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FINDING BOOKS
PRINCIPAL SUBJECT HEADINGS
DICTIONARIES, DIRECTORIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HANDBOOKS
STATISTICAL SOURCES
JOURNAL ARTICLES
PRINCIPAL JOURNALS
SELECT WEBSITES


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FINDING BOOKS
                      
I-Share: Catalog for Lovejoy Library and some other 70 other Illinois libraries. You can submit interlibrary loan requests directly online for many items.

WorldCat: Catalog for more than 44,000 libraries worldwide. You can submit interlibrary loan requests using ILLiad, the electronic request system.

PRINCIPAL SUBJECT HEADINGS or "about" terms to use in I-Share or WorldCat:
           
Business                                                        
Capital
Commerce                                                     
Comparative economics
Cost                                                               
Econometrics
Economic development                                 
Economic history
Economic policy                                            
Economics                 
Economics (Mathematical)                           
Elasticity (Economics)                      
Employment (Economic theory)                   
Equilibrium (Economics)
Exchange                                                       
Finance
Gross national product                                 
Income
Index numbers (Economics)             
Industries
Labor economics                                           
Macroeconomics
Managerial economics                                 
Microeconomics
Production functions (Economic theory)      
Profit
Property                                                         
Regional economics
Resource allocation                                      
Risk
Statistics                                                        
Supply and demand
Surplus (Economics)                                     
Value
Waste (Economics)                                       
Wealth

The Catalog will often suggest additional subject headings.

DICTIONARIES, DIRECTORIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HANDBOOKS

The American Economy:  A Historical Encyclopedia.  Ref. HC 102.A66 2003

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management.  12 vols. Ref. HD 30.15.B463 1997 
      Vol 8 entitled:  Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance.

Business Cycles and Depressions:  An Encyclopedia.  Ref. HB 3711.B936 1997

Dictionary of Economics. Ref. HB 61.S466 1995

Dictionary of United States Economic History.  Ref. HC 102.O57 1992

The Economist’s Handbook:  A Research and Writing Guide.Ref. HB 74.5.W97 1994

Encyclopedia of American Industries.  4th ed.  Ref. HC 102.E53 2005

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources.  Ref. HF5035.E53 2002

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ref. HC 102.G35 1999

Handbooks in Economics –  prestigious series published Elsevier/North Holland:

  • Handbook of Development Economics. HD 82.H275 1988, vols. 1-2
  • Handbook of Econometrics.  HB 139.H36 1983, vols. 1,2,4
  • Handbook of Financial Economics.  HG 175.H36
  • Handbook of Income Distribution.  HB 523.H36 2000
  • Handbook of Industrial Organization.  HD 2326.H28 1988, vols. 1-2
  • Handbook of International Economics.  HF 1411.H257 1984, vols. 1-3
  • Handbook of Labor Economics.  HD 4802.H36 1986, 5 vols. in 3
  • Handbook of Mathematical Economics.  HB 135.H357 1981, vols. 1-4
  • Handbook of Monetary Economics. HG 221.H24 1990, vols. 1-2
  • Handbook of Public Economics. HJ 141.H36 1985, vols. 1-2

Handbook of the Economics of Finance.  HG 173.H345 2003, vols. 1A, 1B

International Encyclopedia of Business and Management.  Ref. HF1001.I53 2002

The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics.  Ref. HB 61.M491 1986

The New Palgrave:  A Dictionary of Economics.  4 vols.  Ref. HB 61.N49 1987

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law.  3 vols.
     Ref. K 487.E3N49 1998

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History.  5 vols.  Ref. HC 15.O94 2003

Quadrilingual Economics Dictionary:  English/American, French, German, Dutch.
     Ref. HB 61.J64

The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics.  Ref. HB 61.R68 1999

Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy.  Ref. HF 1359.R68 2001

Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys.  Ref. HG 4961.S75 [latest]—earlier in Book
     Collection.  Also available online via Library’s subscription to S&P’s NetAdvantage

Wiley’s English-Spanish, Spanish-English Business Dictionary.                                         Ref. HB 61.K323 1996

STATISTICAL SOURCES

Balance of Payments Statistics.  Yearbook.  Ref. HF1014.I5 [annual]

Business Statistics of the United States.  Ref. HC 101.A13123 [latest]
Continues Business Statistics HC 101.A13122]

CRB Commodity Yearbook. Ref. HF1041.C59 [annual]

Direction of Trade Statistics.  Yearbook.  Ref. HF 53.D5 [annual]

Economic Indicators. In Library’s journal collection and also online at:  http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1458

Economic Report of the President Transmitted to the Congress.  US Doc Coll. PR42.9:  ; online via U.S. GPO

International Financial Statistics Yearbook.  Ref. HG 61.I57—latest, and earlier years in Book Stacks [annual]

National Accounts Statistics:  Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables.  Ref. HC 79.I5U54 [latest]

National Income and Product Accounts of the United States.  Latest available online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2825

OECD Factbook:  Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics.  Ref. HC 10.O34 2005; latest ed. available online at www.sourceoecd.org

Statistical Abstract of the United States.  Ref. HA 202.S8 latest  (Docs. C 3.134: [older])  Also online at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Survey of Current Business.  Journal Collection, current in print, backfile in microform; online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1730

United Nations Common Database (UNCDB).  (United Nations, 1971- )  [Accessible via Library’s web site at:  http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/research_tools/business_reference_sources.htm.  Contains 300+ economic, social, and demographic statistical series on over 200 countries]

World Development Report.  Ref. HC 59.7.W659 [latest]

World Economic Outlook.  Ref. HC 10.W7979 [latest]

JOURNAL ARTICLES– Online Indexing and Abstracting Services * Indicates database may include full-text or full image.

