The Economic Development library supports this task by making business and economic information available to staff, other government departments, the business and education communities and the general public. The library maintains a collection of books, reports, magazines and CD-ROMs in the fields of business, economics, tourism and industry. In addition, it provides access to many other resources housed outside Economic Development through the use of electronic media. The library has more than 12,000 books, reports and studies on a wide variety of topics including economics, small business, demographics, industry studies and how-to guides. A number of these items are government documents and consulting reports that may be difficult to find elsewhere.
Many publications are available to be borrowed for a period of three weeks.
Reference Collection Business, government and associations directories, almanacs, encyclopedias and dictionaries are some of the resources available in this section of the library. These are for use in the library only. The library has approximately two hundred titles ranging from newsletters and newspapers, such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal to major business journals like Forbes, Fortune and Canadian Business. Magazines generally cannot be removed from the library, but photocopies of articles may be provided. If we do not have what you need, we may be able to obtain it elswhere.