Harrison Institute Training

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Harrison Institute Training

• Electronic Trade Policy Sources
• 23 September 2005

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Overview of Presentation

• Databases
• Web Resources
• Journal Indexes Full-Text Sources
• Current Awareness Techniques
• Individual Research

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So Where Do I Find The Databases?
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Point Me to the Policy

• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
• PolicyFile Public Policy Research Analysis
• Legal Scholarship Network

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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
This works best!
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CIAO Advanced Searching
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CIAO Results
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PolicyFile
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PolicyFile Searching
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PolicyFile Results
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Legal Scholarship Network
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Trade Policy in My Neck of the Woods

• Country Watch
• EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
• Source OECD
• IsinoLaw China Trade Extra
• Asian Business European Business

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Country Watch
Great for Stats!
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CountryWatch Overviews
Overviews Country Political Economic
Investment Social Environmental
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EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
More stats!
EIU is a fantastic source for VERY detailed
up-to-date economic data. Its worth trying any
and all of the above categories. Organized by
country.
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SourceOECD
Need help navigating SourceOECD? Check out the
SourceOECD Tips sheet posted to the Web. Its
under the John Wolff Library, International
Services Training.
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Chinese Sources IsinoLaw
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Chinese Sources China Trade Extra
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Business Sources Asian European
The look is just your basic plain
vanilla database.
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Focus on the WTO

• World Trade Online
• Worldtradelaw.net
• WTO Reporter

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World Trade Online
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Some World Trade Online Results
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WorldTradeLaw.net
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WTO Reporter (BNA)
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Sample WTO Reporter Results
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Selected Web Resources

• See research guides for more
• GATT Digital Library new
• Global Trade Negotiations
• Institute for International Economics
• CATO Center for Trade Policy Studies
• Intl Center for Trade Sustainable Development

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GATT Digital Library
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Global Trade Negotiations
Includes links to research papers trade news
articles. Valuable for commentary analysis.
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Institute for International Economics
IIE is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan
research institution. Area of Expertise under
Staff for listing of experts affiliated with IIE.
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CATO Center for Trade Policy Studies
Aim is to show the benefits of free trade.
Includes commentary, policy briefings, and trade
FAQs.
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International Center for Trade Sustainable
Development (ICTSD)
Non-partisan NGO focusing on intl trade
sustainable development.
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Journal Articles Let Someone Else Do the Work

• Review of ILL, WorldCat and Direct Borrow
• E-Journal Finder
• Journal Indexes Full-Text Databases

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E-Journal Finder
Where to find it---Library homepage ? Quick Links
? First Link. Its best to choose All
libraries.
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Using the E-Journal Finder
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Journal Indexes Full-Text Sources

• ABI/InformBusiness Periodicals
• EconLit
• Social Science Index

You can find these three on the law librarys
list of databases. Library homepage ? Quick
Links ? Research Databases.
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Tap into Resources at Main

• PAIS International
• International Political Science Abstracts
• Factiva

These three are available through the Lauinger
(Georgetown Main Library) page.
http//www.library.georgetown.edu/ Click A-Z
list of databases.
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Current Awareness

• News sources
• Blogs
• RSS Feeds
• Other ways?

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Finding Blogs

• Librarys faculty page
• Blawg.org
• Web searching

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Blawg.org
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RSS Feed Readers

• Also called news aggregators
• Examples MyYahoo Feedreader.com
• For list of feed readers, see this page from
  Wikipedia

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_news_aggregat
ors
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Jurist Topics