Economics 220 - Wishart

ECONOMICS 220:
ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING AREAS
Some Useful Information Sources

I. Library Catalogs

EZRA
OhioLINK - Combined catalog of more than 80 Ohio academic libraries -
    Useful subject headings include:
        Economic development [HD72-HD88]
        Developing countries
        Industrialization
        Rural development
        Sustainable development
        [name of country] economic conditions
WorldCat - Use Interlibrary Loan to borrow these books.

Some Helpful Titles:
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 26 volumes.
Ref. H41.I58 2001 - Volume 6 contains articles on various aspects of development.

Oxford Dictionary of Economics - Ref. HB61 .B554 2003
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. 5 volumes - Ref. HC15 .O94 2003

World Economic Situation and Prospects. Annual. HC59. U375

           From the UN.
       World Economic and Social Survey. Annual. Ref. HC59 .U374
            From the UN.
        World Development Report. Annual.   HC59.7 .W659
            From the World Bank
        International Financial Statistics. Annual. Ref. HG61.I57
            From the International Monetary Fund

II. Web Search Engines

Alta Vista	Metacrawler
Google	Yahoo

Some Relevant Web Sites, Including Statistics

World Development Indicators - From the World Bank, this database provides comparative economic statistics from around the world.
World Bank - World Development Report 2002 - or the World Development Report (annual)
HC59.7 .W659
World Bank Prospects for Development - A searchable site

United Nations Development Program and their Human Development Reports -
- or the World Economic and Social Survey (annual) Ref. HC59.U374 1998
International Monetary Fund - or the International Financial Statistics Yearbook Ref. HG61.I57

Library of Congress country studies -

World Factbook -
Nations of the World - From the Library of Congress

University of Michigan Documents Center - Statistical Resources on the Web

United Nations Statistical Division - Search here for statistics on the United Nations and its member countries--or, look at the UN Statistical Yearbook, Ref. HA12.5 .U63.

III. Databases for Finding Journal Articles--and more

Econ Lit - Basic index for economics. Very little full text.
Academic Search Premier - 1600 magazines and journals; many are full text.

International Political Science Abstracts - Current index to articles on political science.
JSTOR - A rolling backfile of fulltext journal articles.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. A very rich source, Lexis-Nexis indexes approximately 5200 magazines, newspapers, and other sources, most going back as far as 20 years. Almost all full text.

New York Times - Historical - Full text of the New York Times from its inception.
News and Newspapers Online

<>World News Connection - From the US government, translations of foreign news broadcasts
and other mass media.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - 1975 through June 2006. A basic index for journal
articles in political science, international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Some full text.

-or go to the Thomas Library web site to access the full range of Wittenberg online resources.

IV. Locating Journals

At Wittenberg: Go to Journals the library has

If the article you want is not at Wittenberg, use Interlibrary Loan instead.
Note: You generally cannot order journal articles via OhioLINK.

Locating journals can be tricky, difficult, and generally exasperating. If you run into trouble, a reference librarian will be glad to assist you.

V. Chicago Manual of Style -

VI. People Resources
For help by e-mail, contact Gina Entorf, who is library liaison with the Management Department. You could also phone her at 327-7533 with a quick question or to set up an appointment for an individual consultation. Or, stop by the library, phone the reference desk at 327-7511, or send e-mail to the reference desk.

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Compiled by Regina Entorf, Wittenberg University Library
Last updated 6-4-07/RPE