MONTGOMERY — Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled a resources guidebook Tuesday that markets Pennsylvania’s business and energy sectors and its government programs, and billed it as a way to lure business people and investors to the state.

Flanked by two-year students studying diesel engine technology, Corbett released the guidebook at a news conference at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Earth Science Center near Williamsport, in the heart of north-central Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry.

Corbett said the 73-page guide will provide business people and local government officials with information about the state’s resources and programs. In it, it is billed as being full of information that demonstrates that Pennsylvania is a good place to do business, with attributes such as diverse energy sources, a skilled workforce and a competitive business environment.

“Whether from the well pad to the corner grocery store, the expansion of our energy sector has made Pennsylvanians better off and made our commonwealth really the vanguard of American energy independence,” Corbett told a small audience of students and college and local officials surrounded by pieces of heavy machinery and diesel-powered trucks.

Corbett, a Republican, is running for a second four-year term in the Nov. 4 election, and a key theme of his campaign will be his efforts to improve the economy.

Some of the aspects the guide stresses are Pennsylvania’s retail energy markets that help lower electricity prices. It mentions that Pennsylvania’s ports have the potential to export liquified natural gas, it has helped energy projects spring up on old, unused former industrial sites and companies are planning nine natural-gas fired power plants in Pennsylvania.