 Finding Journal Articles
Checking the Complete List of Journals Available at Albright
Finding Reference Sources
Finding Books and AV Materials
Finding Quality Internet Sites
 REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing these databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card with a library barcode to obtain access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
The most popular databases with economics information are listed in alphabetical order. You can find more information on each database and review the online help options for each database by going to our Complete List of Library Databases. Once you find the sources you need, you can see if we own that particular magazine, journal or newspaper by checking a full listing of the serial items that the college can access in print (in the Library) or by reading online.
- ABI/Inform Global, available via ProQuest, premier business journal & newspaper database, much in full text online.
- Business Periodicals Online, available via WilsonWeb, leading English language business periodical database, with some full text online.
- EconLIT, available via FirstSearch, leading economics database.
- JSTOR, a pdf archive of journal articles in various subject areas. Because it is an "archive," there are no current articles but there is a wide coverage of business and economics. Journal of Accounting for example goes back to 1926. Coverage varies.
- LexisNexis Academic is a great site for researching news, business, and legal topics. Look at the OVERVIEW and TUTORIALS to see how to do searches.
Check our list of online and print journals to determine which titles you can access in the library and online. If you cannot find the article you need, request it via interlibrary loan.
Reference sources provide solid background information on a topic or provide a quick and easy access to factual information. You will want to consult them when you either want to get a good background on a topic (e.g., an encyclopedia entry) or to find a quick fact or definition (e.g., dictionary or almanac). The reference sources listed here may be in print or online format.
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing these databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card with a library barcode for obtaining access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
- Dictionary of Economics[Ref 330.03 B627d 1997]
- Gale Encyclopedia of US Economic History [Ref 330.973 G152 1999 - 2 vols.]
- Guide to Economic Indicators [Ref 330.973 F9443 2000]
- The Little Data Book /World Bank [Ref 330.9 L778 2000]
- New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics [Ref 330.03 532 1987 - 4 vols.]
- World Development Indicators [Ref 330.9 W927I -- 2 vols]
- World Development Report [Ref 330.9172 W927 -- many vols]
To find books and AV materials at Albright, check our Online Public Access Catalog (a.k.a. OPAC)
Need some help in using the OPAC? Try scanning our online OPAC instruction guide. If you cannot locate what you need in the OPAC, try these other catalogs to find materials in other libraries, which can be interlibrary loaned.
There are many Internet gateways and high quality resources that provide high quality economics information. Some of the ones we recommend are:
American Economic Association, Organized in 1885; a not-for-profit scholarly organization which promotes economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of economics
Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Commerce site
Bureau of Labor Statistics, principal source of labor economics and statistics
EconData.net, links to more than 550 sources of regional, state and local socioeconomic data
Economagic: Economic Time Series Page, domestic and international economic time series data
FED101, history structure, policies and services of the Federal Reserve
FRED, An Economic Time-Series Database, time series from the Federal Reserve Board
FINWeb, good finance and economics portal
International Monetary Fund, info about members and international monetary cooperation
McMaster University Archive for History of Economic Thought, primary & secondary documents
National Bureau of Economic Research, private non-profit organization for economic research
Resources for Economists on the Internet, good economics portal
WebEc: WWW Resources in Economics, good economics portal
World Bank Group, great source of international information
WWW Virtual Library: Business and Economic, good business portal
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