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Economics

This guide provides an overview on finding reliable, scholarly information for topics in Economics. Use it to plan your assignments, projects, essays and research.

Course Reserves & Textbooks (ECON 101, 200, 220, 221)

Books and eBooks - Economics

Articles - Economics

U.S. Major Dailies

US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.  The content is available by 8 AM U.S. Eastern time each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1980.

CountryWatch

Access to profiles of 192 countries with demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information. Also provides daily news coverage and a five-year macroeconomic forecast for each country.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This database has full-text academic articles in almost every subject, including quite a few peer-reviewed and scholarly journals. A good choice for almost any topic.

Ebook Central (ProQuest)

Search and read over 100,000 books---all in digital format. Books cover a wide array of subjects.

Gale eBooks (GVRL)

Gale eBooks has reference encyclopedias that you can view online, which are useful for giving you a brief overview and important aspects of your topic.

Films - Economics

Business & Economics - Films on Demand

Watch award-winning documentaries and educational programs about business, economics, global policy, and more.

Business & Economics - Channel on Academic Video Online (AVON)

Educational programs from well-known producers like A&E, BBC, and PBS.

Web Resources - Economics

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

International, national, regional and industry accounts data.

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data

Database of 20,038 U.S. economic time series.

Google Dataset Search

Search for publicly available data and statistics.

U.S. Census Data

U.S. Census Bureau site, offering social, demographic, and economic information and data.

World Bank Open Data

Includes World Development Indicators: Economic and social data for developing countries

International Financial Statistics Online

Data covering more than 200 countries and country groupings. Updated monthly.

UN Comtrade

A searchable database of import and export data from over 130 countries.

OECD.Stat

OECD Statistical Data covers the broad range of OECD activities including finance, sustainable development

Global Commodities Data Visualizations

Price and energy data visualizations with downloadable data.

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