This is not an exhaustive list, by any means. Try searching in Cruzcat for the subject "Economics Dictionaries" or "Economics Encyclopedias" or "Economics Handbooks" if the sample listed below do not help.
Routledge Dictionary of Economics - online and in print in McHenry reference HB61 .R92 2002
A Dictionary of Economics - in print in McHenry Reference HB61 .B554 2002
International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences - in print in McHenry Reference H41 .I58 2001
The Concise Encylopedia of Economics - in print in the stacks HB61 .C647 2008
UCSC has many Economics Handbooks, search cruzcat for the title "Handbooks in Economics" to see some of what we own.
Depending on your topic, different databases will meet your needs. The list below includes databases specific to business/economics as well as social sciences generally. Some contain full-text articles, some contain only abstracts.
if you are working off campus, login to OCA before using the databases below.
Business Source CompleteAvailable online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff. Searchable database of articles from scholarly business journals and other sources. Subjects include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
Covers: 1965 - current, though a few select journals are available from the 1940's and 1950's.
EconLitAvailable online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff.NOTE: this is a tough database to conquer, use this database when you are confident about your terminology, make use of the subject descriptors below, be prepared to spend some time with this database. EconLit is a searchable database of citations with selected abstracts of literature in economics. Includes coverage of major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers. This is a tough database to search. Look at the Econlit subject terms for help in constructing successful searches.
Covers: 1969-present.
LexisNexis AcademicAvailable online to UCSC faculty, students, and staff. Formerly known as Lexis Nexis Academic Universe, this searchable full-text database is divided into five major content areas: News, Business, Legal Research, Medical Research, and Reference. The business section contains information on companies, business news, industries, and accounting. The reference materials include country profiles, polls and surveys, and biographies.
Social Services AbstractsAvailable online to UC students, faculty, and staff.
Social Services Abstracts provides citations (with abstracts) of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Publisher is CSA.
Subject area(s): Social Sciences. Covers: 1980 - present.
Sociological AbstractsAvailable online to UC students, faculty, and staff.
This searchable database citations for articles from journals, books, conference papers, and dissertations in sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Citations after 1974 contain abstracts. Publisher is Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA).
Subject area(s): Social Sciences. Covers: 1963 - present
PAIS International DatabaseAvailable online to UC students, faculty, and staff.
The Public Affairs Information Service contains citations and short abstracts for journal articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Subjects include government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas. Publisher is Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA).
Subject area(s): Social Sciences. Covers: 1972 - present, abstracts start at 1985.
Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text CollectionAvailable online to UCSC faculty, students, and staff.
Searchable database of 13+ electronic journals focusing on the topic of urban and regional planning.
Subject area(s): Social Sciences.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Available online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff.
The database provides citations and abstracts for journal articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Publisher is Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA).
Subject area(s): Social Sciences. Covers: 1975 - current.
FREE: Beige Book -
"Commonly known as the Beige Book, this report is published
eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal
information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from
Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts,
economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book
summarizes this information by District and sector. An overall summary of the twelve
district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis."
FREE:Economic Indicators - "Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance." Also in print, Gov Pubs Ref HC101.E386, McHenry Library
WDI onlineAvailable online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff. World development indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's annual compilation of data about development; provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2001.1960-
Global Financial Data (GFD)Available online to UCSC students, faculty and staff. GFDatabase is an online collection of more than 20,000 data series, which span decades or even centuries of information, and cover more than 200 countries.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Profiles and ReportsAvailable online to UC faculty, students, and staff. Click on Enterprise Client Access to view country profiles.
The searchable database of country profiles provide analysis and forecasts of the political, economic, social, and business environment in a total of 126 reports about more than 180 countries.
Covers: 1996 - present
Demographics
FREE: Census Data - Available online to all Web users. U.S. government census data.
FREE: American Fact Finder (AFF)Available online to all Web users. From the U.S. Census Bureau, this site is an excellent source of 1990 and 2000 population, housing, economic, and geographic data for the nation, states, counties cities and places. Use "Factsheets" for overview information about a geographic area, or select "Data Sets" for table of statistics on specific topics.
Covers 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses.
A good amount of data and a number of reports may be obtained from government resources. Think about which agencies might be responsible for keeping data about the topic you are researching. For example, for labor data or reports, try the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if you are focusing on the banking industry, you might start with the Office of Thrift, or if you are focusing on trade issues, the Department of Commerce or the Census Bureau.
Remember, too, often several agencies are interested in different aspects of the same topic. For example, women and work, try both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
STEP 1: Identifying Which Statistics are Needed and from Whom
How to Find Statistics - this is the excellent UCSC Library guide on locating statistics. Use this guide to help frame your statistics question and locate appropriate resources.
USA.gov - this is the U.S. Governments search portal (the Google of government information) that will search government (.gov) sites only. A complete index of U.S. government agencies is available here.
STEP 2: Locating the Statistics - resources available at UCSC & on the Web
Statistical Abstract of the United States - Ref Desk HA202 .U5 (latest); others: in the stacks shelved by the same call # as in Reference. NOTE: start with the print version of the Statistical Abstract, then move on to the electronic version once you are more comfortable with its layout and terminology.
STAT-USA Library use only: McHenry Library Government Publications area Access requires login by Government Publications staff. Business, trade, and economic statistics from the US Department of Commerce. Comprised of two files: State of the Nation contains recent federal government data and indicators, and GLOBUS contains global business/trade leads including the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB). Some free access available here.
International Statistical Yearbook (ISY)Available online to students, faculty, and staff. Consists of national and international economic databases from: Eurostat, OECD, IMF, UNIDO, Citicorp, Deutsche Bundesbank, Statistisches Bundesamt, and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW).
SourceOECD StatisticsAvailable online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff. SourceOECD is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. UCSC has access to everything but the IEA databases. Topics include social services, migration, economic outlook, taxes, etc. Data may be downloaded in a variety of formats.
Rand CaliforniaAvailable online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff. Database of statistics on the state of California, its counties, and cities. Includes public policy, business, economy, demographics, education, and environmental research information. Also contains monthly reports on the California economy.
Subject area(s): Social Sciences.
FREE: FRASER - "The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is a project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy." Includes links to historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
Making of the Modern Economy Available online to UCSC students, faculty and staff. Digital facsimiles of literature on economics and business published from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century from the collections of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London, England, and the Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard Business School; with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University, and from Sterling Library at Yale University. Collection contains materials on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade and transport; documents the dynamics of Western trade and wealth; focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology; special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. Includes facsimiles of rare books and primary source materials such as political pamphlets and broadsides, government publications, proclamations, and a wide range of ephemera.
Covers: 1450-1850
Use Cruzcat to locate books and names of journals in Economics. Start with a keyword search in cruzcat. When you find a book that looks relevant, take note of the subject headings and click on them to see what other books we own that discuss your topic. Some sample subject headings to search are listed below. There are many more.
Repec - 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. All RePEc material is freely available.
EconPapers: EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software.
Intute Social Sciences - "a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web
resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a
network of subject specialists."
Use the style guide your professor requests that you use. Below, find links to citation guides that will help you pull together your bibliography or works cited.
if you are working off campus, login to OCA before using the databases below.
Business Source Complete Available online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff.