LibGuides: Economics: Home

Economics: Basics

Investopedia: Economics
Investopedia takes a textbook-like approach to presenting basic economics concepts and information. Sample quizzes are offered to test understanding of material presented.
Econlib: Concise Encylopedia of Economics
The Encyclopedia is only part of the econlib.org websites, which also includes links to classic articles in economics; to economics data, etc.
ThoughtCo: Beginner's Guide to Economics
Provides basic information on the concepts underpinning the US economy.

Explore Census Data
Primary way to access Census Bureau data, including upcoming releases.
PolicyMap
GIS Mapping tool that overlays demographic, economic, and more onto city, county, state, or national areas.

EconLit
Bibliographic database of over one million citations and abstracts to peer-reviewed journal articles, books, conference papers, dissertations, working papers, book reviews, etc. in all fields of economics including. Includes full-text of some journal articles.

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Economics areas covered include capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, & urban economics.
ABI/INFORM Complete
Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data.
Business Source Premier
Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business & economics publications.

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Provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals including American Economics Journal back to 1911.
Emerald Journals
Provides full-text access to a select number of economics journals and book series.

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Examples include Journal of Economic Studies, International Journal of Social Economics; and Advances in Financial Economics (book series).

JSTOR
Communication Source
Offers hundreds of top communication journals, magazines and other sources covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, speech pathology, rhetoric and discourse.
Wall Street Journal
Use this link to register for a Wall Street Journal membership that provides full access to the Wall Street Journal online. Note: If you are already a current member of the Wall Street Journal, please call 1-800-JOURNAL to change to a CSUEB-sponsored membership.

Sage Research Methods
Contains detailed information on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Also, helps with developing a research question, doing a literature review, collecting and analyzing data, and writing up a report, dissertation, or thesis.

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