Felician University Library: School of Business &amp; Information Sciences: Economics

Business Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Business, Management and Trade - scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news.
Accounting, Tax and Banking Collection This link opens in a new window
Quickly locate precise results from sources ranging from current news to professional and academic journal articles covering the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
Reference Solutions This link opens in a new window
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship, 2008
Provides a mix of basic and practical information on economics, personal money management, and starting a business.
History of World Trade Since 1450, 2006 ed.
The set looks at the Industrial Revolution, the rise of capitalism and the effects of imperialism on the global economy.

Economics on the Internet

BEA: Regional Economic Accounts
BEA: Regional Accounts provides in-depth economic statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Data is available from U.S. states, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and U.S. regions.
Council of Economic Advisers
his site from the Council of Economic Advisers makes accessible relevant economic documents and reports. The Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the Executive Office of the President, is charged with offering the President objective economic advice on the formulation of both domestic and international economic policy.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
This site from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York provides data on banking, capital markets, the national economy, and the global economy. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 banks in the Federal Reserve System, an independent govermental entity that serves as the central bank of the U.S.
United States Census Bureau: American FactFinder
Statistical data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.

Economics Books

Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal by Moshe Adler
Call Number: HB71 .A235 2010
ISBN: 9781595581013
Publication Date: 2010
Argues that contemporary economic theories, particularly those concerning efficiency and wages, favor the rich over the poor, and that there are better, more just options.

Blogs

The Baseline Scenario
The Baseline Scenario is dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy and developing concrete policy proposals. Since it was launched in September 2008, this blog has been cited by virtually every major newspaper, Internet site, and blog covering economic and financial issues.
The Wall Street Journal Online
Political and financial heavyweight WSJ publishes an online blog with a special focus on economics.