Economics Research Guide

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  Reviews the government's budget decisions with particular emphasis on how these decisions affect low-income Americans. 

Economic Policy Institute  Research and Ideas for Working People: a think tank promoting debate on strategies for a prosperous and fair economy.Promotes debate on strategies for a prosperous and fair economy.

Economic Report of the President  Provides access to reports from 1960 to the present.Provides access to presidential economic reports from 1960 to the present.

EUROPA – Activities of the European Union – Economic and Monetary Affairs  The European Union’s website provides information on legislation, statistics and important developments on the international economy. 

IMF – International Monetary Fund Home Page Accesses articles, news updates and statistics related to international economics and includes an educational section for students and teachers.

Resources for Economists (RFE)  Provides a list of more than 2,000 resources on economics maintained by the American Economic Association.

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research  Accesses current Stanford research results relating to U. S. and international economic policy issues with the goal of providing solid policy research to guide informed policy decisions.

Statistical Resources on the Web/Economics  Provides hundreds of links to economics statistics and research maintained by the University of Michigan.

 

 

Reference Works

 

2009 Index of Economic Freedom: the link between economic opportunity and prosperity by Terry Miller and Kim Holmes is available in the PHC collection at Ref HB 95 .I524 2009.

 

Concise encyclopedia of economics, edited by David R. Henderson, is available in the PHC collection at Ref HB 61 .C66 2007.

 

Dictionary of economics, edited by Graham Bannock, R.E. Baxter, and Evan Davis, is available in the PHC collection at Ref HB 61 .B33 1998.

 

Dictionary of economics by John Black, is available in the PHC collection at  Ref HB 61 .B554 1997.

 

Everyman’s dictionary of economics by Arthur Seldon and F.G. Pennance and edited with a new introduction by Colin Robinson is available in the PHC collection at Ref HB61 .S39 2005.
 

 

Southern Economic Journal (Online 1988-Present)

 

Research Tips

 

• Search by subject: Once you have located one item in the catalog, you may click on the search term within the record to find other items on the same, or similar, subjects.
• Use JSTOR and ProQuest to locate articles on a particular subject and NetLibrary to locate books available electronically.
• If you are unable to locate an item in the PHC online or on-campus collection, you may request resources through Interlibrary loan (ILL).  ILL requests may be made directly into the library database WorldCat.  If you have difficulty requesting an ILL in WorldCat, you may use the form on the website or request assistance from any of the library staff.
• Once you locate an appropriate resource, potential valuable resources may be listed in the item's bibliography.
• Loudoun County Public Library's Purcellville branch is available to students.  The catalog can be accessed online and a library card obtained with a PHC I.D. 

Turabian is the approved citation format for this course.  Check with the professor for premission to use other citation styles.  Information on proper Turabian citation is available in the PHC collection, Chicago manual of style, at Ref Z 253 .U69 2003 or online at several sites, such as OWL (Online Writing Lab).  

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