ECONOMICS 290:
ECONOMICS IN TRANSITION
Some
Useful Information Sources
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I. Library Catalogs
EZRA
OhioLINK- Combined catalog of more than 80 Ohio academic libraries -
Useful subject headings include:[name of place] economic integration
Structural adjustment (economic policy)
Globalization economic aspects
Development economics
Economic development
[name of country] economic conditions--or better still, do a keyword search: economics and transition
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. Ref. HC59. U375
From the UN.
World Economic and Social Survey.
Annual. Ref. HC59 .U374
From the UN.
World Development Report.
Annual. Ref. HC59.7 .W659
From the World
Bank
International Financial
Statistics. Annual. Ref. HG61.I57
From the
International Monetary Fund
II. Web Search Engines
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 - Text of the current World Development Report
World Bank Prospects for Development - A searchable site
United Nations Development Program and their Human Development Reports -
International Monetary Fund -Library of Congress country studies -
World Factbook -
Nations of the World - A database 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.
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.
International
Political
Science Abstracts -
Bibliography of Asian Studies - Covers 1971 to date. No full text.
Current Digest of the
Post-Soviet Press - Index
and full text of articles, January 2001
to date.
New York Times -
Historical - Full text of the
New York Times from its inception.
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.
World News Connection -
From the US government,
translations of foreign news broadcasts
and other mass media from
around the world.
Wilson Indexes
- Includes the Social Sciences Index. Indexes
only journals. Some full text.
News and Newspapers Online
- A gateway to
online newspapers from all over the world.
-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.
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