Economics
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog: -- locate materials in Reed Library
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Business and Company Resource Center: This databases includes company profiles, Thompson Financial Security
• CountryWatch: Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world. ies Data and Investext reports.
• Journals on Economics in JSTOR: Provides a comprehensive backfile of major scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, General Science, Language & Literature, and Music.  Journals are not current, most having a "moving wall" or "embargo" of three to five years, depending on publication.
• Business Source Premier: Provides full text for over 3000 scholarly business journals. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. 

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information. 

  Mergent Online: Search for US Company data, including EDGAR reports. 
• Regional Business News: Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. 
• Value Line Investment Surveys: A comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy

Reference

• Reference Materials on Economics and Finance: Link to Reed Library's reference collection

• Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. 

Other Links

• FedStats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics:  Major features include: an "A to Z" index that provides direct access to detailed data listings in 275 categories; a keyword search capability that enables users to search Web sites linked to FedStats; 'Fast Facts' links, which allow users to visit either the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms or an online version of the most frequently requested tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States:  Contains a collection of statistics (over 1400 tables and graphs) on social, economic, and international subjects.  In addition, the Abstract is your guide to sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies and private organizations.
• U. S. Census Bureau:  As the "Factfinder for the Nation" the Bureau of the Census collects data about the people and the economy of the United States and produces a wide variety of statistical data products.