Reference Resources (330s)
The Handbook of Economic Methodology
R 330.01 H191d
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics
R 330.03 En19g2
Encyclopedia of Political Economy
R 330.03 En19o
Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
R 330.15603 En19c
The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics
R 330.3 P175di2
Handbook of U.S. Economic & Financial Indicators
R 330.973 Oh1h2
Dictionary of United States Economic History
R 330.973 OL8d
Encyclopedia of American Economic History
R 330.973 En19
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Reference desk & online
Census Atlas of the United States
Ref. Atlas 304.60723 Un3c
Other statistical resources are located in the 310s.
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Online Databases
Google Scholar
Google’s answer for broad searches of scholarly literature. Search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
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JSTOR
A largely full-text, social sciences database that covers complete runs of scholarly periodicals, except the most current 3-5 years of information!
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Business Full Text
Not as scholarly as JSTOR, some full-text is available.
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Project MUSE
Full text of nearly 200 scholarly journals published by university presses in the humanities and social sciences.
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Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a general database that provides citations and some full text to articles (both popular and scholarly) in periodicals and newspapers.
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- Use * on the end of your term for variant endings. Ex.: econom* retrieves economics, economical, econometrics, etc.
- Boolean/Phrase search mode requires “AND” to break your search terms.
- Use the indexes to search for journal titles, subject terms, and author information.
Some Print Economics Journals at Bailey*
American Economic Review
Arkansas Business and Economic Review
Bell Journal of Economics
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Econometrics Review
Economic History Review
Economic Journal
Economist
Harvard Business Review
History of Political Economy
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
International Economic Review
Journal of Business
Journal of Economic History
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Surveys
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Industrial Economics
Journal of Law and Economics
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Socio-Economics
Kyklos
Labor History
Monthly Labor Review
Policy Analysis
Public Policy
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Rand Journal of Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Review of Economics and Statistics
Southern Economic Journal
*For a complete list consult the Journals List.
If we don’t have the journal you need, check UCA’s Journals List. If they don’t have it, order your article on interlibrary loan!
Last Modified on 3/25/2013