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to find books and other materials (journal titles, NOT journal articles)
we have here at Wellesley. Remember to start with "keyword" if
you are beginning to research a topic. Try putting in "economics"
as a "subject" to see the many books we have on the various
sub-categories of economics.
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Use WorldCat to find books, journal titles (NOT individual articles),
and other materials that are not in the Wellesley Library catalog. If
you need something that Wellesley does not own, use the ILL (Interlibrary
Loan) link within WorldCat to request the item.
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Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices:
Report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Clapp Docs
HC
10 C68. 1989- and online.
These reports were abolished in 2002.
EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic
and Business History - high quality and authoritative.
Encyclopedia of American Industries. Clapp Ref HC 102 E53
1994. 2 vols.
Comprehensive essays on the development of industries in the United States.
Arranged by SIC code. Each essay has sources for further reading. You
can look for specific companies in the General Index in vol.1. For more
current industry reports, use Wellesley's subscription to Mergent
Online. Click on "Enter Mergent Online".
A Financial History of the United States. Clapp Ref HG181
.M297 2002 3 vols.
Gale Encyclopedia
of U.S. Economic History -
Short articles on "American economic history from the Paleolithic Age
to the present with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes
1003 articles on terms and definitions, overviews, issues, biographies,
state economic histories, historical events, and company and industry
histories". Has a useful "Contents by Era" index in the beginning of
vol. 1.
Human Development Reports. Clapp Docs U.N. Sales IIIB 1995+ . Also online.
There are also regional and national human development reports - do a
library catalog title search for Human Development Report.
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Clapp Ref
HB 61 N45 1987 4 vols.
Describes concepts and theories important in the field of economics. Over
700 brief biographies of important economists. Each article lists additional
sources of information. Indexes in the back of vol. 4 list biographies
and entries by author contained in Dictionary of Political Economy
ed. by Palgrave published in 1925.
OECD Economic Surveys. [various call numbers] also online through Source OECD.
Yearly summaries of the economic condition of individual member countries
of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Has a statistical
annex. Check the Library
catalog for the call number for a specific country.
An Outline of
the U.S. Economy (2001) - prepared for the U.S. Department of
State by Christopher Conte, a former editor and reporter for the Wall
Street
Journal, with
Albert R. Karr, a former Wall Street Journal reporter.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. Clapp Ref
HC 15 .O94 2003.
U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook. Clapp Docs HC 101 U14
(1960-2000)
An industry by industry overview of the U.S. economy from manufacturing
to high-tech to service industries. Contains statistical tables and charts.
Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists
1700-1986. Clapp Ref HB 76 W47 1986.
Information includes publications, career info, and principal contributions.
World Development Report. Clapp Docs HC 59.7 W659 (1978-).
Some content available online.
Produced annually by the World Bank. Each issue focuses on a differenct
topic. Has a substantial statistical appendix as well as a bibliography.
Statistics are included in the World Development Indicators database.
World Economic Outlook. Clapp Docs HC 59 I58 (1981-) 1993+
avaliable online.
Produced semiannually by the International Monetary Fund. Each issue
has a different economic theme. Has a substantial statistical appendix.
World Outlook. Clapp Ref 59 E387 (1988-)
Published yearly by the Economist Intelligence Unit, United Kingdom,
it forecasts political and economic trends in over 180 countries.
Very brief
explanatory paragraphs + statistics such as GDP, CPI.
The following databases provide either full-text articles or citations
(information about when and where the article was published). Once you
have a citation for an article, use the Find
It! @ Wellesley link
from each citation to search one or more electronic journal sources through
the Wellesley College Library Catalog. Use the name of the journal as
the title and make sure you look at the dates covered carefully! If Wellesley
does not own the article, you can request it via Interlibrary
Loan (ILL).
EconLit is
the electronic bibliographic database of the American Economic Association.
This database indexes books over 60 pages, articles in journals (1969+),
chapters in books, conference proceedings, dissertations (1987+),
book reviews (9/1994+) and selected working papers (1984+).
JSTOR collection
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Online archive of core journals in Economics, Demographics, Political
Science. Journals can be browsed or searched by keyword. (Adobe Acrobat
[.pdf] format).
