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This guide provides many resources for study of economics including books, articles, newspapers and web resources.
Find Books
Book Searches
- Library Catalog via the "Library Search" boxUse the main Library Search box and then choose limiters (filters on the left) to sort your results list. Choose the book options and "held by library" to find holdings of Rowan University Libraries' print books or electronic books. Options to conduct a basic or advanced search on a topic, title, or author.
- Borrow from other libraries (EZ Borrow or ILLiad)Search nearby libraries for books that are either currently unavailable or not owned by Rowan. Request your items online and follow the directions about how what to do when they arrive from another library.
Full-text Reference E-books
Here are some more examples of e-books provided by Campbell Library. These resources are all restricted to Rowan University students and faculty. If you are off campus, you will be required to authenticate by logging in with your Rowan user name and password. The order of this list emphasizes relevancy as well as availability of full text information.
- Biographical Dictionary of British EconomistsBrings together new essays on over six hundred individuals. Individually, the entries capture important and often overlooked contributions to the development of economic thought in Britain; collectively, they encapsulate the rich diversity of that thought and the influences that have been at play on British economic thinking over nine centuries.
- A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting EconomistsAn extensive and authoritative guide to economists both past and present, providing biographical, bibliographical and critical information on over 100 economists working in the non-neoclassical traditions broadly defined.
- The Elgar Companion to Feminist EconomicsComprehensive reference work introducing readers to the field of feminist economics. It addresses key concepts as well as feminist economic critiques and reconstructions of major economic theories and policy debates.
- The Elgar Dictionary of Economic QuotationsA compendium of quotations on subjects of interest to economists and those who are generally intrigued by the social sciences.
- An Encyclopedia of Keynesian EconomicsThis authoritative and comprehensive reference work introduces the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of Keynesian economics.
- Guide to Economic IndicatorsProvides quick and easy access to current and reliable data on the major statistical measures of the U.S. economy as well as concise, jargon-free explanations of the meaning, use, and availability of macroeconomic indicators, including websites, recent trends, and current data.
- Handbook of United States Economic and Financial IndicatorsDesigned to answer questions about the makeup, purpose, use, and availability of economic indicators in a broad sense of the term, this book includes entries on indicators, many of which are new to this edition. In addition to identifying and describing indicators, the entries show how they are calculated, where they are published, how they are used, where their values are published, and where one can find further information about them.
- Wall Street WordsAn essential guide to the words spoken on "the Street". Covers everything from investment fundamentals to the sophisticated terminology of contemporary finance plus case studies illustrating real-world investment examples and 50 insightful tips from industry professionals.
Find Articles
Article Searches
- Library Catalog via the "Library Search" boxUse the main Library Search box for articles also. Use the limiters (filters) on the left side of your results list to find articles from certain dates, or ones which are peer-reviewed, or which are quickly available in full-text.
- Articles from other libraries (via ILLiad)Nearby libraries will often provide PDFs of articles which are not owned by Rowan. Click the Request via Interlibrary Loan links which appear in your searches, or use the article option here.
Suggested Economics Databases
Database resources are all restricted to Rowan University students and faculty. If you are off campus, you will be required to authenticate by logging in with your Rowan NetID. Navigate to the library home page's Database Finder, and then use the drop-down menu to choose the Economics databases list:
Database Finder: Economics (rowan.edu)
Some of the more popular databases on that list are:
- EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new windowThis American Economic Association’s database is the world’s foremost source of references to economic literature. It contains more than 1,010,900 records from 1969-present and covers virtually every area related to economics. Ebsco
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary, full-text database. Coverage 1975-present; varies by title.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowJournal, magazine and news articles in all academic fields, in 27 subject databases.
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowPublic affairs, public and social policies, international relations. 1972 to current.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchival repository of full-text articles of some of the most important journals in economics as well as many other subject areas.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowDatabase of full text articles in social sciences, arts, and humanities journals.
- Business Source Elite This link opens in a new windowThis business database provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. This
- Science Direct This link opens in a new windowFull text database of economic, scientific, medical, business, behavioral and social science journals published by Elsevier.
- Statistical Abstract of United StatesA database of reports and statistics for the U.S. business, economic and trade community; contains items like the National Trade Data Bank.
Find Newspapers
Newspaper Databases, both current and historical
These resources are all restricted to Rowan University students and faculty. If you are off campus, you will be required to authenticate by logging in with your Rowan user name and password.
- NewsBank Access World News This link opens in a new windowArticles from a large collection of newspapers worldwide.
- New York Times (current) This link opens in a new windowFull text access to articles in The New York Times Late Edition (East Coast).
- New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowAccess to The New York Times (1851 - 2017).
- U.S. Newsstream (1980-current) This link opens in a new windowArticles from over 1300 newspapers and news content sites worldwide.
- Wall Street Journal (Online) This link opens in a new windowOnline e-news content from the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
- Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowOnline access to back issues of the Wall Street Journal, 1889 - 1999.
