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Reference guide with examples for citing sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago.
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A discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.

New Books in Economics & Business

Industry Classification

Understanding NAICS Codes
This guide, from IBIS World, describes the purpose and uses of NAICS codes.

North American Industry Classification System
Differentiates types of businesses

The standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
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Best Resources for Economics Research

EconLit with Full Text
Covers scholarly literature in all fields of economics.

Full-text, citations, and abstracts; 1969 - present
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Repository of scholarly papers and abstracts in the social sciences

Repository of working papers and submitted abstracts intended for early distribution of research results in social science disciplines.; Abstracts with some full-text; Varies; Most of the full-text papers can be downloaded for free. Those with $ signs should be checked for availability in Journal Locator.
ABI-Inform
Scholarly, popular and trade journal articles and reports across a range of company, industry and market sources, with a focus on business and economics.

Citations and full-text; 1980s - present; varies by title
Business Source Complete
Scholarly database providing a collection of bibliographic and full-text content in all disciplines of business.

Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.; Citations, abstracts, and full-text; Abstracts: 1886 - present; Full-text: 1990 - present
World Bank Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
Current economic trends along with economic, financial, and commodity data indicators for high income and developing countries.

Features up-to-date analysis on global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports, direct access to high-frequency datasets via Quick Query, forecasts for commodity prices and main macroeconomic indicators for over 130 countries.; Reports; Updated daily
OECD iLibrary
Comprehensive resource on the major world economies and world development

Provides all of the research created by OECD on economics, development, environment and governance, including books, reports, statistics and databases.; Full-text, statistics & data ; 1998 - present
Factiva
Provides access to global news and business information from Dow Jones and Reuters.

Citations and full-text; 1968 - present
World Bank e-library
Collection of World Bank publications

A portal to over 4,500 World Bank documents on international and country-specific economic, development, and environmental issues. The collection consists of over 1,800 World Bank publications and over 2,700 Policy Research Working Papers.; Full-text; 1987 - present
Nexis Uni
Full-text of major newspapers with separate resources for environment, government, statistics, and legal information

Online access to current and back issues of major newspapers, journals, newsletters, and news sources from around the world. Full-text of legal materials (court cases, legislation, statutes, regulations, law reviews, and more). Congressional information back to 1789.; Full-text; Varies by title; 1980 - present
Social Science Citation Index
Index to scholarly journal articles in the social sciences

Comprehensive citation index to peer reviewed scholarly journals in 50 social sciences disciplines.; Citations and abstracts; 1976 - present; Excellent coverage of articles' cited references and times cited.