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Economics
Subject Guide
This
subject guide covers economic resources available at the Johnston Memorial
Library, including full-text journals, magazine and newspaper articles,
and economic websites. This is not a comprehensive subject guide,
but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating
information in this field. Library location and call number are provided
for print publications.
Full-Text Databases
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ABI/INFORM
Covers nearly
every aspect of business, including company histories and new product
development. Includes abstracts and indexes of significant articles
from nearly 1,000 current business and management periodicals. Provides
access to selected full-text articles.
- CIAO
(Columbia International Affairs Online)
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international
affairs, including working papers, books, journals, policy briefs,
and economic indicators from Conference Board.
- Factiva
(formerly Dow Jones Interactive)
Provides financial, historical, and product information for publicly
traded companies worldwide, full-text magazine and journal articles,
and current and historical stock quotes.
- InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source
for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business,
computers, current events, economics, etc.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Provides access
to a wide range of domestic and international news, business, and
legal information sources, including legislative, government, company,
financial and demographic information, market research, and industry
reports.
- MathSciNet
Provides web access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical
Publications. Includes publications covering mathematics, statistics,
operations research, and econometrics.
- Mergent
Online
Index of real-time EDGAR (SEC) filings, providing the ability to
select a needed document, view it and print it. All financials "as
reported", providing unparalleled review of balance sheets,
income statements, expenditures, assets, liabilities, cash flow,
performace trends, and more.
- Oxford
University Press Journals
Online access to full-text Oxford University Press Journals in the
fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences, including
economics and business.
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Journal Indexes and Abstracts
- EconoLit
Provides citations
and selected abstracts of worldwide literature on economics, including
books, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and book
reviews. Topics include economic development, forecasting, and history,
fiscal theory, monetary theory and financial institutions, business
finance, public finance, etc.
- PAIS
International
Contains abstracts
of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference
proceedings, research reports and government documents. Topics covered
include economic, political and social issues, business, finance, law,
international trade and relations, public administration, and much more.
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- Economic Indicators
Monthly issues of Economic Indicators, prepared for the Joint Economic
Committee by the Council of Economic Advisers, consist of tables of
United States economic indicators. Coverage from 1995 forward.
- Economic
Indicators.com
The author of
The Handbook of Key Economic Indicators has created a website
for tracking current news on economic indicators and other facets of
the current economy.
- STAT-USA:
State of the Nation
Provides various
financial and economic data from throughout the federal government and
other related entities, including general economic indicators, housing
and construction sales and permits, monetary statistics, manufacturing
and industry information, employment, and economic policy.
- Statistical Abstract of the United
States
An extensive selection
of statistics for the United States, with selected data for States,
metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries from reports and records
of government and private agencies.
- Statistical Universe
Allows users to
search American Statistical Index, the latest edition of Statistical
Abstracts of the United States, the Statistical Research Index,
and Index to International Statistics. Includes full text of
selected U.S. federal and state documents.
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Additional Internet Websites
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Bureau
of Economic Analysis
Prepares national, regional, industry, and international accounts
that present essential information on such key issues as economic
growth, regional economic development, inter-industry relationships,
and the Nation's position in the world economy.
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Bureau
of Labor Statistics
Offers statistical data on employment, prices, consumer expenditures,
productivity, and working conditions.
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This section of the Conference Board contains leading economic indicators
and other non-government data.
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Economic Census Data
Provides a detailed portrait of the Nation's economy once every
five years, from the national to the local level. Coverage includes
all of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment
statistics (retail and wholesale trade, construction, manufacturing,
transportation, governments, real estate, and finance and insurance).
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Contains statistical tables on the economic condition of the United
States covering National income or expenditure, population, employment,
wages, and productivity, production and business activity, government
finance, corporate profits and finance, agriculture , and international
statistics . You can download the entire report from previous years
in PDF format (1995-forward) as well as access the statistical tables
from Appendix B of the report as spreadsheet files (1997-forward).
Current year statistical tables may be viewed separately as Excel
spreadsheet files.
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Monthly publication published by the Federal Reserve Board containing
reports and analysis of the U.S. economy.
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Collection of statistical releases such as daily releases of commercial
paper rates and selected interest rates, and weekly releases on reserves,
money stocks and debt measures, assets and liabilities of commercial
banks, etc.
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FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
Data for the U.S. include time series on: interest rates,
loans, money supply, bank deposits, bank reserves, gross domestic
product, business inventories, corporate profiles, employment cost
index, exports, federal debt, federal government expenditures, federal
government receipts, savings, personal income, retail sales, personal
expenditures, industrial capacity utilization, national income,
consumer price index, producer price index, employment, and foreign
exchange rates.
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Links to working papers from hundreds of series and published research
in the area of economics. Includes descriptive and/or abstract information
about the papers, JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification,
and the full text of the papers themselves (in various formats).
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Contains monthly, quarterly, and annual economic time series and data
set covering production, construction, employment, etc.
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View standard graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions
and observe how they have changed over time. Statistics are listed
in these categories: Industry Activity, Employment and Income, and
Real Estate Activity.
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Monthly compendium of articles and
statistics about state, regional, and U.S. business and economic conditions.
Includes monthly Business Situation section that discusses topics
such as prices, personal income, consumption, exports and imports,
and government spending. Presents selected regional, national, and
international tables, including National Income and Product Accounts
(NIPA), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and Foreign Direct Investment
in the United States.
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Library and Media Services, 9-Feb-04
Louveller M. Luster , Collection Development
Librarian
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