Economics
Databases
- EconLit: from the American Economics Association, online version of the Journal of Economic Literature
- ICPSR: online repository of data sets from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Databases in Related Disciplines
- Academic Search Complete : articles in many disciplines, many from scholarly journals
- Business Source Complete : scholarly, trade, and popular articles, Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profiles, Datamonitor company profiles and other corporate analyses, industry information
- CIAO -- Columbia International Affairs Online: working papers, policy briefs, journal articles in international affairs
- CQ Researcher Congressional Quarterly non-partisan in-depth research reports on topics in American public affairs, fulltext coverage from 1923 - present
- Facts.com Facts on File World News Digest online, plus Issues and Controversies, Reuters On-Line News Service, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac Encyclopedia
- Factiva: full text national and international newspapers, including Wall Street Journal
- LexisNexis Academic: full text national and international newspapers, business and industry news, and legal resources
- Oxford Reference Online:dictionaries and encyclopedias in economics, business, politics, and general social sciences
- PAIS International: public affairs
- Social Sciences Abstracts
For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.
Notes
Use databases to find articles from scholarly journals and other periodicals such as magazines or newspapers or from online reference sources.
Data sets are the raw data collected by social scientists during primary research. An extensive collection of data sets is available to faculty and students for assignments and further research through UMW's membership in ICPSR.
Can't get to an article you found in one of the databases? Watch our video on using the Locate Journal Article feature.
Already have an article citation? Search the Journal Finder to see if the article is available at UMW Libraries.
Selected Reference BOoks IN Simpson Library
- The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia REFB HC102 . A66 2003
- Doing Economics: A Guide to Understanding and Carrying Out Economic Research REFB HB 74.5 .G734 2006 by UMW Economics Professor Steven A. Greenlaw
- Encyclopedia of Capitalism REFB HB501 .E558 2004
- An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics REFB HB172.5 .E55 2003
- The Handbook of Economic Methodology REFB HB 131 .H354 1998
- Journal of Economic Literature REFB HB1 .J6
- The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics REFB HB61 .N49 1987
- The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics REFB HB61.N49 2008: 8-volume revision of the standard reference work, with extensive new entries. Some entries from the 1987 edition, including biographies of some historical figures in economics, have been removed.
- Oxford Dictionary of Economics REFB HB 61 >B554 2009
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History REFB HC15 .O94 2003
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Reference books--designated by REFB before the call number--are located on the first floor at Simpson Library. Use them for background information. Find books to check out by searching the library catalog. Need guidance? Ask at the Information Desk, also on the first floor.
Websites
Gateway Sites
- Librarians Internet Index: Economics
- Resources for Economists on the Internet: hosted by the American Economics Association
Tools, TIME Series, and DATA
- Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page: 200,000 data files
- Economic Indicators.gov: links to daily and monthly releases of 15 key U.S. indicators compiled by the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
- Journal of Economic Literature: Classification System: subject descriptors and codes used in the Journal of Economic Literature and in EconLit
- Measuring Worth : Online calculators for relative worth over time, such as US $ purchasing power and GDP.
- Oanda.com/The Currency Site: currency converters, historical currency rates, averages, more
- Penn World Tables 6.2 : purchasing power parity and national income accounts for 188 countries, generally covering 1950-2005, with 2000 as a base year.
- Time Series Data Library: compiled by Australian economics professor Rob Hyndman
Notes
Unsure about information you found on the Web? See our Guide to Evaluating Resources.