• Contact Information
• Finding Articles and Analysis
• Finding Data
• Other Important Sources of Information
• Plagiarism and Citing Your Sources

For assistance with your economics and business research, please contact:

Justin Otto (justin.otto@emory.edu 404-727-0150), Economics Librarian, Woodruff Library

For help identifying and formatting numeric data sets, contact:

Dr. Rob O'Reilly (roreill@emory.edu or 404-727-6129), Coordinator, Electronic Data Center

Setting up an appointment in advance is highly recommended. Also, please provide as much information as possible about your information needs prior to your appointment; this will help us better serve you.

• Need more details on how to find articles? Finding Articles at Woodruff Library
• Need to identify other databases and electronic journal collections? Database Locator
• Need a way to manage your article references and create a bibliography? EndNote
• Need to know how to access databases from off campus? Remote Access to Electronic Resources

Try These First

EconLit (1969 to present) Highly Recommended

THE most comprehensive and respected database in the field of economics. Produced by the American Economic Association, it indexes scholarly economics literature from journals, books, dissertations, and working papers. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts only; no full text.

An EndNote filter is available for this resource.
Research tip: EconLit utilizes a very hierarchical set of subject headings which generally are not extremely useful for performing subject searches. However, if your search terms retrieve too many items or the items retrieved are not relevant, you may want to incorporate an EconLit subject heading in your search.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1967 to present) Highly Recommended

Supplies up-to-date bibliographic information and research within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

Other Scholarly Databases

JSTOR (Coverage dates vary)

Provides full text of articles in key scholarly journals in economics and other fields. Provides back years but not the most recent years of a journal (the "moving wall" concept). An EndNote filter is available for this resource.

ScienceDirect (Coverage dates vary)

Provides full text of articles from journals published by Elsevier, a major economics publisher.

Web of Science (ISI Citation Indexes) (1975 to present)

Comprises a combined electronic version of the printed indexes Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Provides bibliographic citations only; no full text. Web of Science is called a "citation" index because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (its bibliography), thereby allowing you to search for articles that cite a known author or work. Records from can be imported into EndNote using the Web of Science Export button; see the EndNote download instructions page for more details.

News & Analysis

ABI/Inform Complete (1971 to present)

Covers business and management from U.S. and international journals and trade magazines such as the Wall Street Journal. Includes company histories, competitive intelligence, and product development. Topics include advertising, banking, broadcasting, computers, economics, foreign investment, health care, insurance, international trade, management, marketing, public administration, real estate, taxation, telecommunications, and transportation.
Note: If you receive the error "ProQuest is unable to authenticate your user account," use the ProQuest cookie cutter to correct it.

Business Source Premier (Coverage dates vary)

Covers journals in business, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting. Provides full-text from 1990 to the present, and includes such publications as Business Week and the Economist

EIU Viewswire (Coverage dates vary)

Daily analysis of key economic, political and business developments around the world, written by analysts from the Economist Intelligence Unit (publisher of the Economist).

Factiva (Coverage dates vary)

Full text of articles from business, economics, and news publications and newswires, including the Economist; the only online source for the Wall Street Journal.

LexisNexis™ Academic (Coverage dates vary)

Full text of articles from news, business, and legal sources. Includes international, national, and regional newspapers like the New York Times and the Financial Times; magazines like the Economist; trade journals; news program transcripts and newswire service reports; and company reports.

Working Papers

Research tip: If you know the title or author of a specific working paper, try doing a Google search for it before searching the following databases. This is often the quickest means of locating the paper itself or at least finding contact information for the author.

Emory University Department of Economics Working Papers (1998 to present)

Papers authored by Emory Economics Department faculty and graduate students.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (1994 to present)

Searchable index of NBER working papers. The full text of working papers from November 1994-present are available online. To obtain copies of earlier papers, see NBER's Out of Print Working Papers instructions. NBER also provides a useful set of data links on their free web site.

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (1999 to present)

Full text of all Discussion Papers (working papers) from the CEPR, a European economics research network of academic research fellows and affiliates, plus abstracts for earlier Discussion Papers, as well as the Centre's Policy Papers.

EconPapers

Bibliographic references to over 100,000 Economics working papers, plus full text for over half of the papers listed.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

The SSRN Electronic Library, comprised of subject-based "networks," including Economics Research Network and Financial Economics Network, can be searched together or individually. Abstracts for all papers in the Electronic Library are provided, and full text is available for over half its contents.

Electronic Data Center
(217 Woodruff Library)

The Electronic Data Center will assist patrons in identifying and accessing quantitative data sources that are appropriate for their work. In addition, the Center will assist patrons in getting their data into their desired formats and will provide basic assistance in using statistical packages. Please note, however, that the Center does not actually perform analyses for students or help them interpret what their results mean.

For assistance with identifying, accessing, and formatting numeric data, contact Dr. Rob O'Reilly, Coordinator, Electronic Data Center (roreill@emory.edu or 404-727-6129).

The Data Center Home Page

The Data Freeway - a thematically-organized collection of links to on-line data sources

Economic and Financial data - a series of guides compiled by the EDC

Help Pages for databases and data management

Contact information and hours

General Sources for Economic Data

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)

The world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Topics include economics, government, health care,crime, education, and more. The Data Center also maintains an archive of ready-to-use ICPSR datasets which are accessible via the search engine on the Data Center home page. Instructions for identifying and accessing ICPSR data sets are available via the the Electronic Data Center. Contact the Electronic Data Services Coordinator to request assistance with ICPSR materials.

