Contact Librarian: Will Wheeler
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Economics
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Articles
Discipline Specific
http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=econlit-set-c&adv=1
1969- .
Indexes and abstracts worldwide economic literature. Has article citations from over 400 major economic journals since 1972. Includes indexing of some book reviews, dissertations and working papers
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
http://0-papers.nber.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/papers/
June 1973- .
Working papers covering topics in macro and microeconomics, labor economics and welfare economics.
Background Information
Encyclopedias
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
http://0-www.dictionaryofeconomics.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Designed for economists, this encyclopedia's articles read like those in economics journals. It retains the descriptions of economic methods from earlier editions and adds more information on the findings of those methods. It also offers a new emphasis on advances in microeconomics, Bayesian theory, game theory and behavioral, international and experimental economics.
Location: LAU Ref Stacks HB61 .N49 2008
Data & Statistics
Data Resources
http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://www.globalfinancialdata.com/
Current & historical(varies)
Global Financial Data is a source for historical stock market, financial, and economic data, some of which is unavailable from any other online source. The GFD Database includes over 8500 current and historical data series covering over 200 countries that have been collected from original sources. Many of the series extend back two centuries.
http://0-new.sourceoecd.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
1998-
SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Contains over 1,500 books, 20 journals and newsletters, 10 statistical periodicals, reference works, and 600 interactive statistical data tables in over 25 database products published since 1998. Text can be searched by theme or country. Statistics can be searched by title and theme. Statistical databases allow users to build their own tables from the latest data, draw graphs and tables, and download to Excel or as .csv files.
Location: All titles also received in print. Check George
Datasets
http://0-stats.oecd.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/WBOS/index.aspx
OECD.Stat, a feature of SourceOECD, contains quarterly, monthly and annual time series measuring economic and social conditions in OECD member countries, the most highly industrialised in the world. Topics include general economic indicators, development and aid, agriculture, national accounts, labor market and social issues, foreign trade, and industry, science and technology.
International Statistics
International Financial Statistics - Online
http://0-imfstatistics.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
1945 (varies)-
This International Monetary Fund source provides current and historical financial information on member countries. Includes exchange rates, inflation and deflation, government finance, balance of payments, money and banking, and national income accounts. International Financial Statistics Yearbooks (1979 - ) are in LAU Stacks at HG 3881.I6262 (latest year at reference desk). Monthly print editions in Ref. HG 3881.I626.
Government & Legal Resources
U.S. Government Information
http://www.stat-usa.gov/
An online service containing the most recent international trade information available from the National Trade Data Bank, the National Economic, Social & Environmental Data Base, the Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This U. S. Dept. of Commerce database includes export and opportunities for U.S. businesses, reports and statistical information on markets in individual countries and demand for products. Other trade related data includes exchange rates, international transactions and agricultural information. Ask at Reference Desk for password and username.
Internet Resources
Gateways
http://rfe.org/
Internet gateway and guide sponsored by the American Economic Association. Lists more than 2,000 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.


