Economics Indexes and Abstracts
This includes the major economics indexes and abstracts available in
or through Gelman Library. For help in using these indexes, for identifying
other relevant indexes , or indeed for further assistance of any kind,
please see the contact information at the bottom of this page. The URL
for this page is http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/business/econindex.html
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Phone: 202-994-6048
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- ABI
Inform. 1970-
- Location: ALADIN
- This indexes and provides abstracts to articles an about 1,000 economics,
management, and information technology periodicals. The full text is also
available for many of the articles. It is possible to limit a search to scholarly
articles by using the classification name experimental.
- Business
Source Premier
- Location: ALADIN
- This is similar to ABI Inform (see above).
- ECONLIT.
1969-
- Location: ALADIN
- This covers journal articles, books, chapters within books, working papers,
and dissertations. The coverage of the economic journal literature is broader
than that of ABI Inform. Abstracts are often provided. This is the electronic
version of the Journal of Economic Literature (see below).
- Emerald
Library. 1967 -
- Location: ALADIN
- This indexes over 130 management journals some of which have articles relevant
to economics. Includes some full text back to 1989.
- Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes.
1886-1980, 1983, 1986-1988, 1990-1992, 1995-1996
- Location: Z 7164.E2 A57
- There is an author index and a topical guide at the back. The earlier title
(1886-1965) is Index of Economic Journals.
- International Bibliography of Economics. 1952-1997.
- Location: Z 7164.E2 I58
- There are author, subject, and place indexes.
- Journal of Economic Literature. 1963-
- Location: Third Floor (Earlier issues in storage). Also the Mt. Vernon
Library has the latest five years.
- There is an author index for articles and another for books, and also
a separate section listing dissertations by subject.. This is the paper
version of ECONLIT (see above). The earlier title (1963-1968) is Journal
of Economic Abstracts.
- JSTOR
(Journal Storage).
- Location: ALADIN
- This provides the full text of scholarly journals, including some economics
journals going back many years. It does not have subject searching.
- National
Bureau of Economic Research. Working Papers.
- Location: ALADIN
- "Provides citations and summaries of all working papers of the National
Bureau of Economic Research, a private research organization, and the full
text of its working papers published since November 1994."
- Source
OECD. 1988 -
- Location: ALADIN
- Provides access to the books, journals, and statistical databases of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, providing information on member countries' economics, politics, and international affairs. Publications include country studies, forecasting publications, reports, periodicals, and socio-economic databases. Statistical data can be downloaded as Excel files.
- WoPEc.
- Location: http://econpapers.repec.org/
- This indexes and abstracts mostly journal articles and working papers
but also some books and chapters. Much full text is available.
- World
Bank E-Library.
- Location: ALADIN
- This is "an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 4,000 World
Bank documents. The collection consists of over 1,600 World Bank publications
and over 2,400 Policy Research Working Papers...plus each new book and paper
as they are published."
For more information, call the Reference Desk at 202-994-6048 or use
the E-mail Reference Form. This page is maintained
by Shmuel Ben-Gad.
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