Pathfinder: Economics

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources| Specialized Reference Sources|Circulating Books|U.S. Economy|Finance|Globalization|Investments |Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications | Web Sites

Scope: Economics deals with data on output, income, employment, expenditure, interest rates, and prices in relation to the activities of production, consumption, and trade (Greenwald, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics). The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for the student in locating library resources in this field. This is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the materials available in the library, but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available.

SUBJECT HEADINGS 

Books dealing with economics are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Business
Capital
Commerce
Economic history
Economics
Finance
Profit 
Investments
Industry 

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF HF 1001.E46 2000 Encyclopedia of Business 

REF HF 1001.E46 2001Encyclopedia of Business & Finance 

REF HB 61.E55 1994 The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics

REF HB 61.N49 1987 The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

SPECIALIZED REFERENCE SOURCES

REF HG 4513.R67 1993 Dictionary of Investing
REF HG 4530.H36 1994 The Handbook for No-Load Fund Investors
REF HA 155.K87 2001 The Illustrated Book of World Rankings 
REF HG 4530.M664 2002 Morningstar Mutual Fund 500 
REF HG 4530.M87 1999 Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Unit Investment Trust Sponsors
REF HG 4961.M47 2002 Mergent Corporate News Reports

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

U.S. ECONOMY

Bruyn, Severyn Ten Haut. A Civil Economy: Transforming the Market in the Twenty-First Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.

Carnoy, Martin. Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Cusumano, Michael A. Strategic Thinking for the Next Economy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Danaher, Kevin. Democratizing the Global Economy: The Battle Against The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2001.

Davenport, Thomas H. The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.

Dixon, Huw David. Surfing Economics: Essays for the Inquiring Economist. New York: Palgrave, 2001.

Drucker, Peter F. The New Realities. New Brunswick, U.S.A.: Transaction Publishers, 2003.

OSullivan, Arthur. Economics: Principles and Tools. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 2001.

Perelman, Michael. The Pathology of the US Economy: The Costs of a Low-Wage System. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993.

Putterman, Louis G. Dollars and Change: Economics in Context. New Have, Conn: Yale University Press, 2001.

Riahi-Belkaoui, Ahmed. International Accounting and Economic Development: The Interaction of Accounting, Economics, and Social Indicators. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2002.

Sowell, Thomas. Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy. New York: Basic Books, 2000. 

Szentes, Tamas. Comparative Theories and Methods of International and Development Economics: A Historical and Critical Survey. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 2002.

FINANCE

Bergeron, Pierre G. Finance: Essentials for the Successful Professional. Mason, OH: Thomson, 2002.

Copeland, Thomas E. Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies. New York: Wiley, 2000.

Helfert, Erich A. Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Higgins, Robert C. Analysis for Financial Management. Boston: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Walter, Ingo. High Finance in the Euro-Zone: Competing in the New European Capital Market. New York: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2000.

GLOBALIZATION

Appadurai, Arjun. Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001.

Carnoy, Martin. The New Global Economy in the Information Age: Reflections on Our Changing World. University Park, A: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993.

Rivoli, Pietra. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Rupert, Mark. Ideologies of Globalization: Contending Visions of a New World Order. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Sassen, Saskia. Globalization and Its Discontents: Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money. New York: New Press, 1999.

INVESTMENTS

Bogle, John C. Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor. Burr Ridge, ILL: Business One Irwin, 1994.

Donoghue, William E. William E. Donoghue's Mutual Fund Superstars: Invest in the Best, Forget About the Rest. Seattle, Wash: Elliott & James, 1994.

Garson, Barbara. Money Makes the World Go Around. New York: Viking, 2001.

Hagstrom, Robert G. The Essential Buffett: Timeless Principles for the New Economy. New York: Wiley, 2001.

Hirsch, Michael D. The Mutual Fund Wealth Builder: A Mutual Fund Strategy That Wont Let You Down No Matter What the Market is Doing. New York: HarperBusiness, 1992.

Shim, Jae. 101 Investment Tools for Buying Low and Selling High. Boca Raton, Fla: St. Lucie Press, 2001.

Williams, Bill. New Trading Dimensions: How to Profit from Chaos in Stocks, Bonds, and Commodities. New York: Wiley, 1998.

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focus on the topic of economics are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full-text journals available through our databases in:

• Economic History
• Economic theory

Open Access Journals in Economics

WEB SITES

Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce's site contains both historical and current national income data, US international trade data, and the full text of the Survey of Current Business publication back to January of 1998.

Finance Resources on the Web
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/
This site provides a detailed directory of finance resources in the categories of General Finance and the Economy; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Company, Fund, and Investment Research, Risk Management, and International Finance. Includes both scholarly and general research. Links to papers, online courses, newspapers, books.

McMaster University Archive for History of Economic Thought
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/
This archive is an attempt to collect in one place a large number of significant texts in the history of economic thought. Access by author only.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
http://www.nber.org/

Resources for Economists on the Internet
http://rfe.org/
This site is sponsored by the American Economic Association. More than 1, 300 resources organized by specific categories are accessible. Some of the categories include data, economists, forecasting, organizations, teaching resources, etc.