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Selected Resources for: Economics

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  Economic Indicators U.S. Government Resource Resource Guide
    1998 - present
Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisers and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.
Location: Govt Documents Reference (basement) HC101 .A186
  Economic Literature Index (FirstSearch) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1969 to present. Updated monthly.
Citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, and working papers on economics.
  Economic Report of the President U.S. Government Resource Resource Guide
    1995 - present
Annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices.
Location: Govt Documents Reference (basement) HC106.5 .A272

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  ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1971 to present with small collection (25 titles) back to early 1900's. Updated: bi-monthly.
The combination of products forms a business database package that contains over 2,800 full-text journal titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. ABI/INFORM Global is an excellent source of information on management techniques, corporate strategies, trends, and business conditions. Coverage: 1971 to present with small collection (25 titles) back to early 1900's.
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  American FactFinder U.S. Government Resource Resource Guide
This is the primary gateway to demographic and economic data from the United States Census Bureau. Data is available from nearly 100 ongoing surveys including: Decennial Census (people and housing; 1990- ), American Community Survey (ongoing; 2000- ), Economic Census (every 5 years; 1997- ), Population Estimates/Projections, Annual Survey of Manufactures.
Quick Tip: 4 East Steps to Census 2000 Data on American FactFinder (pdf)
  Business & Management Practices (FirstSearch) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1995 to present. Updated weekly.
Practical aspects and approaches to business management.
  Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
    1886 to present, but varies by journal; view title list.
This database includes full text for over 2,300 business journals journals. Non-journal full text includes: market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analysis.
- Quick Tip: Find Company Profiles
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  CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online (Columbia University Press) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: weekly.
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text of journal articles, working papers, and conference papers in topics such as: international affairs, economics, environment, and politics. Also includes case studies, course packs, and a schedule of events with calls for papers.
  GMID - Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1977 to present. Forecast Data: Through 2015. Updated: weekly.
Contains over 4 million statistics on industries, countries, and consumers as well as 15,000 industry, company, country, and consumer reports. This resource also includes 205 country reports and market and brand share rankings. Individual and cross-country comparisons of data types include demographic and economic statistics, lifestyle indicators including housing and household facilities, travel and tourism trends, GDP trends, and income and earnings potential.
Note: Data in this resource may be used for research and private study only.
  STAT-USA/InternetU.S. Government Resource Resource Guide
(1) State of the Nation--current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data; (2) GLOBUS & NTDB--current and historical trade-related releases, international market research (Country Commercial Guides (CCG)), trade opportunities, country analysis (Country Background Notes), and the National Trade Data Bank.
Location: On the Statistics/Geography and Business workstations in the reference area

    Multidisciplinary Article Databases

  Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink Resource Guide
    Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: Daily.
Provides access to citations and abstracts for over 8,000 magazines and journals, with full text access to over half these titles. For scholarly publications, full text is available for more than 3,600 titles covering subjects such as social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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  CQ Researcher (CQ Press) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
    Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Quick Tips: How to browse for topic ideas. | How to get quick citations | How to cite APA style using KnightCite
  JSTOR Authentication Required 
    Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001.
  LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Authentication Required Brought to you by the University of Wisconsin System 
Over 5,600 full text sources.
News: 350 newspapers, 400 magazines/journals, 600 newsletters, broadcast transcripts, campus news, wire services.
Business: news, accounting literature, company information, directories.
Legal Research: secondary literature, case law, codes & regulations, tax law, international legal materials, patent research, career information.
- Guides: Finding a Case, Tax Research
  MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) Authentication Required Brought to you by BadgerLink 
    Coverage: 1984 to present. Updated: daily.
Full-text from nearly 3,000 general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural periodicals.
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    Periodicals

  Economics Periodicals
A title list of the library's individual periodical subscriptions in Economics. Many more Economics related periodicals are available through the library's article databases.

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    Featured Reference Books @ Murphy Library

  A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists,
    2000
  American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has Money
    5th ed., 2005
  An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics
    2002
  Biographical Dictionary of American Economists
    2 volumes, 2006
  Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance
     9th ed., 3 volumes, 2004
  Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance,
    2007
  Economic Indicators Handbook
    6th ed., 2002
  Financial Lexicon: A Compendium of Financial Definitions, Acronyms, and Colloquialisms
    2005
  Guide to Economic Indicators
    4th ed., 2006
  The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History,
    5 volumes, 2003
  The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865
    2005
  The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999,
    1999
  World Development Indicators
    2006

Find Facts, Definitions, Overviews

    Company & Industry Profiles

  Business & Industry (FirstSearch) Authentication Required 
    Coverage: 1994 to present. Updated daily.
Business and industry facts, figures, and key events.
  MarketLine Business Information Center (Datamonitor) Authentication Required 
    Updated: Company and industry profiles - biannually; Country profiles - annually.
MarketLine contains business information from primary and secondary sources. This database offers concise profiles of 10,000 companies, 2,000 industries, and 50 countries. It also offers 2,500 company SWOT analyses and is constantly updated with the latest business and industry news.

Find Statistics

    Statistical & Data Sources

  World Development Indicators E-Version (World Bank)On CD-ROM Format 
    2000 edition
International demographic data. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the reference area.

Use Free Web Resources

    Websites (free, public sites)

  Economic Statistics Briefing Room
(The White House)
  FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
  Liber8
(Federal Reserve Bank of. St. Louis economic information portal)
  U.S. Economy at a Glance
  Wisconsin Economic Indicators

UW-L Website

    Department / School Webpage

  Department of Economics



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