2. Learning Outcomes
• Students will be able to describe specific library resources
• Students will list subject specific INTA databases
• Students will describe INTA information access through the
Georgia Tech Library
3. Key Points
• Overview
• 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.
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. Top International Affair Think-Tanks
• Index:
http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009
&context=think_tanks
1. Chatham House: https://www.chathamhouse.org/
2. Brookings Institution: https://www.brookings.edu/
3. Carnegie Endowment: http://carnegieendowment.org/
4. Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.cfr.org/
13. 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