Economics

This guide will help you find research resources specific to economics

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This guide is intended for MCLA students who are conducting research in economics and who wish to learn more about the resources that are available through the library. This guide has resources specific to economics. You may also find our guide on business research helpful.

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Some suggested keywords for searching for information on Economics are listed below.

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Suggested Databases

  • Business Searching Interface Best Bet
    The Business Searching Interface (BSI) is EBSCO’s highly focused user interface created especially for the business searcher. Business Searching Interface provides an easy way to both browse and search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research.
  • Business Source Complete Best Bet

    Business Source Complete provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

  • Newspaper Source Plus Best Bet
    Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 860 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains more than 857,000 full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for regional (U.S.) newspapers.
  • Business (Gale OneFile)
    Contains full-text coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, and business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications, which are updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
  • EBSCO News
    Searches both Regional Business News and Newspaper Source Plus
  • Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile)
    Offers a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index. This content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more.
  • Environment Complete
    Contains full-text articles from over 400 journals in the fields of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
  • Google Scholar Featured
    Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature using the familiar Google interface. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
  • GreenFILE
    Scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
  • Hospitality and Tourism (Gale OneFile)
    This collection provides coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, while also allowing for focused study of specialized aspects of the industry - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
  • Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile)
    Provides access to content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more. Updated daily, this library resource is useful for researchers or any professional interested in career development.
  • New York Times
    Full text from the New York Times from 1985 to the present.
    To access the NYT digital edition, see these instructions.
  • Sustainability Reference Center
    This database covers all aspects of sustainability, including environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility and federal, state and local regulations. It includes full text journals, magazines, books and trade publications, plus expert analyses, benchmarks and best practices for sustainability initiative management.

Websites - National and International Economic Organizations

Websites - Independent Associations and Organizations