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Article Databases (27 items)

Use these searching tools to identify articles in journals, newspapers, and other sources. All the databases provide citations to the material, many provide abstracts and many provide access to the full-text of the articles.

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Major Databases
· Business Source Complete About
· EconLit About
· Europa World Plus About
· Factiva About
· JSTOR About
· LexisNexis Academic About
· National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers About
Other Databases:
· Academic Search [Ebsco] About
· Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1988- / Web of Science About
· DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals About
· ebrary Academic Complete About
· IngentaConnect About
· Oxford Scholarship Online (selected titles) About
· Sage Journals Online About
· ScienceDirect About
· Social Sciences Citation Index 1995- / Web of Science About
Other Electronic Resources:
· Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities About
· CQ Researcher About
· CQ Weekly About
· Encyclopedia of Global Industries About
· Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History About
· Films on Demand Academic Collection About
· Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History About
· Population Studies About
· Sage Reference Online About
· Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage About
· United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics (UN Comtrade) About

Web Sites (28 items)

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· Amos World Economic Glossary
· Bureau of Economic Analysis - Statistics on key national, international, regional and industrial aspects of the U.S. economy.
· Bureau of Labor Statistics
· Conference Board: Economics
· DECO (Division of Economic and Community Outreach), Towson U.
· Dismal Scientist
· Economagic: Economic Time Series
· Economic Policy Institute
· Economic Report of the President - Annual report to Congress on the state of the economy, including extensive statistics and analysis.
· EconPapers - Search RePEc, the world's largest collection of online Economics working papers, journal articles and software.
· EH.Net: Economic History - Encyclopedia of economic history, historical data and calculators ("How Much Is That?"), and teaching materials.
· Eldis - Gateway to development information. Browse countries and issues, or search content from 4000 development sites through Eldis Google search.
· Federal Reserve Board: Statistics & Historical Data
· FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
· International Monetary Fund
· Liber8 - Current international, national, and regional economic indicators; recent research articles from the Federal Reserve Banks; and links to useful web sites. Option to subscribe to Liber8 newsletter by email or RSS. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
· National Bureau of Economic Research
· National Council for Economic Education - Organization that promotes economic literacy in schools. Towson provides the full-text of the NCEE's Journal of Economic Education.
· OECD - Statistics, country and issue information from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and International Development. Some information is limited to subscribers.
· OFFSTATS - Locate official statistics by country, region, or topic. Compiled by U. of Auckland Library.
· Penn World Table - Purchasing Power Parity and national accounts time series for 188 countries.
· Regional Economic Conditions (RECON) from the FDIC
· Resources for Economists (RFE) - Comprehensive collection of Economics links, sponsored by the American Economic Association. Also try their Economics Search Engine.
· SSRN: Social Science Research Network: Economics - Working papers and abstracts from the preeminent social sciences portal. Many papers downloadable free of charge.
· Statistical Resources on the Web: Economics - From the U. of Michigan Documents Center.
· UNCTAD (UN Council on Trade & Development)
· World Bank - Country profiles, data (including the World Development Indicators), research, and news from the World Bank.
· World Trade Organization

Selected Journals (13 items)

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· American Economic Review
· Econometrica
· Economic Development Quarterly
· Economic Journal
· Economist
· Environmental & Resource Economics
· Feminist Economics
· Journal of Accounting and Economics
· Journal of Economic History
· Journal of Health Economics
· Journal of Political Economy
· Quarterly Journal of Economics
· Review of Economics and Statistics

To identify other journals available at Cook Library, you may search our list of print and electronic journals.

Subject Guide: Economics / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/getResourcesBySubject.cfm?subjectID=4
Last revised: September 15, 2009

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