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Resources for Economics


Reference Sources

  • Europa world year book - Ref JN 1 .E85 2005
  • Routledge critical dictionary of global economics - Ref HB 61 .R68 1999
  • The new Palgrave dictionary of economics and the law - Ref K 487 .E3 N48 1998
  • International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences - Ref H 41 .I58 2001
  • The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War - Ref HB 235 .U6 D47 2005
  • Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations - Ref G 63 .W67 2001

Databases/Journal Articles

CountryWatch
CountryWatch.com provides up-to-date information and news on 191 countries of the world. Also provides access to a substantial set of geopolitical, economic, business and environmental background information and data on the countries of the world.

EconLit
Provides citations for articles from 620 sources, including journals, books and working papers. Covers from 1969-present.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles on Current Events, Economics, History, Psychology, Humanities, Religion, Education, Literature, Art, Sociology, Political Science and more.

Lexis-Nexis
For information about the economic situation in a country, search the Reference section under Country Profiles and Walden's Country Reports.

ProQuest Newspapers
Full-text access to the New York Times from 1980-present and the Wall Street Journal 1984-present.

ProQuest Research Library 
Search this large collection of academic journals and magazines that includes many full-text resources. Some of the titles include: Business Week, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report.

Social Science Abstracts
Abstracts of articles about the social sciences. Provides records for English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere.

Internet Resources

CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials. It provides concise, current, information, factual data and statistics about countries woldwide.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
"The OECD groups 30 memeber countries sharing a committment to democartic government and the market economy.  Best known for its publications and statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, to education, development, science and innovation."

RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet
Guide to the Web sponsored by the American Economic Association.

 

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Student Profile

Melissa Carstens

Melissa Carstens
Graduation: 2008
Major: Education
From: Marquette, Michigan
Interests: Singing, Dancing

Alma’s off-campus study programs do more than place students in exciting locales to meet interesting people; they also create new opportunities for personal growth and skill development. One of the best ways to learn about other societies and cultures is to study and travel in international settings. You do not always have to know a foreign language.