Economic Development Subject Guide

Databases

• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 3,050 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications- EBSCOhost
• EconLit
  Provides citations for dissertations and articles in more than 620 collective volumes per year- FirstSearch
• Regional Business News
  Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Covers 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States- EBSCOhost
• LexisNexis Business
  Includes searchable indexes in business news, industry and market news and information, accounting literature, SEC filings and more- LexisNexis

Books

• Catching Up: The Limits of Rapid Economic Development / by Vladislav L. Inozemtsev
  (HD75 .I547)
  Traces the evolution of thinking about how countries lagging behind can most swiftly move forward, and assesses their prospects for success in this effort." Reviews the experience of the Soviet Union and recent experience of Japan, China, Southeast Asia- Publisher
• Planning Local Economic Development : Theory and Practice / by Edward J. Blakely, Ted K. Bradshaw
  (HC110 .I53 B56)
  Explores theories of local economic development and addresses the dilemmas communities face. Covers planning processes, analytical techniques, business and human resource development, and high-technology economic development strategies- Publisher  Look inside!
• Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb / by Joan Fitzgerald, Nancey Green Leigh
  (HT321 .F57)
  Discusses how revitalization strategies are implemented in both cities and suburbs, particularly inner-ring suburbs that are experiencing decline previously associated only with inner-city neighborhoods. Description from publisher. Incorporates social justice and sustainability into how economic development is practiced.
• The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability / by Paul Hawken
  (HD60 .H393)
  Provides a visionary blueprint for a marketplace where businesses and environmentalists work together, showing companies how to redesign and manufacture products in innovative ways, reeducate customers, and work closely with government toward a profitable, productive, and ecologically sound future- Ingram  Look inside!
• Additonal Books

Journals

• Economic Development & Cultural Change
  Articles, review articles, book reviews and lists of recently published books in all areas of economic development and cultural change- EBSCOhost
• Economic Development Journal 
  Features in-depth accounts of important programs, projects, & trends from the US & the world. Includes urban, suburban, & rural development; infrastructure financing; public-private partnerships; military base redevelopment; business retention- EBSCOhost
• Development
  Reference for the dialogue between activists and intellectuals committed to the search for alternative paths of social transformation towards a more sustainable and just world- EJS
• The Economic Record
  Presents knowledge and understanding in economics. Publishes papers in the theoretical, applied and policy areas of economics and provides a forum for research on the Australian economy- EJS

Websites

• ELDIS Gateway to Development Information
  Offers searchable access to world development information, including agriculture, economics, education, trade, statistics, organizations, and development sectors. Contains country profiles for Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East; resource guides on development topics; news; and Web links- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Office of Trade and Economic Development
  Contains "four divisions: Economic Development, International Trade, Energy Policy, and WorkFirst, working to enhance and promote sustainable economic vitality throughout the state- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• The World Bank Group
  Sources of development assistance, primary focusing on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries. Provides an overview of how the World Bank uses its financial resources, its highly trained staff, and its extensive knowledge base to help developing countries onto paths of stable, sustainable, and equitable growth- WBG