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This subject guide is intended as a starting point in your research, not as a comprehensive list of available resources.

 

Background Information

Encyclopedia Britannica

• Economics

Wikipedia

• Economics
• Circulating currencies 

 

NOTE: Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia can help you familiarize yourself with a subject, but are not considered appropriate, citeable sources for a college-level research paper.

 

Key Databases 

• ABI/INFORM Global
• Business Source Complete
• ITDN - International Trade Data Network
• JSTOR
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
• Project MUSE
• Social Science Journals
• SocINDEX with Full Text 
• Wall Street Journal (1987-current) 

 

Search Multiple Databases

(Includes ABI/INFORM, Business & Company Resource Center, Business Source Complete, Hoovers, Mergent Online and book catalog.)

 

Recommended Websites 

• Dismal Scientist
• History of Economic Thought 
• WISERTrade (World Institute for Strategic Economic Research)  

 

Find Journals  

• Journals Available Online

 

Key Journals Available in the Library: 

• Business 2.0
• The Economist
• Forbest
• Fortune
• Harvard Business Review
• Money
• Wall Street Journal 

 

Find Books and E-Books 

• Search the Library Catalog 

 

To browse the book stacks, relevant call numbers are: 

• HA  Statistics
• HB  Economic theory. Demography
• HC  Economic history and conditions
• HD  Industries. Land use. Labor
• HE  Transportation and communications
• HF  Commerce
• HG  Finance
• HJ   Public finance

 

Super Sources in the Reference Section 

 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: 

• Encyclopedia of the Global Economy / HF 1359 .H352 2003
• Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History / HC 102 .G35 1999 2 vols.
• The New Plagrave A Dictionary of Economics / HB 61 .N53 1994 4 vols.
• The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance / HG 151 .N48 3 vols.
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History / HC 15 .O94 2003 5 vols.
• Survey of Social Science:  Economics Series / HB 61 .S94 1991 5 vols.

 

Economic Indicators/Statistics: 

• Employment, Hours, and Earnings:  States and Areas / HD 8064 .E46 2007
• Guide to Economic Indicators / HC 103 .F94 1994
• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics / HD 8064 .H38 2007
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies / HC 15 .W927 2002 4 vols

 

Miscellaneous works: 

• The Irwin Guide to Using the Wall Street Journal / HB 3743 .L52 1996
• The Value of a Dollar / HB 235 .U6 V35 2004

 

Find Books and E-Books 

• Search the Library Catalog 

 

To browse the book stacks, relevant call numbers are: 

• HA  Statistics
• HB  Economic theory. Demography
• HC  Economic history and conditions
• HD  Industries. Land use. Labor
• HE  Transportation and communications
• HF  Commerce
• HG  Finance
• HJ   Public finance

 

How Do I Cite?

• Citation Guides

 

Contact us with questions

Page Author: Paula Olsen

 

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revised 11/24/09