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Economics & Financial Literature Research Guide

Core Resources

EconLit  (1886+)
Indexes international economic literature. Includes major journals, articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, full-text book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
ABI/Inform  (1971+)
Worldwide business periodicals. In-depth coverage of business & economic conditions, management techniques, theory, & practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, & taxation.
Indexing and links to working papers in economics.
Citations of known published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive.
Considered the definititive, authoritative source for scholarly, signed articles in economics.
Definitive essays on major fields in economics.
Comprehensive review of the literature in economics. Can help researchers identify major trends in the field as well as find general overviews of research in specific subject areas of economics.
Comprehensive review of the literature in financial economics. Can help researchers identify major trends in the field as well as find general overviews of research in specific subject areas of financial economics.
Comprehensive review of the literature in resource economics. Can help researchers identify major trends in the field as well as find general overviews of research in specific subject areas of resource economics.

Important Resources

Business Full Text  (1913+)  
English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, including the leading business magazines and trade and research journals.
Factiva    
Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and the Nikkei Weekly. Some titles are abstracted only. Includes selected full-text and abstracts of many industry and general interest publications. For non-English, choose appropriate language
Note: For recent years, use Lexis-Nexis Academic.
IMF eLibrary    
Full reports, books, and journals from the International Monetary Fund.
Online catalog of the holdings of the publications contained in the joint International Monetary Fund/World Bank Library. Journals are selectively indexed. Great source for finding publications of the IMF and the World Bank.
Histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
Searches many databases simultaneously including ABI Complete, Banking Information Source, Econlit, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Accounting and Tax, Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, ProQuest Asian Business & Reference, ProQuest European Business, and Snapshots.
Proquest Congressional  (1789+)  
Indexes publications of the U.S. Congress such as hearings, committee reports, documents and prints. Material is available in microfiche and/or electronic. Essential tool for doing legislative history research. Includes Congressional Research Reports from 1916 to the present, U.S. Serial Set from 1789-1969, Annals of Congress from 1789-1824, Register of Debates from 1824-1837, Congressional Globe from 1833-1873, and Congressional Record from 1873-1997 .
Abstracts and select full text of select scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers in economics, business, and law.
Note: 1984+ is available through Proquest Newspapers.
Digital version of the microfilm for Barron's (2008+), Boston Globe (2008+), Chicago Tribune (2008+), Guardian London (2010+), Los Angeles Times (2008+), National Law Journal (2009+), New York Times (2008+), Philadelphia Inquirer (2010+), San Francisco Chronicle (2008+), Wall Street Journal (2008+), and Washington Post (2008+).
Online access to World Bank publications. Useful for research in international social and economic development. Also see the World Bank's Open Knowledge Repository which contains open access materials.

Related Resources

Database for the study of modern Asia-Pacific. As the exclusive licensee for the region's most prestigious research institutions, Asia-Studies.com brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 55 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues.
Includes current events, business, education, science and medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles, all with a Canadian focus. Full text is available within these areas.
Think tank research on economic, political, demographic, and technological developments that have a major impact on business management.
Background reports covering economic, political, and social conditions of countries.
MyiLibrary    
Full text of select publications from the International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, UNAIDS, United Nations, and the World Health Organization.
SourceOECD    
Statistics as well as full-text books, periodicals, and working papers published by the OECD and the International Energy Agency.
Provides documents and publications related to the exchange of goods and services between the United States and other nations, as well as the history of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Includes legislative histories, official texts of trade agreements, reports from the US International Trade Commission, and Section 337 investigations.
Index and selected full text to USAID funded technical and program documentation.

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