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Reference Resources

Collective Resources

• WWW Links in Economics, Marshall Library of Economics, Cambridge University
• Library of Economics and Liberty, Liberty Fund Inc.
• Economic and Business History, WWW Virtual Library
• How Much is That?, EH.net

Almanacs and Yearbooks

• Statistical Abstracts of the United States, US Census Bureau

Bibliographic Databases

• AgEcon Search, Agricultural and Applied Economics Scholarly Literature, significant full-text
• Beige Book, searchable archives
• Consumer and Household Studies Database, Wageningen Desktop Library
• EconPapers, REPEC
• Fed in Print, an index to Federal Reserve economic research
• International Monetary Fund Publications
• Real Estate Periodical Index, connect to Bobcat to get to database list and then select Real Estate Periodical Index
• SmealSearch, Academic Business Literature Digital Library

Bibliographies

• Economics Book Catalogue, Economics Network
• London's Past Online, a bibliography of London history, created by the Centre for Metropolitan History in association with the Royal Historical Society

Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauri ...

• Economics A-Z, Economist
• Economic Concepts, Government of Canada
• Glossary of Economic Terms, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• A Glossary of Political Economy Terms, Paul M. Johnson
• Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms, Congressional Budget Office

Encyclopedias

• EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History
• Economicae: an illustrated encyclopedia of economics, UNC
• Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, Library of Economics and Liberty

Electronic Books, Book-Length Material

Collections

• Online Books and Essays, public access, significant full-text, Library of Economics and Liberty
• Archive for the History of Economic Thought, McMaster University
• Online Economics Textbooks, John Kane
• Historical Monographs, full-text, Cornell Library

Individual Titles

• Least Developed Countries Report Series, UNCTAD
• Trends in Europe and North America, UNECE, 2005
• Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text, Drexel, 2005
• Economics and Language, Ariel Rubinstein, Cambridge University Press, 2000
• Price Theory: An Intermediate Text, David D. Friedman, published by South-Western Publishing Co., c1986, 1990
• Applied Theory of Price, Deidre McCloskey, Macmillan, ca.1985

Interest, Exchange Rates ...

• How Much is That?, EH.net
• Pacific Exchange Rate Service, Sauder School of Business, UBC
• Interest and exchange rates data, Statistical Interactive Database, Bank of England
• Exchange Rates, Bank of Canada

News and Current Events

• Economy, BBC News
• Economic News Releases, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US
• Economy, Canoe Money
• Business News, CBC
• Jobs and Economy, CNN Money
• Dismal Scientist
• EconLog, Library of Economics and Liberty
• Latest News and Financial Information, Reuters

Organizations, Associations, Institutions ...

• Canadian Economics Association
• Cato Institute
• C.D. Howe Institute
• Conference Board, US
• Conference Board of Canada
• Fraser Institute
• Heritage Foundation
• Hoover Institution
• International Monetary Fund
• OECD
• Reason Foundation
• Royal Economic Society
• World Bank

Serials

• Advances in Theoretical Economics, 2001 forward, significant full-text
• American Journal of Sociology, 1993 forward, significant full-text
• Brazilian Electronic Journal of Economics, current and back issues, full-text
• Dollars & Sense, 1996 forward, selected full-text
• Economic and Social Review, 1999 forward, significant full-text
• Electronic Journal of Evolutionary Modeling and Economic Dynamics (e-JEMED), 2002 forward, full-text
• EU Economy Review, annual, 1999 forward, full-text
• European Political Economy Review, 2003 forward, significant full-text
• Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1997 forward, full-text
• Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 1998 forward, full-text
• Kyoto Review, current and back issues, significant full-text
• Monthly Economic Indicators [Economic Analysis and Statistics, Industry Canada], current and back issues, full-text
• Monthly Labor Review, 1982 forward, full-text
• Survey of Current Business, 1994 forward, full-text

Search Engines (Speciality)

• See: Bibliographic Databases, above

Working Papers ...

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Country / Region

Collective Resources

• Central Bank Websites, Bank for International Settlements
• Statistical Agencies, US Census Bureau

Asia-Pacific

• Asian Development Bank
• Reserve Bank of Australia
• Reserve Bank of India
• Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
• Bank of Japan
• Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
• Economy, Statistics New Zealand

Canada

• Canadian Economy Online, Government of Canada
• Economic Concepts, Government of Canada
• Statistics Canada
• Bank of Canada
• Department of Finance
• Monthly Economic Indicators, current and back issues, full-text, Economic Analysis and Statistics, Industry Canada

Europe

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• Economic Survey of Europe, 1998 forward, full-text, UNECE
• Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
• Eurostat
• European Investment Bank
• Statistics, European Central Bank
• Statistics Portal, OECD
• Deutsche Bundesbank
• National Statistics Online: Time Series Data, UK
• Statistics Area, Bank of England
• Economic Data and Tools, HM Treasury, UK
• National Digital Archives of Datasets, UK

International

• International Monetary Fund
• OECD
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization
• UN Statistics Division
• Offstats, Official Statistics on the Web, University of Auckland Library
• International Economic Accounts, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Commerce Department
• NBER Macrohistory Data, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Publications and Statistics, Bank for International Settlements
• Bureau for Research Economic Analysis of Development, UCLA
• Groningen Growth and Development Centre

United States

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Economics Statistics Briefing Room, Whitehouse
• Industry, Trade and the Economy: Data and Analysis, Office of Industry and Trade Information, US Commerce Department
• Regional Economic Accounts, Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Commerce Department
• Economic Indicators, Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce
• Economic Indicators, GPOAccess, 1995 forward
• Davis and Bacon Wage Determinations, GPOAccess
• Fed in Print, an index to Federal Reserve economic research
• Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
• CSIP: Data and Charting, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Data Basics, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Statistics: Releases and Historical Data, Federal Reserve Board
• NBER Macrohistory Data, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Economic Census, Census Bureau
• Economic Report of the President, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, 1996 forward
• New England Economic Indicators, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• California Economic Indicators, Department of Finance
• Kentucky Economic Indicators, State Budget Director
• Wisconsin Economic Indicators, Office of Economic Advisors
• Economic Research Service, USDA

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Price Indexes

Calculators

• CPI Inflation Calculator, NASA
• Consumer Price Index Calculator, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Asia-Pacific

• All Groups Consumer Price Index, Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• Consumer Price Index, Japan
• Retail Price Index Data, National Statistics Office, Philippines

Canada

• Prices and Price Indexes, Statistics Canada
• Consumer Price Index, Bank of Canada
• Consumer Price Index, BC Stats
• Consumer Price Index Survey, Bureau of Statistics, Saskatchewan

Europe

• Consumer Price Indexes Time Series Data, National Statistics Online, UK
• Retail Sales Time Data Series, National Statistics Online, UK

Middle East / North Africa

• Price Indexes, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

United States

• Consumer Price Index, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Produced Price Index, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, SSA
• Consumer Price Indices, Counting California

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