NBER
Working Papers -
The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research organization founded in 1920. The working papers
are written by leading scholars in their particular fields. The papers
may be searched by keyword or browsed by NBER Program. In many cases,
the full text may be viewed using Adobe Acrobat.
PAIS [Public
Affairs Information Service] - articles about political, social & economic
issues, public affairs. Citations to articles from 1915 onward. Use
the Infobridge link to find the full-text.
RGE Monitor -
ahead-of-the-curve information on global economic and geostrategic issues.
Current news, blogs by economic experts, and timely analysis and issue
reports.
Source OECD -
Books, periodicals, and downloadable data from the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD). Browse by country or
topic, or use the search button.
Web of Science
(and Social Science) -
1965+. Interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the
social, physical, and life sciences. Search for articles that cite
known journal
articles or books.
WebEc's List of
Economics Journals - Links to publishers' sites; some offer abstracts
and tables of contents.
Wall
Street Journal Online -
full text (text only) from Jan. 2, 1984 onward. For stock quotes, charts,
and graphs, you must look at the original newspaper.
Current issues are in the Clapp Library Clark Reading Room, while back
issues are on microfilm (Clapp, 1st floor).
Other databases may be useful
for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs
and get some customized suggestions.
United States
- Statistical Abstract of the United States. Clapp Docs
HA 202 A2 (1878-) The current
year is available as tables downloadable
to Excel. Also online from
1878 as .pdf images.
Published by the U.S. Census Bureau, the place to start for
state and national statistics of all kinds. Each table lists the source
of
the
data. State Statistical abstracts available here.
- U.S. Economic Census - Clapp Library has a print
set of the U.S. Economic Census conducted every 5 years. Also available online from
1997.
- Historical
Statistics of the United States -
U.S. statistics from over 1000 sources. All tables downloadable as
.csv and .xls; create customized tables and spreadsheets. Mostly
national, not much state data.
- Beige
Book - Published 8 times a year by the Federal Reserve Board,
provides a summary of commentary on current economic conditions
by Federal Reserve District. 1996 onward.
- CPI
Calculation Machine. Compare values of goods and services for
any selected years. Tables with information on the Consumer Price
Index and Inflation Rates from 1913 onward are also available.
- EconData Net -
A comprehensive first stop for relevant state and substate socioeconomic
data. Sponsored by the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
- Economagic - More than
100,000 time series useful for economic research. The core data sets
involve data for the entire U.S. but the bulk of the data is employment
data by local area.
- Economic forecasts from the Livingston
Survey.
- Economic Report of the
President - An annual overview of the US economy, the site
includes the narrative portions and statistical tables of Economic
Reports from 1995 onward. Reports from 1997 onward can be downloaded
into spreadsheets. We have print copies from 1950 onward at Clapp
Docs HC 106.5 .A272
- Economic Statistics
Briefing Room - A collection of links to current Federal economic
indicators. Includes data for production, sales, orders, output,
income, unemployment, prices, money, credit and interest rates.
- The Minimum
Wage - This U.S. Dept. of Labor site provides information about
the minimum wage, tracks the history of changes in the minimum
wage, and compares the actual wage and its relative value over
time. Scroll down the main page to see minimum wage laws by state.
- Smart Library on
Urban Poverty - Online library of summaries and analyses of
selected research on urban poverty and joblessness. Sponsored by
the National Institute of Social Science Information.
- US Bureau of Economic Analysis -
An overview of the US economy based on estimates of national accounts
data--Gross Domestic Product, income, balance of payments, etc.
- US Federal
Reserve System - This site provides a map of the Federal Reserve
Districts and links to each of the 12 Regional Banks. Includes
reports and data on regional economic conditions. Federal Reserve
Databases:
- FRED [St.
Louis] - over 3000 U.S. economic time series downloadable
to Excel
- ALFRED [St.
Louis] - retrieve vintage versions of data that were available
on specific dates in history.
- FRASER [St.
Louis] - links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF
format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases,
and documents.
