Guide to Selected Economics Resources
Find Articles Find Books Reference & Web Sources
Banking
Country Information
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Government Agencies
Data and Statistics Resources
Thesaurus Professional Associations
For more information contact the Library Liaison for the Economics Department.
| Find Articles |
| Provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature | |
| PAIS International | 1972 to present. Global public policy and social issues, including but not limited to international relations, human rights, and environmental policy. |
| Lexis-Nexis | Newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade journals, and business sources. Includes articles relating to news, business, legal research, medical, and reference. |
| Core titles in economics and finance, with a range of critical research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment. | |
| ArticleFirst | 1990 to present. Citations from more than 13,000 journals in business, science, technology, medicine, social science, the humanities, & popular culture. |
| Wall Street Journal | 1984 to present. |
| Find Books |
| Option 1 - Ames Library Catalog | Search for books and other materials owned by IWU.
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| Option 2 - WorldCat | A catalog of books and other materials worldwide.
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| Economics Call Numbers Ranges: | HB1-HB3840 Economic theory. Demography. The Ames Library uses Library of Congress Classification. |
| Reference & Web Sources |
| Banking |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | Banking news, publications, statistical information on banks and banking, and laws and regulations applying to financial institutions. |
| Federal Reserve Board | Current news stories relating to the Federal Reserve, working papers and reports to Congress. |
| Country Information |
| Department of State information on a country's geography, people, economy, history, political conditions, and foreign relations. | |
| CIA World Factbook | Government information, demographics, geography, economic data, and maps. Online file of the Factbook updated with the newest information. |
| Country Studies - Library of Congress | A description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. |
| Briefs focusing on news and figures relating to energy at key locations around the world. | |
| The Economist - Country Briefings | News, country profiles, forecast, statistics and more on a wide range of countries. |
| STAT-USA | Includes "State of the Nation" providing current and historical, economic and financial data. Librarian provides password at information desk. |
| GLOBUS & National Trade Data Bank | Country commercial analysis guides. Obtain password from librarian at information desk. |
| International Monetary Fund | Search IMF publications for economic issues, reports, and papers |
| Dictionaries & Encyclopedias |
| Dictionary of Economics | REF.HB61.S466 1995 - An authoritative reference that includes charts and graphs to illustrate economic terms. |
| Encyclopedia of American Economic History | REF.HC103.E52 - Studies of the principle movements and ideas in American economic history. |
| Encyclopedia of Economics | REF.HB61.E55 - Covers important subjects from the related fields of economics and statistics. |
| The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics | REF.HB61.N49 1991 - Evaluative definition of terms, ideas and people of economics. |
| Government Agencies |
| FirstGov | A – Z list of US government's official web portals for all federal, state and local government web resources and services. |
| Data and Statistics Resources |
| Access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2006, where data are available | |
| Data and Statistics Resources | |
| ICPSR | Inter-university consortium for political and social research - access to data sets. |
| STAT-USA | Includes "State of the Nation" providing current and historical, economic and financial data. Librarian provides password at information desk. |
| International Financial Statistics | Detailed tabulations of international and domestic finance data from 1945. |
| Newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade journals, and business sources. Includes articles relating to news, business, legal research, medical, and reference. | |
| U.S. Economy at a Glance | Information on U.S. Productivity, the Employment Cost Index, U.S. Import Price Index, Data Series, Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, Average Hourly Earnings, Change in Payroll Employment, and the Unemployment Rate. |
| 2002 Economic Census | Data from the local to the national level. Geographic, industry and special subject series |
| U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis | (U.S. Dept of Commerce) - Data and articles on national, regional, and international economic accounts. |
| Online PDF file of the most recent version of the Statistical Abstract. | |
| National Center for Education Statistics | Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. |
| The Federal Reserve Board "Beige Book" | Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector. |
| Includes a wide variety of statistics on employment, programs, and the economy. | |
| U.S. Census Bureau | Searches and links related to census data- up to date with last census. |
| GPO Access | The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. |
| FedStats | U.S. statistics regarding more than 70 federal agencies and their operations. |
| Provides international trade statistics and U.S. tariff data free of charge. | |
| OECD | Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. |
| United Nations | Links to: Policy analysis features, Development studies, Models and forecasts, Statistics, International news, and General sources. |
| World Bank | The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). |
| EconData.net | 1,000 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data collections, and a list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data. |
| Statistical Resources on the Web - Foreign & International Economics | Comprehensive listing of sources for statistics. |
| Easy access to large amounts of data. | |
| International Economics Gateway | List of resource pages and data archives, international organizations, and national government web sites. |
| National Bureau of Economic Research | Founded in 1920, NBER promotes a greater understanding of how the economy works. |
| Resources for Economists on the Internet | Sponsored by the American Economic Association. Lists resources of interest to academic and practicing economists |
| City and County Data Book | REF.HA202.A362002 - Statistics are compiled in summary form on states, counties, cities, and places in the United States. |
| Dictionary of Statistical Terms | REF.HA17.K41990 |
| Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 | REF.HA202.B871976 - census data . |
| The American Tally | REF.HA201 2000p - statistics & comparative rankings for US cities with populations over 10,000. |
| Thesaurus |
| World Bank Thesaurus |
| Professional Associations |
| American Economic Association | Founded in 1885, 22,000 members. "Encourages economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of actual conditions of industrial life." |
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