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Economics

EconLit with Full-text (1969–present)
From the American Economic Association -- the foremost source of references to economic literature.

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics -- not just a dictionary, short essays included as well.

Academic OneFile (InfoTrak) (1980–present)
Partially full text. Database includes economics.

Academic Search Premier (some 1965-present)
Fulltext articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences.

IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) (1951- present)
Includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and books. Over 2,700 journals are indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. Particularly strong in economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and law.

Social Science Citation Index (via Web of Science) (on campus only) (1984 - present)
Tracks cited references to locate more recent articles.

ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and and education. Contains over 312,000 records from 650 journals in 16 different countries.

Statistical Universe
Index to over 100,000 U.S., International, and Intergovernmental statistical publications. Some are also available fulltext.

WDI Online
Database to World Development Indicators providing international social and economic indicators and statistics (1960-present) from the World Bank.

Women's Studies International (1972- present)
Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies and the latest scholarship in feminist research. Includes economics.

 
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