Economics 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

• Economic Literacy: Basic Economics With an Attitude / by Frederick Stirton Weaver
  (HB171.5 .W3)
  Explains the logic, language, and worldview of economic theory and engagingly describes the organization and performance of the U.S. economy, essential for understanding debates about current affairs, penetrating the literature of economics, and reflecting on the usefulness and limits of economic analysis- Publisher
• Delivering on Debt Relief: From IMF Gold to a New Aid Architecture / by Nancy Birdsall, Brian Deese, John Williamson
  (HG3891.5 .B57)
  Examines the economics of foreign debt and make recommendations for expanding and improving the International Monetary Fund and World Bank endorsed HIPC initiative. Presents the current initiative perversely focuses on improving the performance of recipient countries, failing to address the political and bureaucratic incentives that led donors and creditors to provide unmanageable loans- booksnews.com
• Economics of Waste / by Richard C. Porter
  (HD4483 .P67)
  Focuses on the choices that apply in real world decisions about waste and the impossibility of achieving a zero-risk environment. Presents the use of economic analysis to reveal the costs of different policies, including effective waste policy and how much can be done to meet goals to protect human health and the environment. Includes landfills, incineration, and illegal disposal, international trade in waste, the costs and benefits of recycling, and special topics such as hazardous materials, Superfund, and nuclear waste- Publisher
• Additional Books

Journals

• Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
  Source for scholars and policymakers seeking objective analysis of major macroeconomic issues- Project Muse
• The Economic Journal
  General journal offers a speedy and fair review process for papers in all fields of economics. Presents economic issues and has established a reputation for excellence- JSTOR
• International Economic Review
  Provides a forum for modern quantitative economics. Stimulate economic analysis by publishing cutting-edge research in many areas, including econometrics, macroeconomics, theory, and applied economics- JSTOR
• Journal of Industrial Economics
  Publishes innovative work on industrial organization, functioning of markets, behavior of firms and policy- JSTOR

Websites

• Archive for the History of Economic Thought
  A virtual library of partial or complete works of people who have influenced economics- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Career Development eManual
  Presents a guide on how to assess one's personality, aptitudes, and values and how to match these to potential occupations- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• EconData
  Guide to regional economic data with over 400 annotated links to socioeconomic data sources. Provides socioeconomic data to analyze local and regional economies- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
  Contains discussion, analysis, and links on current economic matters, including statistics, labor, income, economic snapshots and indicators, opinion pieces, unemployment, foreign trade, and demographics- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
  Provides high quality reference articles in the field of economic and business history- EH.Net
• RePEc [Research Papers in Economics]
  "Enhances the dissemination of research in economics." Provides a database of bibliographic records with links to thousands of working papers, journal articles, software components, book and chapter listings, and other resources related to economics- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• U. S. Economy at a Glance
  Presents key economic data, including unemployment rate, average hourly earnings, consumer price index, producer price index, U.S. import price index, and productivity- Librarian's Index to the Internet