Resources for Economics

Reference Sources

  • Dictionary of economics - Ref HB61 .B33 2003
  • Europa world year book - Ref JN 1 .E85 2009
  • 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

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

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.

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 worldwide.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic 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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Graduate Profile

Tyler Martinez

Tyler Martinez
Graduation: 2008
Major: Economics and Philosophy

“Economics has everything to do with, well … everything!”

These are the words of Tyler Martinez, a philosophy and economics alumnus, who knew early on that money makes the world go ’round.

“Robert Cunningham put economics into perspective for me,” says Martinez, who graduated in 2008. “Now I find it hard to leave economic terms out of my daily conversations with family and friends.”