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REFERENCE

Printed Sources

The following is a list of major reference sources available in the Reference Room:

  • Ammer, Christine, and Dean S. Ammer. Dictionary of Business and Economics. New York: Free Press, 1977.
    Ref HB61.A53
  • Bannock, Graham, R. E Baxter, and Evan Davis. Penguin Dictionary of Economics. 5th ed. London: Penguin Books, 1992.
    Ref HB61.B33

  • Economic Indicators. Montréal: Square One Data, 2004.
    Ref HC59.3.E26

  • Engerman, Stanley L, and Robert E. Gallman, eds. The Cambridge Economic History of the United States. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
    Ref HC103.C26

    Foldvary, Fred E. Dictionary of Free-market Economics. Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar, 1998.
    Ref HB61.F65

    Hanson, John Lloyd. A Dictionary of Economics and Commerce. 4th ed. London: Macdonald and Evans, 1974.
    Ref HB61.H35

    Jones, R. J. Barry, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy. New York: Routledge, 2001.
    Ref HF1359.R68

    Nations of the World: A Political, Economic & Business Handbook. 4th ed. Millerton, NY: Grey House Pub, 2003.
    Ref HC10 .N37

    World Bank. World Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000-.
    Ref HC59.7.W659

  • World Bank. Equity and Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2005.
    Ref HC59.7.W659

On-line Sources

Here you may find a list of pertinent on-line reference resources.

  • Encyclopedia Britannica gives access to basic reference information.

  • Oxford Reference Online contains dictionaries and other quick reference sources, including quotations, maps, timelines, and illustrations. It also contains subject specific sources, such as A Dictionary of Economics.

    Note: the links mentioned above work only when you are on-campus. To use these resources from off-campus, start from the databases webpage

 

BOOK SEARCHING

Most of the books on economics can be found on the shelves under section H, according to the Library of Congress Classification System. In particular, the HA section is primarily related to statistics, whereas books on economic theory and history are gathered under the HB and HC sections.

The Library catalog allows different kind of searches, including Subject Keyword and Subject Browse. A Subject Keyword search will retrieve all the subject strings containing the word you searched for. A Subject Browse search will lead to the controlled subject headings list. Determining which "controlled" subject headings are established for aspects of a topic is an important step in finding relevant material. You may want to browse on the broader subject (e.g. economics) to find out what's available in the Library.

Some examples of official subject headings and heading patterns are listed below:

 

JOURNALS

Printed Editions

The library subscribes to these print journals and newspapers on Economics in general:

 

Electronic Collections

A large collection of electronic journals is available through library databases such as JSTOR, EBSCO (Academic Search Premier and Business Source Premier), and LEXIS-NEXIS.

Last updated: 22-4-2009