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Reference & Circulating Materials
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Internet Resources
The Marvin K. Peterson Library's resources in economics include print and electronic materials. This guide presents a selection of resources, both ours and the Internet sources we list.
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Use the Library Catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual holdings, government documents, and periodical titles. (For periodical articles, see the Journals section.)
Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numbers) according to the book's primary subject.
Call numbers for books in economics in the Reference and Circulating Stacks:
Examples of some subject headings you might use in your search:
Choose the type of search you want by selecting from among the many options offered: keyword, subject, author, title, etc. Then place the cursor in the find this box and type in the words you want to search.
?Look for search tips at the bottom of the catalog search page. For more detailed search strategies, consult our guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog.
Some Reference and Circulating Materials
Reference materials, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and statistical compilations are a good place to start research. They are kept in the reference stacks on the library's entry level and can be used only in the library. Circulating materials are shelved in open stacks on the second and third levels of the library and may be borrowed. Ref. before the call number means that the book is kept in the Reference area.
♦Business:
Oxford Dictionary for the Business World. Ref. HF1001 .O96 1993
♦Country Information/Economic Conditions -- US:
County Business Patterns provides data on industries at the local level on an annual basis. C 3.204/4: [GovDocs]. Also directly online at the Census site--choose the State you want.
Economic Report of the President. Y 1.1/7: Latest edition on Permanent Reserve, older editions in circulating stacks: 1964-1970; 1973-1979; 1981-present. Also online from the Library Catalog and directly from GPO Access.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Ref. HA202. Latest edition at [InfoDesk]; earlier in circulating stacks: 1933,1937,1943,1947,1954,1957,1959,1962-67,1969,1971-present. Also online from the U.S. Census Bureau. A source of government and private statistics.
Survey of Current Business. Ref. HC101 .A13. Statistical data on trade, transportation, hours and earnings, finance, labor force, food, foreign trade, general business indicators, etc. Recent editions in [Reference]; older editions in [GovDocs]. Also online from our Library Catalog or the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. Provides information on industry reviews and forecasts in the areas of natural resources and energy, construction and related industries, industrial materials and components, production and manufacturing equipment, transportation, health care, financial, business and education services, as well as areas of the consumer economy such as textiles, foods, motor vehicles, etc. Ref. HC101.U545
♦Country Information/Economic Conditions -- International:
Economic Survey of Europe. Ref. HC240 .A1 U477. Includes tables and charts outlining Europe's economic situation and developments, employment and unemployment, foreign trade, industry, and investment.
Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. (and vice versa). Available online from the Library Catalog or directly from the BEA site.
Global Monitoring Report 2005. Ref. HD72 .G56 2005
Statesman's Yearbook. Ref. JA51 .S7 [InfoDesk - latest edition]; earlier editions kept in circulation stacks. JA51 .S7. Ask about single-user online access in the library.
♦Economics:
The Changing Face of Economics: Conversations with Cutting Edge Economists. HB76 .C65 2004
Compensation and Working Conditions. A Department of Labor publication that reports on employee compensation, including wages, salaries, benefits, occupational injuries and illnesses, and a current statistical section. Ref. HD4973 .A275
Dictionary of Economics. Ref. HB61 .S466 1995
Economic Indicators. A monthly economic report prepared by the U.S. government. It provides tables and charts on the GNP, corporate profits, employment and wages, money markets, and international statistics. Ref. HC101 .A186. Also online at GPO Access.
Economic Indicators Handbook includes Gross National Product, Gross Domestic Product, business cycle indicators, cyclic indicators, economic series, consumer price index, producer price index and selected stock market indices. Ref. HC103 .E26 1992
Employment and Earnings is a monthly report of employment and unemployment developments, historical data, state and national information. Ref. HD5723 .A4532.
Federal Reserve System: A History. HG2563 .W3626 2004
Lexicon of Economics Ref. HB61 .K57 1991
Guide to Economic Indicators. HC103 .F9 2000
Monthly Labor Review Online is primarily a report of the labor situation in the U.S., although it also discusses foreign labor developments. Topics range from unemployment indicators to productivity trends to research summaries.
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers. HB1.A2 N3 no.
Find them by call number and then report number. They are also online from the Library Catalog's Linked Resources tab, or from the NBER database. The NBER also publishes Economic Indicators and Releases, posted Monday through Friday.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Ref. HB61 .N49 1998. v. 1-4. An encyclopedia, despite the title.
Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy Ref. HB61.P17 1963. v. 1-3. A reprint of the classic encyclopedia.
♦Trade Statistics & Regulations:
National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. Ref. HF1456 .U53a. 1987-. Overviews of countries internationally and their import/export policies and subsidies, intellectual property rights, e-commerce and other areas. Also online from our catalog.
CPI Detailed Report. HB235.U6 U54c. Latest (one) year in Reference; earlier in [GovDocs] L 2.38/3:. Also online from our catalog or from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
PPI Detailed Reports. Ref. HB235.U6 A472. Most recent in Reference; earlier in [GovDocs] L2.61. Also online from our catalog or from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
?If you can't find something in our catalog, please use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. ILL request forms for books and articles are available at the library Information Desk and online from the library's website. You should complete a separate ILL request form for each item requested. Note: It is the Peterson Library's policy not to order course textbooks. For more on Interlibrary Loan, click here.
The Marvin K. Peterson Library has been a Federal Depository Library since 1971, and our collection of government documents includes a substantial number of business resources. All currently received documents, and many of the older ones, will be found through library catalog searches. Many resources are available online; click on Linked Resources to check for the online availability of a particular item. For catalog items with the U.S. Gov't Docs location that are not online, come to the Information Desk for staff assistance.
GPO Access (Government Printing Office) contains bibliographic citations to documents published by Federal Government agencies from 1976 to the present, with links to the online publications where available.
For more information on government resources, consult Finding Government Documents, also available in print at the Information Desk.
Journals at the MKP Library on the home page is a listing of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library. Formats of journals include print, microform and electronic (online). To find:
♦Single journals or articles: If you have the citation to an article, type the title of the journal into the top search box. Results will show which databases contain the journal electronically and give you a list of available issues to search through. Available UNH Library Holdings are also given to enable you to find and/or copy the article in the library. Current and older issues of most of our print periodicals, interfiled in a single alphabetical arrangement, are on the lower level. Ask for current newspapers and microform holdings at the Circulation Desk.
♦Lists of journals by keyword or subject: Use the top search option, with the drop-down box set to Title contains all words and search with title keywords (e.g., markets, econ*, financ*, etc. [*= truncation here]). You can also select a subject category (lower drop-down search box) and select subjects like Business & Economics and the listed subcategories. These methods allow you to identify periodicals in a field and browse current issues of these periodicals, either online or in the library.
♦A list of articles on a subject: Consult the Databases section. For more on searching for periodical articles, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Databases and Article Indexes
The most efficient way to find articles by subject is to use an index that searches the contents of many journals at one time. The Proxy Connection provides access to most of our databases when you are outside the library and it must be used often in the library as well. Enter your 16-digit UNH ID number when requested. (This number is on the back of newer cards.)
Select databases by title or provider or use the Subject List. Check out the Annotated List of Databases on the library home page for search tips, publications included, user's guides, tutorials, and links for each database.
The following is a list of some databases useful to students studying economics:
♦Print Indexes:
Business Periodicals Index (1958-2005). Ref. Z7164.C81 B983. Located in the reference stacks. Indexes articles in business journals on individual companies, accounting, marketing, banking, computer technology, economics, management, etc.
The New York Times Index (1800s, 1913-1989) and Wall Street Journal Index (1958-1989) index newspaper articles on stocks, currency exchange rates, statistics, trends and company information. Ref. AI21 .N45 (NYT Index) and Ref. HG1.W266 (WSJ Index). Full text articles to both newspapers are available through ProQuest Historical Newspapers and ProQuest Newspapers and on microform in the library.
♦Electronic Indexes/Databases:
The following lists the major databases with information related to Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting.
♦♦General Business, News and Company Information:
ABI/INFORM Dateline. Provides news, analysis and information on businesses and regional market areas published in hard-to-find local and regional publications.
ABI/INFORM Global. Abstracts and some full text from national and international business and management journals, as well as company profiles with executive profiles.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. Provides articles and information from periodical publications with a trade and industry focus (including market trends) in many market sectors such as finance, construction, computers, transportation, insurance and more.
Academic OneFile. A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.
Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). Peer-reviewed journals, working papers and other scholarly information offered on what the site calls a "quasi open-access" basis. Access to articles requires free registration.
Business & Company Resource Center. A database of company profiles, brand information, market intelligence, rankings, financials, investment reports, histories and industry news going back twenty years. Includes the online version of the Encyclopedia of Associations, Business Rankings Annual and Brands and Their Companies.
Conference Board Online. The full text, online version of this print source of information on economics and business issues. Includes reports, articles, and economic data for the United States on management, economic and financial topics.
E-Books for Colleges (Gale Virtual Reference Library). Includes the Encyclopedia of Small Business (2002) and the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (1999).
FirstSearch provides access to many databases such as Dissertations from North America and Europe, EconLit, and more. Some full text. FirstSearch also provides direct access to Disclosure. Available in the library only. Ask at the Information Desk for password, if needed.
General OneFile, General Reference Center Gold, and Expanded Academic ASAP from iCONN are multidisciplinary databases that provide access to citations, abstracts and some full text of scholarly and popular journals, as well as newspapers. ¡Informe! covers Spanish and bilingual periodicals.
Mergent Online. The online version of several Mergent (formerly Moody's) publications on U.S. and international companies. Information includes company financials, company officials, and country details from the CIA World Factbook. Provides Access to EDGAR (SEC) filings that can be downloaded in excel or PDF formats. Access for 5 people at a time. Log in at the Enter Mergent link and remember to log out.
NBER Working Papers. National Bureau of Economic Research publications, which can be downloaded. We have the print publications in the library. Accessible from the library catalog if you are on the campus network. Use the proxy to access these publications if you are off-site.
ProQuest Newspaper Collection includes full text to the following newspapers: Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. ProQuest Newspapers and ProQuest Historical Newspapers provide online coverage of most of these newspapers back to the 1800s, complete with images. The ProQuest Historical Newspaper Collection covers these newspapers for earlier dates, but cannot be searched at the same time as the regular newspaper collection, so check the dates you're looking for.
Value Line Investment Survey. Provides information on stocks, including the prices, timeliness, safety ranks, estimated dividends, low and high, P/E stocks, and stock market averages. For use in library only. Ask the librarian to log you in with a password from http://www.valueline.com/. When you are done with your session, remember to log out so that others will be able to log in. Also available in print on Permanent Reserve. Ask for the most recent print edition at the Circulation Desk; earlier editions are located in the reference stacks. Ref. HG4501.V26 .S4
♦♦Country Information:
CountryWatch. Maps, global economic and demographic data by country and region. Includes full text articles and data. Similar information is also available in the CIA World Factbook. Mergent also reproduces CIA data online.
OECD Economic Surveys. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publishes reviews of member countries' economic situations as well as those of selected non-member countries, focusing on the economic history and conditions of each country examined.
Statesman's Yearbook. Ask about single-user online access in the library. Also in print: Ref. JA51 .S7 [InfoDesk - latest edition]; earlier editions kept in circulation stacks. JA51 .S7
HeinOnline Legal Periodicals. Items are image-based and fully searchable and provide comprehensive coverage from the inception of each publication.
LegalTrac. An index of more than 1,400 titles including law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
We have print and microfiche US code and public laws in our collection, as well as online from the Library's Linked Resources tab in the catalog. GPOAccess (the Government Printing Office site) also makes legislative materials freely available to anyone from the front page of its website. Consult our subject list of databases and our guides to legal research.
?For more information, refer to our Connecticut and Federal law guides.
♦♦Statistics:
STAT-USA includes SOTN (State of the Nation), NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) and GLOBUS. STAT-USA contains domestic and international trade and market information, including country-specific information, industry-specific information, and industry-country information, as well as economic indicators. The Foreign Traders Index identifies foreign firms seeking to import U.S. products. The World Factbook, U.S. Global Trade Outlook, A Basic Guide to Exporting, Background Notes, Business America, and Country Commercial Guides are some of the publications that are available in full text. Depository. Available in the Library only, on Terminals 1 or 2. Available to the general public.
USA Trade Online includes import/export statistics in downloadable formats. A database of domestic import and export information. Data can be downloaded to disk. Depository. Available in the Library only, on Terminals 1 or 2. Available to the general public.
?For more information, refer to our Statistics guide.
♦♦Taxes:
BNA Tax Management Library. The online version of print resources from the Bureau of National Affairs with primary sources like the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, tax cases and more, along with expert commentary, analysis, and updates.
CCH Tax Research Network. Provides online access to the print resources produced by the Commerce Clearing House, searchable by keyword and other terms. Includes full text of tax codes and regulations as well as analysis.
