Economics Resources
Agricola (Coverage Varies) 
What Is It? Bibliographic database of citations, compiled by the National Agricultural Library, that indexes agricultural literature. Includes two sections: "Books, etc." for books, videos, serial publications and "Articles, etc." for citations to journal articles, book chapters, reports, etc.
Why Use It? Find materials on agriculture and related disciplines, including entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture, farming, agricultural economics, nutrition, and environmental sciences
Credo Reference (Coverage Varies) 
What Is It? Collection of electronic editions of reference dictionaries and handbooks.
Why Use It? Find overviews of topics in nearly all disciplines. Search for definitions. Find biographical information. Search for quotations. Check the meaning or spelling of a foreign language term.
EconLit (1969-Present) What Is It? Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is their electronic bibliography of economics literature throughout the world. It contains abstracts, indexing, and links to full-text articles in economics journals, books, chapters and articles in books, working papers series, and dissertations.
Why Use It? Locate journal articles and other scholarly work about economics. Research a particular economist or analyses of an economic theories. Learn more about particular economic theories or models.
Europa World (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Online version of the current edition of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Back issues of the Regional Surveys are available in print -- check FRANCIS for location information.
Why Use It? Find political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
General BusinessFile ASAP (1980-Present) What Is It? Index to general business and finance magazines, trade journals, and local business journals. Includes Company Profiles, a directory of public and private companies. Also includes investment reports from Investext.
Why Use It? Research a particular company or industry. Find investment information. Study market trends.
Global Development Finance (Coverage Varies) 
What Is It? Global Development Finance (GDF) includes analysis and commentary on recent developments in international finance for developing countries, with particular focus on the East Asian financial crisis. Summary statistical tables are included for selected regional and analytical groups comprising 150 developing countries. Country Tables contain statistical tables on the external debt of the 138 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt under the Debtor Reporting System (DRS).
Why Use It? Find analysis, commentary and statistics on recent developments in international finance for developing countries.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenium Edition (1790-2000) What Is It? Find statistics about almost any aspect of U.S. economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics. Compare statistics from colonial times to similar data in the nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Study the evolution of statistics collection in the U.S.
Why Use It? Find general (historical to 2000) U.S. Statistics on labor, population, education, etc.
Human Development Reports (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Statistical data tracking the level of development in nations throughout the world. Data ranges from economic (GDP) to social (child labor). Countries are ranked according to their level of development in each of over 100 indicators.
Why Use It? Find basic statistics and rankings on development indicators.
ICPSR (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Database is maintained by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962. Provides access to archived social science data for research and instruction.
Why Use It? Obtain data from research in the social sciences, including census, elections, demographic, public opinion, and related areas.
IndiaStat.com (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Statistics from Indian Government agencies relating to all aspects of Indian life: population, health, economy, education, etc. Also includes general data about India, such as a list of newspapers by province.
Why Use It? Find statistics about India.
International Financial Statistics (1948-Present) What Is It? International Financial Statistics Database.
Why Use It? Find financial statistics, e.g., GDP, M2, employment, national reserves, etc, for over 200 countries. Data Provided by the International Monetary Fund.
JOLIS (Coverage Varies) What Is It? JOLIS is the joint library catalog of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. It contains journal articles, book chapters, books, working papers, and reports relevant to development economics issues.
Why Use It? Find research on development economics and sustainable development issues.
Kennedy School Library Centers for Research & Policy Development What Is It? Guide and search engine for thinktanks.
Why Use It? Use to search for think tanks and public policy research organizations.
Mergent Online (Current) What Is It? An online database of financial information for US public and international companies.
Why Use It? To find company information for US public and international companies.
NBER Economic Indicators and Releases What Is It? National Bureau of Economic Research's links to economic data releases. Links include release dates and archival data.
Why Use It? Find economic data and datasets
NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks What Is It? Guide to thinktanks worldwide compiled by the Japanese National Institute for Research Advancement.
Why Use It? Locate and discover information about thinktanks worldwide
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (Current) What Is It? The OMB is a department within the executive branch that is charged with helping the President prepare the federal budget and determines the costs and efficacy of federal programs. The president will turn to the OMB to analyze the costs and benefits of a proposed new federal program.
Why Use It? To get data on the costs and efficiencies of policy plans.
Polling the Nations (1986-) What Is It? Comprehensive source of polling information from the US and over 100 other countries.
Why Use It? Find opinion polls data from
* US polling organizations e.g., Harris International, The Pew Center
* Universities e.g., Rice University, University of Maryland
* Newspapers e.g., New York Times, Los Angeles Times
* Television news organizations e.g., CBS, NBS, Fox, CNN
* International polling organizations e.g., Eurobarometer
* Special interest groups e.g., Boy Scouts, AFL-CIO
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) What Is It? Depository for Economic research consisting of over 200,000 working paper and 200,000 research articles. Many of these papers and articles are freely available.
Why Use It? Find working papers in Economics
Social Sciences Abstracts (1983-Present ) What Is It? Multidisciplinary abstracts to articles in English language social sciences journals.
Why Use It? Search for scholarly articles in any of the social sciences fields. Find what an author has published recently. See how a topic is covered in various disciplines.
SourceOECD (1998-Present) What Is It? Full-text of the reports, monographs, serials, and statistical publication of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
Why Use It? Find economic and social data for OECD countries. Research areas reported on by the OECD including energy, transportation, agriculture, and education.
USA Trade® Online (Coverage Varies) What Is It? A database providing access to U.S. merchandise trade data. Includes current and cumulative export and import data on more than 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities worldwide. Produced by STAT-USA and the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Why Use It? Search for U.S. import/export data on specific products and create custom reports.
World Development Indicators (Coverage Varies) What Is It? A World Bank collection of data about countries throughout the world.
Why Use It? Find data on a wide range of topics about individual countries. Compare countries by combining data on a spreadsheet. Find summaries of the condition of individual countries. Locate countries on an electronic map.
Yahoo Finance (1962- (but varies)) What Is It? Yahoo Finance contains company profiles, SEC filings, annual reports, stock quotes (for many companies going back to 1962), and other financial information about US and Canadian companies.
Why Use It? Find current and historical stock, bond and money market data. Composite data for some industries is also available. Find finacial information such as annual reports and SEC filings for US companies.