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Economics

These items have been compiled to aid in the research of all things Economics.

Reference Books

• The New Palgrave dictionary of economics. 2008. 8 volumes. Reference 330.03 N42P

• The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of economics. 4 volumes. 1991. Reference 330.03 N53n

• The Concise encyclopedia of economics. 2008. Reference 330.03 C74H

• Terms of trade: Glossary of international economics. 2006. Ref 330.03 D34t

• The New Palgrave dictionary of economics and the law. 3 volumes. 1998. Reference 330.03 N42P

• An encyclopedia of macroeconomics. 2002. Reference 339 En19S
  An authoritative and invaluable reference source on macroeconomics, this encyclopedia defines, lists, and explains the terminology of macroeconomics and its concepts. Contains over 300 short entries, and over 100 longer "main" entries written by noted scholars. Offers bibliographies for further reading, as well.

• The Economists guide to economic indicators. 1997. Main Collection 330.01 Ec74
  Offers a detailed road map of all the major, and some less-well known, economic indicators in existence today. Explaining exactly what they are, why they are significant, how reliable they are, and how to interpret them, it covers over 100 indicators, including: GDP Population, employment, unemployment Public expenditure Personal and disposable income Fixed investments Imports and exports Nominal exchange rates Money supply and money stock Wages, earnings, and labor costs.

• World development indicators. 1999. Reference 330.9 W89

• The Fortune encyclopedia of economics. 1993. Reference 330.03 F77H
  Includes 157 essays written by 141 of the country's top economists with entries divided into categories such as "Economic Systems and Schools of Economic Thought," "Money and Banking," "Taxes," "Discrimination and Labor Issues," "Environmental Regulation" and "International Topics." In addition to the essays, the book also offers biographies of 75 of the world's leading economists, along with selected bibliographies of their work. The goal of this work is to show how general and inclusive the field of economics is.

• The Oxford encyclopedia of economic history. 5 volumes. 2003. Ref 330.9 Ox22E

• Gale encyclopedia of U.S. economic history. 2 volumes. 1999. Reference 330.973 G151g

• The ABC-CLIO world history companion to capitalism. 1998. Reference 330.12 A42c

• Vocabulary of communism: Definitions of key terms, summaries of central ideas, short biographies. 1964. Reference 335.43 D32

• Business statistics of the United States. 2004. Reference 330.973 B96S

• Oxford companion to economics in Indiana. 2007. Reference 338.954 Ox22B

Finding Books

• Online Catalog
  • Find books, as well as a variety of other materials in the TU Libraries.
  • Use the Advanced search option to specify material format, campus, language, and date range.
• WorldCat
  • Find books, among other things, to request via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Finding Articles

• Business Source Premier
  Provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,210 titles, including scholarly journals and general business periodicals. Full-text available online for 1,520 titles. Also features Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports from WEFA, 35 country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and Wall Street Words (dictionary of financial terms). Subjects include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business, among others.


• CorporateResource Net
  Contains full text articles from nearly 1,350 quality magazines and journals, including full-text sources ranging from general publications, such as Fortune and Money, to trade publications such as American Demographics, Chemical Week, Electronic Business and Restaurant Hospitality. The collection of titles includes top management journals such as Academy of Management Executive, California Management Review, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. In addition, this database also provides detailed company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies.


• LexisNexis Academic--Business
  This section of LexisNexis Academic contains company information including SEC reports, company financial reports, company profiles, business news, as well as business directories. To access this part of the LexisNexis, click the above link and choose "Business" from the row of buttons near the top (by News, Legal, and People).


• JSTOR
  Presents the searchable full text of the complete back files for over 100 important scholarly journals. Coverage generally includes the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent 3-5 years (current issues are not available in JSTOR). Includes journals for the following disciplines: African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics. Also search JSTOR via Google Scholar by including "+JSTOR" in the search.

Finding Journals

• List of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
  Search by journal title keyword for online full-text journals, and to see what we have in print in the library.


