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Academic Search Elite
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

Business Source Premier
Provides full text for over 8,000 scholarly business journals and other sources in nearly every area of business, including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU,  and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies.

EconLit (FirstSearch)
An index of economic literature including journals, books and working papers.

Social Science Abstracts
Contains citations and abstracts from more than 550 social science journals

Biographical Information

A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists

An extensive guide to economists both past and present, providing biographical, bibliographical and critical information on over 100 economists working in the non-neoclassical traditions broadly defined.

Who's Who In Economics
An extensive and authoritative guide to the most frequently cited academic economists from throughout the world.

Data/Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistical information in all areas of labor and economics.

Business & Company Resource Center
Business, company, and industry informaiton.  Contains company profiles, periodical articles, financial data, market research, and stock and financial information.

China Data Online. 1949+
Historical statistics as well as monthly and yearly macro-economic data from the China Data Center.  Password needed.  Inquire at the Reference Desk.

Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators
Designed to answer questions about the makeup, purpose, use and availability of economic indicators in a broad sense of the term, this book includes entries on 284 indicators, 137 of which are new to this edition. In addition to identifying and describing indicators, the entries show how they are calculated, where they are published, and where one can find further information about them.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Economic and social statistics of the countries in the world, collected by the United Nations.

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
From the U.S. Census Bureau, this is a standard and widely used reference source providing tables of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of the United States.  Available in print and online.   Print editions include the latest edition in Reference, and a number of previous years in the General Collection.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
A comprehensive collection of entries, essays, and primary source documents emphasizing the importance of economic policy in all aspects of life in the United States.

Collins Dictionary of Economics

Summarizes the theoretical principles behind the science of economics and their application in such areas as competition policy, agricultural policy, fiscal policy and monetary policy.

An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
A comprehensive reference work introducing the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of Keynesian economics.

An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics
A reference source on macroeconomics, embracing definitions of terms and concepts, conflicting ideological approaches and the contributions of major thinkers. Contains hundreds of short entries and more than 100 specially commissioned main entries from an internationally renowned group of scholars.

The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics
Includes timely entries addressing key concepts in feminist economics as well as feminist economic critiques and reconstructions of major economic theories and policy debates.

Government Information

Budget of the United States Government
Collection of documents relating to each annual federal budget, going back to 1996.  Includes the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Different sets of related publications and supporting materials are included from year to year.

Congressional Budget Office
Website of the federal agency providing the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process as well as objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses to aid in economic and budgetary decisions on programs covered by the federal budget


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Government Documents Guide
Listing of sites relating to government at all levels.  Categories include executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal government, historical documents, Missouri documents, and United Nations and European Union.

Specialized Sources

Business Economic and Theory Collection (Gale)

Providing researchers with information on companies, markets and industries including market trends, mergers and acquisitions, current management theory and company overviews. Includes business and trade journals, newspapers and company directory profiles with full text and images.

Evaluating Sources
An overview of criteria to consider when evaluation web sources for credibiility.

Small Business Resource Center
Information on how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

Social Explorer
 An interactive database providing access to demographic information about the United States from 1790 to present.  Includes over 15,000 interactive data maps and reports taken from census data.