Research Support
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Research Support gives assistance and support to faculty and students in their research needs in literature and data searching. Gardner Neely manages the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Support office.

Located on the Ground Floor of the new building, Research Support has a spacious new area to help provide enhanced research services to graduate students and faculty. In the past year, over 1000 publications and conference announcements were circulated to faculty and graduate research assistants, with 10 percent of the items kept in-house.

Research Support collects, catalogs and makes available relevant literature and electronic resources. Staff work with AYSPS faculty and their research assistants to help them access and interpret the ever-changing information databases. It has access to Web sites, journals and data sets in such areas as public finance, economics, domestic and international policy studies, with an emphasis on taxation and revenue issues.

The office's online catalog of resources lists subscriptions, government documents, books, CDs and data sets for AYSPS researchers. This catalog is accessible through the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Web site, with journal holdings and data sets listed. Research Support has an advisory committee, with Carolyn Bourdeaux, Gregory Streib, Neven Valev, and Robert Eger serving as current members.

Some new titles, data CDs, and annuals were added, including the following:

• The Municipal Yearbook, from ICMA
• World Bank Africa Database
• Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS
• IMF International Financial Statistics
• IMF Government Finance Statistics
• Global Development Finance from World Bank
• European Tax Handbook of International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
• Corporate and Individual Taxes: Worldwide Summaries
• The Georgia County Guide CD from the University of Georgia
• OECD Revenue Statistics
• Facts and Figures on Government Finance
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Business Statistics of the United States
• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics
• The 9/11 Commission Report

Public Administration Review, Training & Development Journal, and Adult Learning are among gift journals received this year.

Online sources from the University System of Georgia's Galileo service and Georgia State University funded research databases provide access to e-journals through the University Library's Web site. Abstracts and full text from such titles as Journal of Public Economics and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management are downloadable for those that register from an on-campus computer.

Research Support has coordinated with LaLoria Konata, the Pullen Library liaison in policy studies, to gain access to relevant literature via selected Web subscriptions. PolicyFile, a Web-based abstracting service, covers a wide range of public policy research that draws its content from policy think tanks, university research programs and research organizations, and JSTOR, which allows access to back issues from many publishers. Web of Science, from ISI's Social Science Citation Index, allows users to track the citation process of academic papers. Journals included are Journal of African Economies, Economic Inquiry, Oxford Economic Papers, and the Journal of International Economic Law.

Research Support's Web site features frequently used international tax literature links, pertinent publishers, suppliers and data centers, and links to the university library's menu. Research Support is building its collection of faculty publications, and it welcomes gifts to assist overseas scholars in developing nations.