Subject Guide: Economics

Books

Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):

A Dictionary of Economics [REF] HB61 .B554 1997
Demographics of the US: Trends and Projections [REF]HB849.49 .R875 2000
Economic Indicators: Essential Information For Economic Projections in 185 Countries/Territories
[REF] HC59.3 .E26 2004
Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics [REF]HB871 .N43 1999
Handbook of Markets and Economics [REF]HF5415.33 .A78 H36 2006
Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators [REF]HC106.8 .O47 2000
Industry Research Using the Economic Census [REF]HC101 .B594 2004
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History [REF]HC 102 .G35 1999
The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics [REF] HB61 .R68 1999
A Guide To Everyday Economic Statistics [REF] HB137 .C57 1997
Commodity Prices [REF] HB235.U6 F74 1991
The Value of a Dollar : Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999 [REF]HB235.U6 V35 1999
The New Palgrave : a Dictionary of Economics [REF] HB61 .N49 1987
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law [REF] K487.E3 N48 1998
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance [REF] HG151 .N48 1992
World Economic Outlook [REF]HB3730 .W927 2005

Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings:

Capital	Economic History
Commerce	Economic Policy
Comparative Economics	Exchange
Economic Development	Finance
Income	Gross National product
Keynesian economics	Labor Economics
Macroeconomics	Microeconomics
Supply and demand	Supply-side economics
Urban Economics	Value
Wealth	Welfare economics

To find additional related subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (a set of red reference books located near the Reference Desk in McQuade Library).

Articles

Selected print indexes and periodicals:

Boston Globe Index [1987 -] (REF AI21 .B63 B44)
Business Periodicals Index [1971-1980] (REF Z7164 .C81 B9)
New York Times Index [1913 -] (REF AI21 .N45)
Wall Street Journal Index [1974 -] (REF HG1 .W26)

Online Full-Text Newspapers:

Wall Street Journal
Massachusetts Newspapers
(includes Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Print and Electronic Periodicals :
The library subscribes to a number of journals in print. These are located in the Periodicals Room on the second floor of the library. There are also many full-text electronic journals available in the library's online databases. For a complete list of the library's periodicals holdings in both formats, go to Journal Finder. Here, you can search by title or subject for all print and full-text electronic periodical holdings.

You can search for a particular periodical by title in the McQuade Library Catalog.

Selected journals, magazines and newspapers on the Web:

Journal of Applied Econometrics Data Archive - contains data for all papers accepted after January 1994(unless data is confidential).
RePEc's IDEAS collection - articles and proceedings with links to a growing body of economic journals' contents including some full text.

Search these databases to find articles:

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
EBSCOhost contains several databases pertaining to economics. You may search them individually or simultaneously. Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 1,700 journals covering the social sciences and other disciplines, including The Economist & Economic Development Journal. Business Source Premier provides full text for over 2,580 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance,accounting, international business and much more.
FirstSearch connects you to information in a wide range of subjects in 19 databases. EconLit indexes books, journals and working papers in on economics.
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest offers full-text coverage updated daily, and going back to 1984. Use this index to find major business news articles from Section "A" of the journals as well as Money and Investing and Marketplace sections.
Expanded Academic ASAP via INFOTRAC provides indexing and selected full-text to scholarly
journals, news magazines and newspapers. Over 20 Economics journals are included in this collection. You can find articles from journals such as American Economic Review, Applied Economics, New England Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Literature.
Lexis-Nexis Academic A collection of full-text databases with particular emphasis business, law, medicine, and reference.

Web Sites

General Guides

WebEc:WWW Virtual Library in Economics - an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW. It is searchable and contains a list of Economics journals.
B&E Datalinks - links to econ & financial data sources of interest to economists and business statisticians. This page is a project sponsored by the Business and Economics (B&E) Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
Bureau of Economic Analysis from the US Department of Commerce, this site seeks to strengthen the understanding of the U.S. economy and its competitive position by providing the most accurate and relevant GDP and economic accounts data for the nation, regions and industries.
Bureau of Labor Statistics- includes Economy-at-a-Glance
Economic Statistics Briefing Room from the White House
Economic Research: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - information about monetary policy, the banking system
and its regulation by the FED.
Fedstats The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies .
FRASER - Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research "provides economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents."
Resources for Economists on the Internet from the American Economist Association

Topics in Economics

Money - past, present & future - Sources of information on monetary history, contemporary developments, and the prospects for electronic money.
EconData.net - a guide to regional economic activity with over 950 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider.
Web Resources for International Economics and Business - essential informations on international trade, finance, business, law and others.
Wachowicz's Web World:Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students -financial management web sites grouped to correspond with the major topic headings in his Fundamentals of Financial Management textbook.

Local Resources