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
• Business Source Complete: Provides access to thousands of full text business journals. Coverage goes back to 1886.
• CountryWatch: Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world.  Data and Investext reports.
• 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.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information. 
• 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

• Economics Titles in Reed Library's Reference Collection 
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. 

• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.

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.