World Bank e-library

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Year Joined PERii
2006

Resource Name
World Bank Publications: The World Bank e-library

Resource Type
Online books and reports.

Access URL
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/

Title Listing

The latest list of eLibrary ebooks and working papers may be downloaded directly from the website here:

Content Overview

The World Bank e-Library is an electronic portal to the World Bank's full-text collection of books, reports/working papers, journals and other documents on social and economic development. It is the most comprehensive collections in the area and it brings together, in PDF format, a fully indexed and cross-searchable database of 6,000+ titles, as well as every new title as it becomes available in print. In addition, subscribers have access to information not available in print. eLibrary is fully searchable by subject, region, keyword, title, author, abstract, or year of publication.

Subject Strengths
World Bank e-Library includes:

  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change & Environment
  • Communities & Human Settlements
  • Conflict and Development
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Finance and Financial Sector Development
  • Gender
  • Governance
  • Health, Nutrition and Population
  • Industry; Information and Communication Technologies
  • Infrastructure Economics and Finance
  • International Economics & Trade
  • Law and Development
  • Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
  • Poverty Reduction
  • Private Sector Development
  • Public Sector Development
  • Rural Development
  • Science and Technology Development
  • Social Development
  • Social Protections and Labor
  • Transport; Urban Development
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supply and Sanitation
  • World Bank

Service Strengths

Convenient personalization tools for researchers including:

  • Individual User accounts with Favorites for saving and organizing searches
  • New content alert emails and RSS Feeds based on your preferences
  • One-click social media icons for sharing pages and abstracts as well as search and browse results
  • Options to export, print, email, and share search results

Useful features for librarians including:

  • Downloadable metadata and MARC records for easier indexing and cataloging
  • COUNTER compliant usage statistics including usage by content type, including consortia reports
  • Browse by content type, topic, keyword, series, and other metadata
  • Athens and Shibboleth authentication
  • Institutional branding on the eLibrary home page
  • Options to export references to Endnote and BibTex
  • Open URLs

Usage Guides

To learn more about the World Bank eLibrary and how to make the most of its features and convenient tools for researchers, please see the Document e-library overview (1.86MB).

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access (Document eligibility criteria, 38kb) is required to register to use World Bank eLibrary. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

Access Information
Access is by IP address recognition.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
Please contact onlineresources@worldbank.org.

URL to General Publisher Site
http://publications.worldbank.org/

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

IP Updates

Administrators may update their IPs directly from the World Bank eLibrary website as follows:

In order to update the IP addresses that have been registered for your institution, please follow the below instructions.

  • From the eLibrary Home page, sign in with your administrator user name and password. (If you do not remember them, click on 'Forgotten your password?' or email us at onlineresources@worldbank.org and we will provide you with the information within 24 hours.
  • Click on "Edit authentication options" (right hand side of the screen) and you will be able to manage your IP addresses and the shared user name and password access
  • Make the needed changes and click on "Update" 

 

Platform
Publishing Technology (formerly Ingenta)

Promotional Information/Materials
Document e-library online brochure (223kb)
Document e-library FAQs (344kb)
Document e-library overview (1.86MB)

Publisher Newsletter Details

Visit the World Bank newsletter page to subscribe to the World Bank Publications Announcement.

Usage Data Collection

Administrators may request usage statistics (COUNTER-compliant) directly from the World Bank eLibrary website as follows:

  • From the eLibrary Home page, log in with the Administrator user name and password for the account.  If you do not remember your user name or password, please contact onlineresources@worldbank.org.
  • Click on "Admin home page" on the right hand side of the screen
  • Click on "COUNTER-compliant statistics" under the "Collection" section
  • Select the type of reports you would like to receive:
    • Book Report 1: number of successful title requests by Month and Title
    • Book Report 2: number of successful section requests by Month and Title
  • Journal Report 1: number of successful full-text article requests by month and title         (includes working papers)
  • Select the year the report should cover
  • Enter the e-mail address to where the report should be sent and click on Submit

PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.

PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.