Western Libraries

Economics

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Databases

  • EconLit (Economics Literature)
    EconLit, an essential database for research in Economics, is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature. Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit covers the major journals in Economics as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.
  • Proquest - Business & Economics

    Proquest Business & Economics provides access to 12 databases.  Proquest Business & Economics is a comprehensive database with in-depth coverage for several thousand publications, with many available in full text.

  • JSTOR (Journal STORage)
    JSTOR is a very useful multidisciplinary database that provides access to over 1000 journals including 76 Economics journals. Please Note: The articles in JSTOR come from the first issue of each journal up to about 3 to 5 years ago. The most recent articles for each journal will probably not be found in this database. To get the most up-to-date scholarly articles make sure you search in the EconLit or Scholars Portal Search database. To view a list of the Economics journals covered by JSTOR click this LINK.
  • PAIS International

    PAIS Interational offers access to scholarly journals, government publications, books and, reports of intergovernmental and private organizations. Economic, political, environmental and social issues are coverd by PAIS.

  • Asia-Studies Full-text Online

    Asia-Studies Full-text Online will provide access to economic information for the study of modern Asia Pacific issues. The studies you will find in this database are arranged for easy browsing or can be searched by keywords.

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Dictionaries

  • New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

    The New Palgrave is the most extensive and authoritative economics reference resource.  This electronic resource is the equivalent of 8 print dictionaries. You can perform quick and advanced searches to obtain critical background information on your subject.

  • Routledge Dictionary of Economics

     This is a clear, comprehensive and accurate guide to the key concepts in Economics.

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Encyclopedias

  • Oxford Reference Online Premium

     This is an excellent collection of electronic reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers.  Oxford Reference Online Premium is the place to start your research to identify significant dates, people and events and to define important concepts. Oxford Reference Online Premium allows you to cross-search numerous speciailized reference sources including the following Econmics resources:

    A Dictionary of Accounting
    A Dictionary of Business and Management
    The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
    A Dictionary of Economics
    A Dictionary of Finance and Banking
    A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
    The Handbook of International Financial Terms
    A Dictionary of Statistics

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics

    Encyclopedias are useful for getting basic background information on a topic and are a good place to start your research.

    The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics provides excellent introducory information on a range of core topics in Economics.

    This resource can be found in the Weldon Reference Collection: HB61.C67 2008

  • An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics

     With entries by internationally renowned scholars, An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics is a very good first reference source and a starting point for deeper reading on your subject.

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Statistics

  • CANSIM

    CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) is a Statistics Canada database that contains thousands of time series covering virtually every area of economic activity. Topics covered include: the System of National Accounts, Labour, Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Agriculture and Finance.

  • Equinox Data Delivery System

    The Equinox Data Delivery System provides access to data made available through Statistics Canada’s Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) as well as selected data from the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and provides pointers to other sources of data (e.g., the “Official Statistics” web site). Basic and Advanced Search options are available as are various Browse options. 

  • <Odesi> Data Discovery

    <Odesi> (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure) is a digital repository for social science data, including polling data.  <Odesi> provides access to extensive collections of polling and social survey data including: Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA) , Canadian Gallup , and Ipsos Reid . Statistics Canada's public-use survey data forms the core of <odesi>'s social survey data holdings.

  • OECD iLibrary

    Replacing SourceOECD, the OECD iLibrary is an Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) analysis and data. Some resources in this collection are available to Western users only,requiring Off Campus Log-in. 

  • Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) World Data

    Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) World Data, available to Western users only, provides continually updated reports on 150 countries. World Data offers a statistical description of international economies for the last 20 years and provides forecasts for the next five years.

  • China Data Online
    This is a comprehensive online database focusing on economic statistics of China. You will find monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China's population and economy at the provincial, county, and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also includes statistical yearbooks, census data, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.
  • WDI (World Development Indicators) Online
    World Development Indicators (WDI Online), available to Western users only, is the premier data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 575 development indicators and time series data from 1960--2002 for over 220 countries and country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. Data can also be exported in standard formats like Excel. The database is updated periodically with annual data loaded in May.
  • Strategis Economic and Market Research/Statistics

     Excellent website for finding information on all aspects of the Canadian economy.

  • Global Development Finance Online

    GDF (Global Development Finance) Online, available to Western users only, provides statistical data for 147 countries. External debt, stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt service projections. The data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Data can also be exported in standard formats like Excel.

    Here is a list of the 147 countries covered by GDF Online

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Web Sites

  • Resources for Economists on the Internet
    Resources for Economists on the Internet is a guide sponsored by the American Economics Association, providing links to over 1000 sites.
  • Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU

    Search the Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU for electronic resources on issues related to international trade as well as the economic and political environment in countries around the world. The EIU offers country reports for over 200 countries; legal and investment reports and; regional newsletters.

    Remember to critically evaluate all internet resources.

  • EH.Net

    The Economic History Association's EH.Net provides a research abstract and book review series, a directory of economic historians and the very popular "How much is that?" service - which allows you to quickly and easily look up historical prices, interest rates, wages rates, GDP statistics and exchange and inflation rates.

    You can also access the EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History as well as several databases and websites related to economic history.

  • RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)

    RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort designed 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. RePEc collaborates with the American Economic Association's EconLit database to provide content from leading universities' working paper series to EconLit. The University of Western Ontario is a participating institution.

    Please note: RePEc does not contain full-text journal articles; RePEc services provide links to many full text articles, that may be available through Western Libraries (description based on web site).

    You can also access this resource through the University of Connecticut's Department of Economics Ideas Website: http://ideas.repec.org/.

  • Source OECD

    Source OECD is the Online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Works in this collection (over 1500 titles) cover issues from macroeconomics to development, to science and innovation, education and trade.

  • Bank of Canada Publications and Research

     A portal to the official publications and research of the Bank of Canada.  Includes Fact Sheets, Annual Reports, Working Papers, Technical Reports, Statistics and more.

  • Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER)
    The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) provides information and data for someone doing research on the U.S. Economy. Scanned images of historical economic statistical information, releases and documents.
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Working Papers

  • NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

    The NBER Working Papers repository was designed to make the preliminary research of Ecnomists available for discussion and review prior to final peer-reviewed publication.  THE NBER was created with the goal of "undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community."
    To access Working Papers click on the Working Papers link and search by Title or Author or use the Advanced Search option for Keyword searching.

  • RePEc: EconPapers

    EconPapers provides access to RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software. (401,500 Working Papers, July 2011)
    There are several search options: Quick Search; Author Search; search by JEL Codes (Journal of Economic Literature Codes) and Advanced Search.

  • EconLit - Working Papers

    To find Working Papers in EconLit, search for your topic and include a search for "working paper" in the Publication Type (PT) field in the drop down menu to the right of the search boxes. NOTE: use the singular form of "Working Paper" not Papers.

  • IMF e-Library

    Through the IMF e-Library you will have direct access to the  IMF’s (International Monetary Fund) periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools.
    Access the Working Papers by Browsing by Series. OR, you can search the entire e-Library site and then select Refine By: Series. Choose IMF Working Papers.

  • Working Papers, Economics Department, University of Western Ontario

    Access a chronolgical list of Working Papers (1990-2010) from authors at Western.

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