- economic forecasts [Philadelphia]
World
- Balance of Payments Statistics [IMF]. CD-ROM
mounted on the CD-ROM computer in the Clapp reference room. Print issues
are at Clapp Docs HF 1014 I6
- Direction of Trade Statistics [IMF]. CD-ROM (1948+)
mounted on the CD-ROM computer in the Clapp reference room. Statistics
on the value
of imports from and exports to a country's most important trading
partners. Print issues are at Clapp Docs HF 91 I652.
- Economic
forecasts [European Commission]
- Global Development Finance [World Bank]. CD-ROM
(1970+ ) mounted on the CD-ROM computer in the Clapp reference room.
Data include 200 debt and financial
flows indicators for the 135 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed
debt to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System. Print issues are at Clapp
Docs HJ8899 .W672
- Government Finance Statistics [International
Monetary Fund]. CD-ROM (1972+ ) mounted on the CD-ROM computer in the
Clapp reference room. Data include government financial operations
for IMF member countries;
including revenue, expenditure, and financing transactions. Print issues
at Clapp Docs HJ101 .G68
- International Economic Statistics [Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis] - choose your country and keyword
- International
Financial Statistics -
Statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance from
the International
Monetary Fund. Monthly as well as yearly Yearbook. Guide
to searching the IFS Online. Use the print volume (Clapp
Docs HG 3881 I626) if you can't decipher how
the online database is structured.
- Source
OECD Statistics -
statistics on a variety of topics and from many countries. Some data
back to 1960.
- UN
Common Database -
450+ statistical series from international data sources. Economic,
social, financial and development topics. Some data back to 1945.
- World
Development Indicators -
[World Bank] Over 550 development indicators (people, economy, environment,
global, states
and markets), time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups. Guide
to searching the WDI [from Emory University].
Also visit the subject pages for Statistics
by Topic, Statistics by Country, and Data.
- AgEcon Search [Univ. of MN] - full text repository of scholarly research
in agricultural and applied economics. Subjects include agricultural
trade, environmental economics, food policy, and economic development.
Supported by the American Agricultural Economics Association.
- American Economic Association -
Directory of members, notices of conferences, and other information
relevant to the profession.
- Liber8 [Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis] - includes economic information from the Federal Reserve System, government agencies, and international economic data sources.
- RFE: Resources for Economists -
A comprehensive site edited by Bill Goff and sponsored by the
American Economic Association.
- WebEc -
Developed at the Helsinki School of Economics, this well-organized
site complements RFE
with resources on various subfields in economics.
- Use this Bank for International
Settlements link to connect to a country's central bank. Many
central
banks'
sites
include
full-text
reports,
press
releases, and statistics.
- VIBES (Virtual International Business and Economic Sources) from
UNC Charlotte - Full-text files of recent articles and research reports,
statistical tables and graphs.
International Development
and the World Economy
- African Development Bank Group
- Includes fact sheets for regional member countries.
- Asian Development Bank and its
Statistical Database System
- Central Banks [Bank for
International Settlements]
- Country Briefings
from Economist.com. Factsheets, forecasts, and economic data for the
past 4 years downloadable in Excel. Also links to full text articles
from The Economist on that country.
- International Labour Organization
- ILO maintains online databases on international labor standards and
labor law as well as reports on special topics such as child labor.
- International Monetary
Fund - News, research reports, and other information about the IMF
and its activities. Full text online versions of the World
Economic Outlook (May 1998) and IMF
Country Reports are available at the site (Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format
only).
- Poverty
Monitoring Database - Produced by the World Bank and part of
a comprehensive PovertyNet site. Has country statistics for monitoring
poverty levels.
- The UN has several regioinal economic commissions:
- World Bank - Reports and studies
on agriculture, trade, development, corruption, and other issues.
- World Economic Forum - "Incorporated
as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World
Economic Forum is impartial
and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national
interests." Has full text reports from the Global
Competitiveness Programme.
- World Trade Organization - Resources
include news, documents, legal texts, reports on development, conflict
resolution, and statistics on world trade.
Women and Economics
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For business, company and industry resources, please
see our
Research
Resources for Business page.
Visit Wellesley's pages for Government
Documents for social and economic data from the Census Bureau, the
Labor Department and other U.S. government and international agencies.
Visit the subject page for Statistics
and Data
for other sources of statistical data.
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