Library: Economics: General

Business & Economics Research Databases

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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window The world's most comprehensive business database with full text ebooks, peer-reviewed journals, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, interviews, market research reports, industry reports, and country economic reports.
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Business Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Searches 8 business databases simultaneously: ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Asian & European Business Collection, Business Market Research Collection, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, Career and Technical Education Database, India Database, and Research Library.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Features scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country reports, and industry profiles. Its international coverage provides a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
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Regional Business News This link opens in a new window Provides comprehensive full text coverage for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.
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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
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Social Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "Provides extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology."
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eBooks on subjects in business and technology:

Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand (Business & Economics) The Business & Economics collection of the Films On Demand database includes over 2,100 full-length streaming videos in the fields of business and economics.
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Alexander Street Videos (Business Education) Videos on business and economics topics.
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Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Khan Academy (Macroeconomics) Topics covered in a traditional college level introductory macroeconomics course
Khan Academy (Microeconomics) Topics covered in a traditional college level introductory microeconomics course
MIT Video (Business & Management) Includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more from MIT.
Stanford University's eCorner (Entrepreneurship Corner) Topics covering entrepreneurship and innovation.

ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Selected Resources

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity A peer reviewed journal with comments and discussion on economics and public policy with special issues on Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.
Fortune Provides information on the economic, political and social trends that affect the environment of business. (full text from 1992 to present)
Journal of Economic Literature A peer reviewed journal with surveys, reviews, and annotated listings of new books.
Journal of Economic Perspectives A peer reviewed journal providing economists with reports on recent research findings and evaluating public policy initiatives.
Journal of Political Economy A peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of political economy.
Quarterly Journal of Economics A peer reviewed journal shaping today's economic theory from microtheory to empirical and theoretical macroeconomics.
Review of Financial Studies A peer reviewed journal covering research in financial economics, striving to establish a balance between theoretical and empirical studies.

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Economics resources available to you. The Business Research Databases box lists recommended databases in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

Background Information

Economics Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
Macroeconomics Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
Microeconomics Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!

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