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This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information in Economics.

This guide contains the following sections:

Databases
Journals
Reference Sources
Theses
Library Instruction & Tips
Internet Sources
Newspapers
Research & Writing

Databases

Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in books, reports and reviews.

General articles databases
Statistical databases
Working Papers

General articles databases

EconLit 1969-
Librarian's take: Major resource for Economics. A comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective, working papers and dissertations. While only some articles are available in full-text, this is perhaps one of the most comprehensive databases for searching for Economics articles.

Guides for searching EconLit available at: OvidSP Online Help.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 1951-
Librarian's take: From London School of Economics and Political Science, based on the core disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, this database indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year.

Guides for searching International Bibliography of the Social Sciences available at: OvidSP Online Help.

Scopus
Librarian's take: Scopus is one of the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Updated daily, Scopus covers 29 million abstracts of over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers, 265 million references. In many ways similar to Social Science Citation Index , use them for a broader interdisciplinary search.

Guides for searching Scopus available at Scopus Help.

Social Science Citation Index (via Web of Science), 1988-
Librarian's take: Indexes thousands of academic journals in virtually every discipline in the social sciences, including demography, economics and statistics. Its unique feature is the ability to trace related articles, using a citation as a starting point.

Guides for searching Social Science Citation Index available at: Web of Science Tutorial (The Publisher)

Social Sciences Abstracts 1984-
Librarian's take: Provides comprehensive abstracting and indexing of more than 518 English-language periodicals in the areas of anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies.

ABI/Inform Complete
Librarian's take: A comprehensive business database offers nearly 3,000 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information.

Business Source Premier
Librarian's take: A database covering several thousand business, management and economics journals. Contains many case studies, industry reports and country profiles and reports.

Tip : For reports on country X search for any one or all of the following publications. "X Country monitor", "X Country review", "X country profile", "X country review", "X Economic studies", "X economic competitiveness" or "Country commerce X" where X is a country.

Tip : For reports on a particular industry, select "Industry profile" for Publication type in the basic search.

Factiva
Librarian's take: Full-text news articles and business information including market research, investment analyst reports and stock quotes from global news agencies. Newswires include Dow Jones, Reuters, Associated Press, Asia Pulse, and over 120 other continuously updating industry, press release and local newswires.

Guides for searching Factiva available at: How to Search Factiva (LION)

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Statistical Databases

EIU CountryData
Librarian's take: EIU CountryData provides data for 317 series on 150 countries running from 1980 onwards through a powerful, yet intuitive interface. For the 82 most important markets, key variables are additionally projected to 2030 in order to facilitate business planning.

Eurostat
Key resource to European statistics covering general and regional statistics, economy and finance, population and social conditions, industry, trade and services, agriculture, transport, environment, science and technology and energy. Special themes - Euro indicators, structural indicators, Eurostat yearbook, sustainable development and government finance.

Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Librarian's take: Good for statistics on countries markets, consumer lifestyles and companies. Some are exportable to spreadsheet format.

Frost & Sullivan
Database of market research reports and forecasts. Strong in medical and information & communication technology research. Coverage: varies.

Industrial statistics database [electronic resource] : 4-digit level of ISIC code (revision 2and 3)
Librarian's take: Contains data on domestic output, countries imports and exports. The data pertain to manufacturing and are arranged according to Revision 3 (or Revision 2) of ISIC at the 4-digit level, which comprises 127 manufacturing industries (or 81 industries).

International Financial Statistics
Librarian's take: Produced by IMF. Good source for data on foreign direct investments, supply of money etc. Contains time series data and provides international statistics on international and domestic finance from as early as 1945 (for selected time series).

International Statistical Yearbook
Official statistics and publications relating to market analysis, forecasts, and economic research in European Union, OECD, United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Business Monitor International, DSI Data Service & Information, Enerdata, Experian, Statistics Canada, Stat-USA.

International Trade Statistics
Produced by World Trade Organisation, it provides detailed analysis and tables for leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs, etc.

ISI Emerging Markets
Librarian's take: ISI Emerging Markets aggregates news, financials and company data for over 55 countries in a multi-language format.

Guides for searching ISI Emerging Markets available at: ISI Emerging Markets Help Pages (The Publisher)

Monthly bulletin of statistics = Bulletin mensuel de statistique
Produced by the United Nations Statistics Division, coverage includes global statistical information, statistical methods, classifications and definitions. Many of the Division's databases are also available on this site including Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook and World Statistics Pocketbook.

Orbis
Librarian's take: A global database with information on 16 million companies and has a wealth of information provided for companies including financial information, annual reports, board members, mergers and acquisitions, and stock data. Peer analyses are also available.

SourceOECD
Librarian's take: Good source for FDI. Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals. This database allows the user to select the data (partner country, inflows, outflows, inflow position, outflow position, reporting country, and number of years) and select the download format.

Statistics Database (World Trade Organisation)
Provides access to statistical information on trade profiles, tariff profiles and Time Series on merchandise and commercial services trade.

UNIDO industrial statistics database (CDROM)
see Industrial statistics database [electronic resource] : 4-digit level of ISIC code (revision 2and 3)

United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
As of 1 May 2007, use of the Common Database is free of charge. Produced by the United Nations Statistical Office, it provides access to hundreds of statistical series for all countries and areas of the world. Data coverage: balance of payments, financial statistics, income, consumption and wealth, and national accounts

World Development Indicators (WDI), 1960-
Librarian's take: Good source FDI. Offers the World Bank's comprehensive database on development data, covering more than 600 indicators, 208 economies, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

World Economic Outlook Reports
Surveys by the IMF usually published twice a year. Presents IMF economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term.

