Economics Research Guide

General Information

This is a guide to selected sources of information about Economics at FRL.

  • Subject-specific materials and resources, such as books, articles, and research tools.
  • Citation style guides for your subject.

Research Papers

  • ABI/INFORM

    Full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data.

  • Annual Reviews

    Literature reviews for many different disciplines in biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.

  • EconLIT

    Full-text articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more.

  • JSTOR

    Scholarly books and journals in all disciplines.

  • Project MUSE

    Full text of current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

  • Proquest Central

    Materials on all subjects.

  • Proquest Social Science Premium Collection

    International academic literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education.

  • Social Science Citation Index

    Web of Science social science collection.

  • IDEAS

    IDEAS is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and is available freely on the Internet. It includes working papers as well as published articles and books.

  • RePEc/IDEAS Economics Research Rankings

    Find the top-rated journals, papers and articles, books, and authors. Rankings are based on citation analysis and numbers of view and downloads.

Reference Works

  • Credo Reference

    Reference sources for all subjects, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, etc.

  • Historical Statistics of the United States

    Fully searchable and downloadable edition of the standard source for facts about American history. Allows customized tables and spreadsheets.

  • New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

    Comprehensive and authoritative resource on all aspects of economics.