RIA Checkpoint. A database of tax accounting information. You need to register to use the database, which provides access to accounting literature, including state and federal law relating to accounting, before you can log in to use the database. You will need to register from a computer on the campus network, and that the e-mail you provide when registering cannot be from Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL, or other free e-mail addresses. Your UNH e-mail account will work.
?For more information, refer to our Accounting and Taxation Resources guide.
♦General:
Economic Growth Resources. Includes links to data, journals and working papers.
INFOMINE (Scholarly Internet Resource Collections). A University of California site organizing by topic freely available scholarly Internet databases and web sites. Search for information in Business and Economics.
Inomics® Job Openings for Economists
JOE: Job Openings for Economists. There is also a UK-JOE from the Royal Economic Society for jobs in the United Kingdom.
Library of Economics and Liberty provides links to many other sites, organized links to data sources, and classic texts online.
McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought. An online collection of important economic texts.
Money - Past, Present & Future. A history of all things monetary.
OECD's Glossary of Statistical terms
United Nations Statistics Division: Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online. Free online dictionary of statistical terms from the UN.
WebEc - World Wide Web resources in Economics. Links to web sources on economics, broken down into subtopics.
World Bank Group is the site of the World Bank. Provides information on developing economies by country and by topic, such as agriculture and climate change.
♦United States Federal Reserve System:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has links to jobs, economic research and data, and publications. This is the link to the twelve branches of the Federal Reserve system.
Fed101 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City provides an introduction to the Federal Reserve system, other educational resources and links to other sites.
Federal Reserve Board Publications are reports from the Federal Reserve Board, comprised of economic commentaries, economic trends and U.S. finance.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, provides over 3,000 U.S. economic time series downloadable in excel and text. FRED includes ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Economic Data) for "vintage" sets.
♦Money, Banking, Financial Markets:
EDGAR. EDGAR is an access point for current directory style information and financial reports for most publicly traded companies. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) filings can also be found in business databases with financial information, such as Mergent.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Financial Data Finder (FDF) from the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University.
FinWeb. "The Independent Financial Portal."
♦United States Economic Data:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Census Bureau. Link directly to CenStats
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
EconData.net for U.S. regional economic activity.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room-ESBR (White House)
Economagic (Economic time series page)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
FedStats. A gateway to Federal government statistics, organized by topic.
GPO Access is the Government Printing Office's site.
General Social Survey (GSS). A codebook (1972-2000), from the University of Chicago.
Health and Retirement Study (from the National Institute on Aging).
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Part of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan.
NBER Macrohistory Database (from the National Bureau of Economic Research).
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) (from the University of Michigan).
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Search, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Study of American Families (1994). From the Data & Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
USA.gov is another gateway to U.S. Federal and State Government information on the Internet.
♦♦United States Regional Data:
♦♦Connecticut Data:
♦International Economics:
Austrian and Eastern European Economic Data
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD's Worldwide Statistical Sources
Penn World Table. A data set available at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for International Comparisons.
United Nations Statistics Division
VIBES (Virtual International Business and Economics Sources). This database was created by Jeanie Welch, international business specialist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Links to many free English language web sites from public, private and governmental sources.
World Trade Organization (WTO). This site provides historical information on the WTO, news releases, statistical information and links to other web sites.
♦Business and Economic Data, National and International:
B& E Datalinks: econ and financial data sources. American Statistical Association Business and Economic Statistics.
United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet). A catalog of UN documents (primarily since 1979).
United Nations Development Programme. Outlines the economic progress of developing countries over the last 20 years.
United Nations Human Rights. Citations from UN documents on the subject of human rights (1980-1998).
♦Trade--National & International:
Export Statistics Express. This site allows you to see global distributions of U.S. exports by state to selected markets. Includes maps. From the larger site of the ITA (International Trade Administration) and other Federal Agencies at Export.gov.
♦Articles and Working Papers:
AgEcon Search - Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics
EconWPA (Economics Working Paper Archive)
IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service). From the University of Connecticut's Department of Economics.
RePEc. Research Papers in Economics is a directory of research & scholarly communication.
Social Science Research Network. Co-hosted by the Stanford Law School and the European Corporate Governance Institute, and administered by distinguished researchers, the site is meant to encourage professional communication among researchers. The SSRN library offers an abstracts database as well as an electronic paper collection containing free and fee based downloadable papers.
Yale Global Online. A publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
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