* Indicates that database includes full-text or full image of some articles.

ABI/INFORM*  –  Abstracts articles in all subject areas of business and economics; covers both trade periodicals and academic journals.  Very good indexing vocabulary. [Available online through Library’s web page:  “Library and Information Services—Journal and Newspaper Databases—Business.”

Academic Universe (LEXIS-NEXIS)*
[Within this database click on “Business.”

Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost)*  –  similar to ABI/INFORM although more appropriate for keyword searching.

EconLit – American Economics Association (AEA).  Index to 700+ journals, books, conference papers and dissertations.  Compiled from and an expansion of AEA’s Journal of Economic Literature (Ref. HB 1.J6) and of Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes (Z 7164.E2A57). [Available in Library ONLY via controlled login and password—ask at Library Information Desk] 

F&S Index United States.  (Ref. Index Table HF 4963.F83 1993-2002) (earlier title in Book Stacks) – very good detailed company, product, and industry periodical index.

More listed on Corporations and Industries.

PRINCIPAL JOURNALS

American Economic Review
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Antitrust Bulletin
Applied Economics
Applied Financial Economics
Applied Mathematical Finance
Asian Economic Journal
Atlantic Economic Journal
Australian Economic Review
Balance of Payments Statistics.  Yearbook.
Brookings Institution  [standing order for monographs]
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Bulleting of Economic Research
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Canadian Journal of Economics
Cato Journal
Contemporary Economic Policy
CPI Detailed Report
Developing Economies
Direction of Trade Statistics [print journal and also online]
Eastern Economic Journal
Econometrica
Econometrics Journal
Economic History Review
Economic Inquiry
Economic Journal
Economic Policy
Economic Record
Economica
Economist
Energy Journal
Explorations in Economic History
Far Eastern Economic Review
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Financial Market Trends / OECD
International Economic Review
International Financial Statistics / IMF
International Financial Statistics.  Country Notes. / IMF
International Financial Statistics Yearbook / IMF
International Journal of Industrial Organization
International Review of Economics & Finance
International Review of Law and Economics
Journal of Applied Econometrics
Journal of Comparative Economics
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Economic Education
Journal of Economic History
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Theory
Journal of Economics
Journal of Economics and Business
Journal of Energy and Development
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Industrial Economics
Journal of International Economics
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Macroeconomics
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Journal of Socio-Economics
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
Journal of Urban Economics
Kyklos
Land Economics
Managerial and Decision Economics
Manchester School
Metroeconomica
Monthly Labor Review
National Bureau of Economic Research  [various standing order monographic series]
NBER Macroeconomics Annual
New England Economic Review
OECD Economic Outlook
OECD Observer
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Oxford Economic Papers
Public Choice
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Rand Journal of Economics
Real Estate Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics and Statistics
Review of Financial Economics
Review of Income and Wealth
Review of Industrial Organization
Review of Political Economy
Review of Social Economy
Review of World Economics
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Studies in Income and Wealth
Survey of Current Business / U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis [print & online]
World Bank Economic Review

SELECT WEBSITES

B&E DataLinks: econ & financial data sources—http://www.econ-datalinks.org/ [extremely comprehensive site for sources of business and economic data, organized under the categories of finance, macroeconomics, and labor & general microeconomics]

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce – http://bea.gov/  [important data on national accounts, grouped in four main categories of national, regional, international, and industry]

Congressional Budget Officehttp://www.cbo.gov/Index.cfm  [U.S. budget and economic information]

Corporate Informationhttp://www.corporateinformation.com  [information on some 60 countries]

Economist.com:  Country Briefingshttp://www.economist.com/countries/

EDGAR / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission—http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml [For 10-K and other reports that corporations are required to file with the SEC]

FRASER:  Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research – http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/  [provides access to historical economic statistical publications, documents, and statistical releases]

Finance Resources on the Webhttp://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/index.bak  [excellent directory, sponsored by New York University’s Stern School of Business, for finance information]

International Monetary Fundhttp://www.imf.org

The Library of Economics and Libertyhttp://www.econlib.org/

National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER)http://www.nber.org

RePEc:  Research Papers in Economicshttp://repec.org/  [extremely useful directory site for scholarly work in economics and other social sciences]

Researching Companies Onlinehttp://www.learnwebskills.com/company/

RFE:  Resources for Economists on the Internet / American Economics Association – http://rfe.org/  [resource guide of some 2,100 resources sponsored by AEA

FRED:  St. Louis Fed:  Economic Data – FRED II – http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/  [a database of over 3,000 U.S. economic time series]

Statistical Resources on the Webhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Stat-USA/Internet from U.S. Commerce Dept.—http://www.stat-usa.gov/  [Available online in Library ONLY via password; ask at Library Information Desk]

U.S. Census Bureauhttp://www.census.gov

World Bankhttp://www.worldbank.org/  [excellent resource site for international finance, macroeconomics, and economic development]


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Paul L. Anthony, Business & Engineering Librarian
Office: Lovejoy Library Room 2100
Phone: 618-650-3282
Email: panthon@siue.edu




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