• Click here for a Business Subject Search in the List of Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers to find out what journals (and how many) we have available both in print and online. Click on the blue links to enter the actual list of titles. The numbers in parentheses beside the subject indicate how many journal titles are included in that subject area. This search includes all social sciences, so look for more information under "Commerce," "Economics," "Finance," "Industries," and "Statistics."

Web Resources

• Wall Street Executive Library
  A massive web directory of the most relevant and useful business sites. Links are divided up by major topic: Newspapers, TV & Radio, Government Research, Financial Market Research, Statistics & Economics Research, and Company & Industry Research, to name a few. While it might seem overwhelming, this is one of the most comprehensive directory web sites for the field of business - working professionals, educators, and students.

• Wachowicz's Web World: Web sites for discerning finance students
  A web portal designed to parallel the finance textbook Fundamentals of Financial Management, it provides links to most major topics in the field. Sections are divided up to correlate with chapters in the text, and are entitled: Introducation to Financial Management, Valuation, Tools of Financial Analysis and Planning, Working Capital Management, Investment Capital Assets, The Cost of Capital, Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, Intermediate and Long-Term Financing, and Special Areas of Financial Management. It also provides online Excel spreadsheets for practice and study help.

• SEC filings & forms (EDGAR)
  EDGAR = Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System. An excellent source for business information including SEC filings (1993-present), address, phone numbers, state of incorporation, Central Index Key (CIK) number, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code, and fiscal year end. The site indicates that "all companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR." It has an easy-to-use search feature and lists of SIC codes for quick location of companies and their financial information.

• Hoover's Online
  Hoover's is known as an excellent source of business/company information. The most detailed and highly critical information is available for a fee to subscribers, however, they do offer quite a bit for free. The Search box on the right hand side of the page allows a search of the free content by company, industry, or executive.

• Export.gov
  A U.S. government web site that covers export and international trade information. Much of the information is available to everyone, however, the latest country information and industry market research reports are available only to registered users. It also offers step-by-step export advice in the Export Basics section. Excellent resource for anyone interested in or learning about international trade and exporting from the U.S.

Other Research Tools

• Credo Reference
  A conglomeration of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias that allows you to search for definitions and encyclopedia articles, as well as develop ideas for expanding or refining a research strategy.

• Oxford Reference Premium Online  
  Oxford University Press produces a number of extremely useful reference materials, many of which they have made available here. You can search by keyword, but you can also choose particular subjects and from there, particular books within which to search. This willl provide you with all sorts of background and broad spectrum information on a particular topic.

• Biography Resource Center  
  Find background information about people, authors, famous personalities, and others. Search by first or last name. 

Citation Help

One of the least favorite aspects of research papers are the citations, documenting the sources where you gleaned your information. To make that a little easier, the Library offers a few resources.

• The Citation Style Guide is a place where you can find call numbers for print Style Manuals and Handbooks, as well as online help from several different universities around the States. Check it out and see if it helps!

• RefWorks
  is a Citation Management program. Fully available online, and linked from the Library's home page, it allows you to keep it all ELECTRONIC. Download your citations from the various databases you're using into RefWorks. This program will create the Works Cited page for you with little effort. In a database, look for the option to EXPORT - that is where you'll find this gem of a program.

• Automatically Generated Citations can be found in our Library Catalog (to the right of the item on the Results page), as well as in most EBSCO databases (like Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, Communications and Mass Media Complete, etc.). Most databases either provide an instant citation in a couple of different styles, or they allow Exporting to RefWorks (see above). Ask a Librarian for more help in managing your citations and creating your bibliographies and works cited pages faster.

• WorldCat.org
  "Cite this item" within individual item record lists the citation in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.

• The Writing Center is also a solid resource. Available in the Library, this is run by the English department. If you'd like face-to-face help individually with citing or any aspect of writing and editing your paper, the Writing Center is the place to go. For more information, see their page on the Portal, or you can contact them at writingctr@taylor.edu.

Created by Lana Wilson, Reference Librarian