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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field, the Encyclopedia is divided not only by chronological and geographic boundaries, but also by related subfields such as agricultural history, demographic history, business history, and the histories of technology, migration, and transportation. The articles, all written and signed by international contributors, include scholars from Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and covers economic history in all areas of the world and segments of ecnomies from prehistoric times to the present.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HC15 .O94 2003 v.1-5


Business Cycles and Depressions : an Encyclopedia / editor, David Glasner. New York : Garland Pub., 1997.
This single-volume work provides concise essays on theoretical concepts, statistical techniques, people, and historical events related to the study of business cycles and depressions. Includes bibliographies.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HB3711 .B936 1997


Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History / Thomas Carson, editor, Mary Bonk, associate editor. Detroit : Gale Group, c1999
In 1,000 entries on American economic historyare found overviews of eras, biographies, key events, business profiles, economic concepts and more. Research a specific time period using the "Contents by Era" table or the chronology of major economic events. Illustrated, with bibliographies.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HC102 .G35 1999 v.1-2


The European Union Encyclopedia and Directory.
Starting with a chronology of European integration since 1947, the encyclopedia's main body is an alphabetical sequence of entries on concepts, countries, people, and constituent bodies of the EU. Additional offerings are scholarly essays of topical interest, a directory of the EU with names and contact information for officers, and an extensive statistical survey of business, demographic, and political affairs in the EU as a whole and in its member states.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HC241.2 .E97 2004

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A Dictionary of Econometrics / Adrian C. Darnell. Brookfield, Vt., USA : E. Elgar, c1994.
Featuring entries on all the major areas in theoretical econometrics, the dictionary will be used by students, both undergraduate and post graduate, to aid their understanding of the subject. Sorted by alphabetical order, each entry is a short essay which is designed to present the essential points of a particular concept or technique and offer a concise guide to other relevant literature.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HB139 .D358 1994


A Dictionary of Economics / John Black et al. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
This outstanding reference work defines more than 2,500 key economic terms with clear, concise entries that cover all aspects of the field from economic theory, applied microeconomics, and labor economics to public finance, monetary economics, and environmental economics. Readers will find particularly strong coverage of international trade and economic organizations and institutions as well as expanded coverage of common econometric concepts, highlighting major theoretical concepts such as agency, competition , and equilibrium. Also available online via Oxford Reference.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HB61 .B554 2009
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t19

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
This new edition retains the inspiring tradition of bringing together the world's most influential economists writing in their own voice on their areas of expertise, but in its online incarnation it has married this tradition with the benefits of a dynamic, updated resource serving the information needs of a new generation of economists.
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http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law / edited by Peter Newman. New York, NY : Stockton Press, 1998.
Third in the "New Palgrave" series, this title covers such aspects of its subject as Society, Economy, Polity, Law in General, Common Law Systems, Regulation, and Biography.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] K487.E3 N480 1998 v.1-3


The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance / edited by Peter Newman, et al. New York : Stockton Press, 1992.
A companion volume to The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, this focuses on "empirical matters" of money and finance.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] HG151 .N48 1992 v.1-3

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Handbooks


Handbook in Economics Series
This series includes a variety of titles, providing a comprehensive set of reviews of literature on the economics of education, law, forecasting, growth, giving, and more; Including Handbook of experimental economics results, Handbook of law and economics, Handbook of industrial organization, and Handbook of environmental economics.
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Census Atlas of the Unites States
The Census Atlas is a large-format publication about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of the maps in the Census Atlas present data at the county level, but data also are sometimes mapped by state, census tract (for largest cities and metropolitan areas), and for selected American Indian reservations.
CALL NUMBER: [RefAtlas] G1201.E2 U5 2007
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/

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BEOnline+: Business and Economics Online
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/beohome.html
BEOnline, or Business and Economics Online, began in 1996 as an experimental project of the Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) of the Cataloging Directorate of the Library of Congress to explore means of access and bibliographic control for remote Internet resources of interest to the practice or study of entrepreneurship, small business, and economics. Currently, data on the Internet resources included in the BEOnline guides is maintained in an inhouse database from which the approximately ninety BEOnline subject guides are dynamically generated.

Economagic: Economic Time Series Page
http://www.economagic.com/
Access to more than 200,000 time series for (mostly) U.S. economic data, with charts and Excel file for each. Some data is limited by subscription only. Browse by region, or by data source. Also includes miscellaneous links to economics resources online.

FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is a project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

AEA Web [American Economic Association]
http://www.aeaweb.org/index.php
AEAweb includes the web pages for association and publication information; contents, abstracts, datafiles, and full-text links to AEA journals; Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE); EconLit and JEL Classification System information; and Job Openings for Economists (JOE). AEAweb provides news, member features, Annual Meeting conference papers, grants information, and more!

NBER Working Papers
http://www.nber.org/papers/
Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.

How To Use The Value Line Investment Survey Page
http://www.valueline.com/ed_vlpage-a.html
To start studying a stock, concentrate on the major features found on every company page of Ratings & Reports.

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World Economist
http://www.worldeconomist.com/
Daily economics news and current events from around the world. Browsable by geographic region, or by financial topic

AmericanEconomicAlert.org
http://americaneconomicalert.org/default.asp
AmericanEconomicAlert.org was founded by the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research and educational organization dedicated to improving the American people's awareness of critical public policy issues in such diverse fields as trade, taxation, education, health care, foreign relations, defense, and national security, among others. USBICEF is affiliated with the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a 501(c)(6) non-profit business association.

JSTOR - Economic Titles available in full-text. JSTOR includes nearly 100 core titles in the discipline, including Publications of the American Economic Association (1886-), Economica(1921-), Econometrica(1933-), Canadian Journal of Political Science (1928-), The RAND Journal of Economics and more.