EconBiz – Virtual Library for Economics and Business Studies

EconBiz is a search portal for economics and is supported by the German National Library of Economics - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ( ZBW ) operated. It was founded in 2002 as a " Virtual Library for Economics " for the first time online.

Originally funded by the German Research Foundation ( DFG), EconBiz is continuously expanded with the help of partners.

Objective of EconBiz is to support research and teaching in economics through a central access point for all range of economic information and direct access to the full text.

History

EconBiz was in a DFG - funded project jointly organized by the German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ( ZBW ) and the University and City Library of Cologne ( USB Köln) developed. The portal went online for the first time in September 2002.

When you re-launch in October 2010, the Metasearch has been replaced by a search engine index ( Lucene / SOLR ). In addition, the standard thesaurus economy (STM) integrated to enable an automatic search for synonyms and translations of a term. By integrating various web services, such as the electronic journal library and journal database can be checked, where a source is available. About the Open URL gateway of the University Library Centre of North Rhine -Westphalia ( HBZ ) can also be checked for registered libraries, for example, whether a book in the number of treasury library exists.

From October 2010 to January 2011, a competition was carried out in which users and users of EconBiz had the opportunity to contribute their own ideas for future functions in EconBiz.

To facilitate scientists outside the German speaking access, a possibility was created to seek documents exclusively with freely accessible full texts.

Offers

As a specialized portal EconBiz offers a number of services:

• Literature search: The search index allows access to international economics literature evidence and full texts, where each query several German and international databases to be searched simultaneously. It takes into account both printed and electronic articles, books, working papers and magazines.
• Access to the full text and Availability Service: For many online sources of access to freely available full text is available. Through integrated web services is also the availability of a printed or ( paid ) can be established electronic source in the library. A large proportion of publications can be ordered through the document delivery service Subito.
• Event Calendar: Also included is an overview of current national and international events in the field of economics, such as Conferences and Summer Schools. About a form more relevant events can be reported.
• Online information: As part of the integrated online information EconDesk users and users have the option during the online session by e -mail, chat or phone for free obtain library information on economic topics.
• Online research course: To improve information literacy is the online research course LOTSE available. It is intended to support both students and teachers in all research tasks of academic work.
• Targeted Arrivals: For the needs of different target groups specific access routes have been developed: App for Smartphone and Tablet: The free app for the iPad and the iPhone and for Android devices allows the go access to economic literature evidence and full texts.
• Search through social media platforms: Through an app can be searched via Facebook in EconBiz. Also from Twitter can put out queries.
• EconBiz on their website: About a HTML source code can be the Search EconBiz slot inside your own website.

New services are provided range available in beta and can be tested by all users.

Collaborations and partnerships

• vascoda
• Academic LinkShare
• Goportis
• LOTSE

As part of the EconBiz partner network various foreign educational and research institutions have integrated the portal as a search option on their website.