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Penn State University Libraries

World Bank Group

 

Contact

Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library


Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu

Social Sciences Library

 

Background Sources

Library Resources

Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.

The University Libraries have an excellent collection of World Bank material. To locate it:

  • Search The CAT
    Material that was received in paper or microfiche is listed in the cat and filed in the general library collections.

  • Search World Bank e-Library [Penn State Libraries]
    More recent World Bank materials are not listed in The CAT but are available full text through the World Bank e-Library. This resource includes all books and periodicals. Some, but not all of these materials are also listed in The CAT.

  • Search Statistical Insight [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
    World Bank materials with substantial statistical content are received as part of the Statistical Insight Index to International Statistics (IIS) microfiche set. While some of this material is also available in print or through World Bank e-Library, Statistical Insight is the best place to identify a publication that has the specific data you need.

  • Visit the World Bank Website
    Some additional material is freely available on the World Bank's website.

World Bank Statistics

In addition to statistical data freely available on their Web site, the libraries subscribes to two crucial World Band statistical databases. Together these two resources provide extensive data sets of high-level country data.

 

Related Statistics from the IMF