Economics
Economics is the study of how scarce resources are allocated among competing uses to satisfy human wants. Economic analysis is directed at a wide range of problems, including inflation and recession, environmental problems, taxation decisions, regulatory and antitrust problems, forecasting, and managerial decision making. Virginia Tech students master the three fundamental activities used in economics: collection, analysis, and interpretation of economic data.
Getting started with academic research | Overview of economics | Recommended databases
EconLIT from ProQuest
EconLIT from ProQuest
EconLit indexes citations and abstracts from articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and the full text of book reviews and working papers on economic theory and application. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1969-present.
EconLibrary.com
EconLibrary.com
EconLibrary indexes citations from over 500 journals in economics, accounting, and finance.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
EIU provides economic profiles and reports that assess and forecast political, economic and business conditions for almost 200 countries. Each report examines and explains in depth the issues shaping these countries: the political scene, economic policy, domestic economy, sectoral trends, and foreign trade and payments. Detailed 2 year forecasts complement the analysis and pinpoint political and economic developments and trends.
World Development Indicators from the World Bank
World Development Indicators from the World Bank
World Development Indicators provides financial data sets from international sources that can be downloaded in database and spreadsheet formats. 1960-present.
Global Development Finance from the World Bank
Global Development Finance from the World Bank
Global Development Finance provides external debt and financial flows statistics for the 134 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt under the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. 1970-present.
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. Most full-text content is presented as HTMl web pages. 1991-present.
ABI/INFORM from ProQuest
ABI/INFORM from ProQuest
ABI/Inform indexes citations, abstracts, and full text news articles, market and SWOT analyses, industry reports, country reports, downloadable data sets, dissertations, business cases, working papers, annual reports from North American companies, and company profiles and histories. You can limit searches to peer-reviewed journals. Full text provided in HTML and PDF. 1971-present.
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