LexisNexis™ Statistical

Search this database by subject to identify sources of statistical information issued by U.S. Federal & State governments, major international intergovernmental organizations, and selected private publications. The Online version often provides the data in Excel format for easy access. This is a great starting place to identify available data types and their sources.
Statistics are also available in the Woodruff Library microfiche collection (located on Level 1) via one of three microfiche sets:

• American Statistics Index (ASI) Microfiche Library (MICFICHE 494)
• Index to International Statistics (IIS) Microfiche Library (MICFICHE 510)
• Statistical Reference Index (SRI) Microfiche Library (MICFICHE 486)
  

Each LexisNexis™Statistical record contains a Record Number (for example, Record Number: ASI 2001 6722-1.350) that is your key to finding the relevant data in one of the above microfiche sets.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Print version (usually more up to date than Web version): latest edition available at Reference Desk, earlier editions in Government Documents on Level 1 at C3.134

Annual compendium of statistical tables compiled by U.S. government agencies. Lists U.S. government and non-governmental sources, including website addresses, where more detailed information can be found, making this one of the best starting points for locating data sources. Some frequently used data tables can be downloaded in spreadsheet format from the Web version.

Domestic Sources of Data

BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

This division of the U.S. Department of Commerce is an excellent source for economic data at both the national and state/local level. A few of the many types of data to be found here are time-series data on GDP (and the components thereof), prices, and income. Data sets can be downloaded and imported into Excel.

BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

This division of the U.S. Department of Labor is a great source for data on employment, wages, and prices at the national and state/local level. The website is not always easy to navigate.

Fedstats

A great starting place for finding statistics collected by United States government agencies. Links to online statistics produced by over 100 U.S. federal government agencies. Topical and agency indexes are available, as is the ability to search for statistics by subject across all agency websites. Also includes a "Statistical Reference Shelf" of popular government statistical compendiums.

FRED II (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis hosts this database of over 1000 U.S. economic time series for variables such as GDP, interest rates, consumer prices, and banking. Most of the data are from the 1950's onwards, through some series extend back prior to World War Two. Data can be downloaded in Excel and text formats, or viewed in a chart.

Yahoo Finance

A convenient source of financial and stock market data. The site offers historical stock quotes that may be useful for time series studies.

Politics/Political Science Data

American Electoral Politics Resources

This is a Political Science subject guide from the Woodruff Library Subject and Course Guides. It contains a list of statistical resources on politics in its Electoral and Campaign Information/Statistics section.

Selected Statistical Resources for Political Science

This helpful guide to data on the Census, Economics, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior is provided by the Electronic Data Center in the Woodruff Library.

Economics Subject Guide

A more comprehensive guide to economics resources.

Emory's Electronic Data Center

Located in the Woodruff Library, the EDC is a resource for identifying, accessing, and formatting numeric data.

Goizueta Business Library

If you need information about companies, industries or other business-related material, the resources of the Business Library may be useful. The GBL web site has links to business-related databases and research aids. You can also make an appointment with a Business Librarian to discuss your information needs.

Other Subject & Course Guides

The Library may have another subject or course guide that will provide links or locations to information resources on your topic.

Subject Directory of Departmental Liaisons

If your research topic is interdisciplinary (covering such fields as Environmental Studies, Education, etc.), consider making an appointment with one of our other departmental liaisons.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Tips on Avoiding Plagiarism

Includes tips for avoiding common mistakes in acknowledging the work of others.

Documenting Sources (References & Bibliographies)

Economics does not subscribe to one particular citation style (a set of standardized guidelines used to format references and bibliographies in a research paper. Ask your instructor for his or her citation style preference.

Style guides available on the Internet:

Citation Styles (Emory General Libraries)

Documentation Guidelines (Duke University Library):

Citing Sources Within Your Paper

Assembling a List of Works Cited In Your Paper

Citation Style Guides (University of Georgia Libraries)

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison Writing Center)

Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis)

Popular style manuals available in Woodruff Library (latest edition listed):

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference Desk Z253 .U69 1993) .G7 .G37 1993)

Turabian (Reference Desk and Stacks: LB2369 .T8 1996)

MLA (Modern Language Association) (Reference Desk, Reference, and Stacks: PN147 .G444 1998)

APA (American Psychological Association) (Reference Desk, Reference, Stacks: BF76.7 .P83 1994)

Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources (Reference Desk Z7164 .G7 G37 2002)

Documenting electronic sources:

Citing World Wide Web Pages (Georgia Southern University Library)

Internet Public Library: Citing Electronic Resources

Online! A Reference Guide To Using Internet Resources (University of Wisconsin--Madison Writing Center)

EndNote (Bibliographic Management Software)

EndNote is a personal citation/bibliography manager program. It helps researchers organize their references in a database which can be used to format citations and create bibliographies automatically in a word processor.

EndNote at Emory (Help, filters, etc.)

EndNote workshops

Send questions about EndNote to the ENDNOTE-L listserv