Library, Literature and Data
The library system of the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen offers you a wide range of books and journals in printed and electronic form as well as access to numerous literature databases. The research portal JUSTfind is available for searching for sources.
Direct access
- JLU Gießen library system
- Research portal JUSTfind JUSTfind is a powerful research tool that allows you to search the library system's conventional catalog (OPAC) and various literature databases (Business Source Premier, EconLit, Web of Science) at the same time
The JLU Gießen library system offers you a wide range of online literature databases in the field of economics. In addition, over 300 fact databases are accessible online independently of the subject area. You can find a complete overview in the Database Information System (DBIS).
Direct access
- Business Source Premier is a database of the information provider EBSCO Information Service. It is a bibliographic database with full texts that are updated daily. Business Source Premier contains bibliographic references, abstracts and full texts from numerous scientific journals in business and economics.
- EconBiz is the Virtual Library of Economics. It is produced by the German National Library of Economics (ZBW), the world's largest library for economics. EconBiz also serves as the ZBW's catalog.
- EconLit is compiled by the American Economic Association and lists economic publications since 1969. Econlit covers the fields of economics, economic geography, economic history, economic policy, economic theory and, to a lesser extent, business administration.
- Nexis offers press, company and financial information, information on people from business, politics and current affairs, economic analyses, country reports and legal information. Articles from several thousand journals, magazines and newspapers are included on a daily basis (and retrospectively) and can be searched.
- wiso Wirtschaftswissenschaften is the largest German-language compilation of economic literature references.
Various economic databases are available at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics, which are also intended for use in teaching. Students can learn how to use the databases in exercise sessions and use them for their seminar papers, thesis and project work.
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Please contact the chairs directly for information on available databases and possible uses.
Citavi is a German-language reference management program that is characterized by its comprehensive functionality and ease of use and can be used in research and teaching. All students and staff at JLU Gießen can install Citavi on their own desktop or notebook free of charge and use all of Citavi's functions with the campus license.
- search subject databases, library and book trade catalogs and integrate the data directly into your project,
- import search results from databases and reference data from other programs,
- bibliographize books, entering the ISBN is sufficient, further data is added by Citavi,
- index literature using abstracts, keywords and comments and save important citations,
- organize your knowledge, note down text and idea building blocks and transfer them from Citavi with just a click when writing your texts and
- create bibliographies automatically.