The presentation describes the ZBW and EconBiz services. EconBiz searches several databases simultaniously. EconBiz Open only covers Open Access content (about 1 million documents). The EconBiz Open International Partner network connects users from different parts of the world.
EconBiz Open: Open Access Material for Business and Economics
1. EconBiz Open
Open Access Material for Business and Economics
Tamara Pianos
Information Provision and Access
Balkan Libraries Union 3rd Annual Meeting
Kirklareli
27.03.2013
The ZBW is a member of Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
2. Overview
• About the ZBW
• About EconBiz
• EconBiz for your Needs: Open, mobile etc.
• Partner-network:
• Partners
• EconBiz Competition
• Conclusion
3. The ZBW
• Founded in 1919
• One of three big special libraries
in Germany
• 4,8 Mio items in its database
• ~ 260 staff
4. ZBW: largest library in the world for business &
economics & related social sciences
Kiel
&
Hamburg
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6. ZBW Doing Research
http://zbw.eu/e_image_catalogue/index_Imagebroschuere_engl.html
http://zbw.eu/e_image_catalogue/e_image_2013.pdf
7. About EconBiz
• Subject specific portal for business & economics & related social
sciences
• Covers articles, books, full-texts, events etc.
8. EconBiz: Scope and Limitations
• The full version of EconBiz covers more than 8 million records
• BUT: Access to licensed & printed material is sometimes difficult for
users outside German universities
9. Easy Access EconBiz Open
• Open Access material only
• easy access to PDFs
• ~ 1 million documents
16. What the EconBiz Apps Offer
• Search a number of databases simultaneously
• Direct access to open access PDFs
• Access to licensed material depends on location
• Additional feature: map of libraries that can be used to find a library
• Basic information on library location and opening hours, contact info
etc.
• Helpdesk
25. Integrating EconBiz Open in Library Website
Corvinus; Budapest
KOC, Istanbul
Easy integration:
http://open.econbiz.de/en/abouteconbizopen/integrate-search-in-your-website/
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29. Other useful links
• EconStor: Repository for publishing open access material:
https://www.econstor.eu/?langselector=en
• PPT and Prezi-Introductions for EconBiz:
http://open.econbiz.de/en/helpopen/
30. Conclusion
• EconBiz Open offers:
• open access documents
• personal support
• EconBiz meets users where they are
• Facebook etc.
• Google
• On tour mobile
32. Please contact me if you have questions
DR. TAMARA PIANOS
Head of Information Provision and Access
ZBW - German National Library of Economics
Kiel
T: +49–431–8814–365
E: t.pianos@zbw.eu
www.zbw.eu
www.econbiz.de/en/
http://zbw.eu/e_about_us/e_profile/e_tamara-pianos.htm
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/tamara-pianos/
34. Apps for iPad, iPhone und Android
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/econbiz/id419108453?mt=8
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zbw.econbiz&hl=en