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How to get started in economics research. Includes recommendations for finding articles, data, books, etc.
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Library Starting Points

 

Fulltext Databases for finding articles

  • Business Source Complete 1886-present  
    Large database on business topics such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes scholarly journals plus financial data, books, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, market, industry, company profiles...
  • CQ Researcher - 1991-present   
    In depth reports on selected issues in the news with lists of recommended books and articles.
  • CQ Weekly - 1983-present   
    In depth coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering.
  • EconLit  
    International coverage of economics in journal articles, books, dissertations, book reviews.
  • Factiva  
    Company and business information from Dow Jones and articles from over 6,000 newspapers and periodicals as well as news photographs from Reuters News Service. Logout at the end of a session to avoid problems connecting the next time. Use * as the wildcard
  • JSTOR  
    Older issues of scholarly journals, from the start to 3-5 years ago. Use Subject Guides to find newer articles. Periodicals Archive Online has 400 similar journals.
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic   
    News and business information from sources around the world; statistics, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Includes many newspapers. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily.

Data Collections for Economists for finding data & datasets

  • American Factfinder  
    Geographically detailed data on population, housing, and business from the U.S. Census Bureau
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics Data  
    Data on labor, employment, and industry for the nation and states
  • Census Bureau Economic Programs  
    Statistics on business, labor, and employment for the U.S.
  • DataFerrett/TheDataWeb  
    Access tool for data archive of major federal panel datasets including the Consumer Expenditure Survey, Current Population Survey, several health surveys, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) (download required)
  • Earthtrends - World Resources Institute  
    Data from many different sources relating to environmental and economic development, and social trends around the world. Earthtrends is a product of the World Resources Institute.
  • Economagic  
    Ready access to time series data – manipulation, charting, forecasting, etc.
  • Energy Information Administration - US Department of Energy  
    This website provides energy production, price, import,amd export data for the United States and other countries. Types of energy for which data is available include petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, and renewable and alternative fuels.
  • Federal Reserve Board Statistics  
    Data and statistics related to banking and finance
  • International Financial Statistics Database   
    Time series of basic economic indicators for almost 100 countries
  • ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)  
    World’s largest archive of social science datasets
  • IPUMS-CPS  
    IPUMS-CPS is an integrated set of data from 1962-2003 of the March Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly U.S. household survey conducted jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The March survey includes questions relating to income. IPUMS-CPS is microdata - it provides information about individual persons and households.
  • IPUMS - USA  
    The Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample USA project provides access to microdata samples of the American population drawn from federal censuses of population and housing. Data are available from the decennial censuses of 1850 to 2000. IPUMS allows you to create downloadable subsets by geography, year, or variable.
  • Lexis Statistical  
    Statistical information of all kinds, current and historical, US and international.
  • Mergent Horizon  
    Find a company's customers, competitors, suppliers, and partners; run comparisons of companies in the same product group; find FDA reports on healthcare companies.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)  
    Limited archive of economic & related data sets associated with agency
  • Office of Trade and Industry Information  
    Data on imports and exports to/from the U.S. and states, incl. a link to TradeStats Express
  • SourceOECD  
    Access to publications and statistics produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – 30 member countries committed to democratic government and a free market economy. Use stat tab
  • Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web  
    Comprehensive list of links to online statistical sources for the US Government and other nations
  • UNData  
    Over 400 data series for 279 countries
  • UNCTAD  
    Data on foreign direct investment
  • World Development Indicators (WDI) Database  
    54 series for over 200 countries, focusing on the developing world – 2000 and forward
 

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