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ARTICLES
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sclinksJournal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
Scholarly Articles
EconLit with Full Text - 1969 to present - Full Text
Contains all indexing from EconLit, plus full text for 400+ journals. Covers capital markets, country studies, econometrics, forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics, etc.
General Business File ASAP - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Covers company performance, industry news, management, economics, and politics with access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings.
Social Sciences Abstracts - 1983 to present
Some full text. Abstracts of articles from over 550 sources in the social sciences. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews on anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full-text and indexing for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
Agricola - 1979 to present
Indexes more than 2,000 serial titles as well as books, conference proceedings, research reports, government documents, theses, patents, software, audiovisual content, and microforms pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
Expanded Academic Index - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - 1951 to present
Contains information from international publications, including over 2600 journals, in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science.
Popular Articles
LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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Library Catalogs
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.
NEWS
LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
US Newspapers
Wall Street Journal - 1984 to present - Full Text
Full-text articles from this major newspaper, covering US and international finance as well as more general news.
REFERENCE TOOLS
Encyclopedias
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences [Gale] - Full Text
2nd ed., covering scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the release of the 1st ed.; addresses a wide array of global topics.
Statistics
Economagic
Over 100,000 economic time series data sets from US and foreign governments, trade associations and private companies. Includes the FRED database from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Federal Statistics
Links data and trend information on the economy, population, health care, trade, banking and more from over 100 federal agencies. Search by agency, topic, or state.
FreeLunch.com
From Moody's Economy.com, more than 165 million economic, financial, and demographic time series covering more than 180 countries and their sub-regions.
Historical Statistics of the United States - 1531 - 2000 - Full Text
Covers population, work & welfare, the economy, and government. Data may be downloaded and custom tables created. Essays address the quantitative history of each subject, with advice on data reliability and references to secondary literature.
International Financial Statistics (IFS Online) - 1945 to present - Full Text - Help
Published by the International Monetary Fund, IFS is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
LexisNexis Statistical - Help
Access to statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes summaries of statistical publications, and links to the full-text of selected publications on LexisNexis Statistical and government Web sites.
Statistical Resources on the Web (UM)
From the University of Michigan Documents Center, links to hundreds of sources of statistics and data sets for national and foreign economies, labor, banking, consumers, trade and more.
World Development Indicators Online - 1960 to present - Full Text
Access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups. Create speadsheets, graphs & maps.
Europa World Plus - Full Text
Online version of Europa World Year Book and the nine Europa regional surveys. Covers the government and economy of each country, with directory information and statistical tables.
Style Manuals
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
INTERNET META-SITES
International Economic Network
National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER)
Resources for Economists
INTERNET RESOURCES
iPOLL (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) - 1935 to present - Full Text
A comprehensive database of public opinion polling data, including questions asked & responses provided. All major U.S. polling organizations are included.
Making of the Modern World: he Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature - 1450-1850 - Full Text
Covers social history, early commerce, trade, colonization, industry and manufacturing, political systems, revolutions, slavery and exploration, transatlantic studies, philosophy, and researching literature from this period.
NBER Working Papers
Scientific papers reporting on recent work by National Bureau of Economic Research researchers of interest to professional economists in academic institutions, business, government, and the business media around the world.
Europa World Plus - Full Text
Online version of Europa World Year Book and the nine Europa regional surveys. Covers the government and economy of each country, with directory information and statistical tables.
ORGANIZATIONS
European Union
International Monetary Fund
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
United Nations
World Bank
Directory of International Organizations' web sites
Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean
The Unived Nations' ECLAC or CEPAL presents economic and statistical data for Latin America, as well as reports, studies, speeches, news and more.
RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
Department of Economics
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
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