Also refer to Statistics on Asia-Pacific and International Statistics.

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Working Papers

NBER Working Papers
Librarian's take: Founded by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a leading US nonprofit economic research organization. Areas of research includes developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the effects of public policies on the U.S. economy.

Guides for searching NBER Working Papers available at: NBER Help: Working Papers (The Publisher)

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
RePEC provides a large database of over 500,000 bibliographic citations including over 230,000 working papers. It is particularly useful for finding unpublished or yet to be published working papers.

Social Science Research Network
This database requires online registration but is otherwise free. It includes both an abstract database containing abstracts on over 180,000 scholarly working papers and a full text database of about 140,000 journal articles.

More databases available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases

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Journals

Below is a short list of the established journals in Economics available in NUS Libraries:

Journal of Economic Literature
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Journal of Accounting & Economics
Journal of Economic Growth
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Economic Perspectives
World Bank Research Observer
Journal of Economic Geography
Journal of Financial Economics
Econometrica
Health Economics
Journal of Health Economics
Review of Economic Studies
American Economic Review
Economic Geography
Review of Economics and Statistics
Journal of Econometrics
Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society)
Journal of Law, Economics & Organization
Eurasian Geography and Economics
Journal of International Economics

More E-Journals available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals

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Reference Sources

This is a select list of reference sources that give background information including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events, keywords and bibliographies.

More statistical sources available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases> Browse Databases by Type> Statistical Data

Also refer to Statistics on Singapore : an annotated bibliography of sources in NUS Library

For other background sources, search the Library catalogue, LINC at http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.

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Theses

NUS Theses

Selected theses & academic exercises received from the NUS Economics Dept are kept in the Library's Closed Stacks under the call number HD30.

More on how to search NUS theses available at: http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html.

Foreign Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT) (E-Resource)
A comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the world . Where available, PQDT provides 24 page previews as well as full text of selected dissertations and theses. Allows natural language searching and the menu-driven search facility help users find information quickly and easily.

Guides to searching ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database available at: ProQuest help pages(the Publisher).

Index to Theses with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland (E-Resource)
Listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.

More on how to search foreign theses available at: http://libpweb1.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html

More foreign theses databases are available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations

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Library Instruction & Tips

This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may include notes on how to use specific resources.

Economics Library Tutorial for Honours Year Students 2008 (NEW!)

How to Import references into EndNote

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Internet Sources

Comprehensive guides to online Economics resources

WWW Virtual Library Economics
A section of the WWW Virtual Library, it consists of the following two sites. RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet and WebEC: WWW Resources in Economics (see next two entries). Collectively, they make up the WWW Virtual Library Economics.

Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE)
Sponsored by the American Economic Association, this site links to over 2000 economic resources for academic and practicing economists.

WebEc - World Wide Web Resources in Economics
This was maintained by the Helsinki School of Economics. Though no longer updated after June 2007, it still contains perhaps the most comprehensive guide to Economics resources on the net.

WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History
The site is maintained in Amsterdam by the Netherlands Economic History Archive. Coverage: economics information by geographical listings, discussions lists, conferences, journals, associations and societies, research institutions, archives and libraries, museums, reference data archives and web resources. See also other related WWW Virtual Libraries.

Intute: Economics
High quality links evaluated and classified by subject experts from a consortium of United Kingdom universities.

Custom World Wide Web Search Engines for Economics This page lists two search engines, one searches WebEc (above) and the other uses a custom Google engine that searches across Economics related. There are other custom Google engines for Economics.

EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World)
The index is organized by countries and fields covering economics departments, research centers and institutes in universities, as well as finance ministries, statistical offices, central banks, think tanks, and other non-profit institutions where mainly economists are working.

Internet Economist
Provides a useful listing of sites relevant to Economics. It is a subset of the Intute: Virtual training suite.

Economics Network of the UK's Higher Education Academy
Provides resources to support teaching of Economics at University level.

Internet Site for Economists (INOMICS)
This site provides conference announcements, job openings, a directory and a search engine for economic information.

Academic Blog Portal : Blogs on Economics
Blogs on Economics is a subsection the Academic Blog Portal. Its a kind of an invisible college that is useful to academic bloggers and academics.

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Newspapers

Factiva (E-Resource)
A reputable business information resource that allows searching for timely news articles from major national and international newspapers, trade journals, and wires, including The Wall Street Journal and The Economist.

LexisNexis Academic (E-Resource)
Provides full text of hundreds of news sources including newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Pretty good about having boxes to fill in, to aid you in searching.

More E-Newspapers available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> E-Newspapers

Press Clippings
Located in the Singapore - Malaysia Collection, Central Library. A useful source for topical and current information, not available in journal articles or books. Articles on Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN from The Straits Times and Business Times are arranged by broad subjects.

More on Press Clippings collection available at: http://libpweb1.nus.edu.sg/lion/n/presclip.html

Guides to broad Subject Headings for Press Clippings collection available at: http://libpweb.nus.edu.sg/lion/n/presclip_sub.html#B

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