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Economics Databases
| Database Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Economics POWERSEARCH | Searches all of these databases simultaneously: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, EconLit, Social Sciences Abstracts. How to Search This Database |
| SCOPUS | Multidisciplinary database covering scientific, technical, medical and social science literature - over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers. Abstracts to over 33 million records reach from present back to 1966 with selective linking to full text. Specifically, SCOPUS covers topics in health, life sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, earth and environmental sciences, social science, psychology, and economics, business, and management. How to Search This Database |
| This database features the full text of thousands of books on economics and business and hundreds of pre-1906 serials from the Goldsmiths' Library at the University of London and the Kress Library at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Published between 1460 and 1914, the books comprise the most comprehensive collection in existence for the study of world history, political science, philosophy, business, economics, law, and women's studies. | |
| Social Issues POWERSEARCH | Searches the following databases simultaneously: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, and PAIS Online. How to Search This Database |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907-1984) | Cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. How to Search This Database |
| Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index with searchable author abstracts, covering over 4,500 journals in 50 social science disciplines (anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, sociology, etc.) Coverage begins in 1900 and continues to the present. The Cited Reference Search option in Social Sciences Citation Index allows users to find other works which reference a specific work or author. | |
| RePEc: research papers in economics | RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 63 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. How to Search This Database |
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| Global Market Information Database Euromonitor International | Euromonitor International [Global Market Information Database] provides key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers. Demographic, economic and marketing statistics for over 205 countries from 1977-2020 allow for historical searching and forecasting. Market data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries covers a span of six years, and consumer lifestyle statistical indicators for 71 countries are accompanied with analysis. Over 4,500 market analysis reports offer a strategic perspective on the global, country and company levels. Complete country profiles are included, as well as company profiles, market shares and performance indicators. How to Search This Database |
| IHS Global Insight | Provides coverage of regional, national, and international economic, financial, and commodity information. Includes historical data on macroeconomic variables such as national income accounts, balance of payments, foreign debt, interest and exchange rates, money supply and employment. |
| World Development Indicators | Developed by the World Bank, provides online access to financial and demographic data for hundreds of countries and regions of the world. Data retrieved can be manipulated by adjusting output parameters and downloaded as an Excel file. Coverage begins with 1960. |
| World Development Report Online | The World Development Report Online contains the complete text of every annual report published by the World Bank since 1978 and includes all color illustrations, charts, and tables. The World Development Report is the World Bank's major annual analytical publication with each report covering a different topic or challenge relevant to global peace, knowledge, and economic and social advancement. Access is also provided to the World Bank's online data collection which includes thousands of numerical indicators of development by country and region. |
| Global Development Finance(GDF) | Statistical database produced by the World Bank Group. GDF Online offers external debt and financial data for the 144 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. Data is available from 1970 for 213 indicators such as major economic aggregates, resource flows, debt stock and currency composition with contractual obligations data until 2016. Topical country data and regional aggregates showing time series in table and chart form is also included. The GDF Online database is updated each April to include the latest-year estimates. How to Search This Database |
| Government Finance Statistics (GFS) | The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) database is an online service of the International Monetary Fund. GFS Online contains detailed annual statistical data – from 1990 forward – on revenues, expenses, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries. The Web interface allows users to browse the database, select series of interest, display the selected series in a spreadsheet format, and save the selected series for transfer to other software systems such as Microsoft Excel®. How to Search This Database |
| Balance of Payments Statistics Online | Produced by the International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payment Statistics (BOPS) provides figures for over 100 countries, including statistics for goods, services, income, capital accounts, and reserves. BOPS also contains world totals for balance of payment components. To access Balance of Payment Statistics: 1. Open IHS Global Insight 2. Go to DataInsight-Web 3. Go to Global Economy -> Concept -> International Monetary Fund (IMF) -> Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS) |
| Direction of Trade Statistics Online | Produced by the International Monetary Fund and arranged by country, Direction of Trade Statistics provides totals for value of exports and imports in U. S. dollars. To access Direction of Trade Statistics: 1. Open IHS Global Insight 2. Go to DataInsight-Web 3. Go to Global Economy -> Concept -> International Monetary Fund (IMF) -> Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) |
| International Financial Statistics Online | Produced by the International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics provides data from over 100 countries, including figures on interest rates, prices and production, international transactions, government finance, national accounts (including GDP), exchange rates, and population. To access International Financial Statistics: 1. Open IHS Global Insight 2. Go to DataInsight-Web 3. Go to Global Economy -> Concept -> International Monetary Fund (IMF) -> International Financial Statistics (IFS) |
| UNdata, A world of infomation | Service from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) searches over 55 million records. The domains covered are agriculture, employment, education, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism. |
| Europa World Year Book | Online version of the Europa World Year Book, a source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book covers political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The database provides detailed country surveys containing the latest analytical, statistical and directory data available. How to Search This Database |
| The Economist Historical Archive 1842-2006 | Full-text content of more than 8,000 issues of the weekly news magazine, The Economist, which presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural developments and the connections between them. Each issue of this editorially-rich publication is fully searchable, and includes full-color images, exportable financial tables, and a gallery of front covers highlighting a key topic of each week. The many Supplements, Special Reports and Surveys which appear regularly in The Economist are also included as part of the archive. |
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