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Economics 328S: Money & the Financial System
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Spring 2009 — Prof. Kumar
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Outline of this guide:
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Related guides:
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Questions? Contact Susanna Boylston (704-894-2494).
Reference Works
Style Guides | General Works | Biographical Sources | Directories
- Style Guides
The library has copies of all of the major style guides and manuals used at Davidson.
- Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003.
Reference R 808.02 C53 2003
Note: up to ten people can search the online version at any one time.
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Joseph Gibaldi. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.
Little Library Reference Desk R 808.02 M689mo6
Music Library Reference 808.02 M689mo6
- General Works
- A to Z of International Finance: The Essential Guide to Tools, Terms, & Techniques. Stephen Mahony. Washington, DC: Pitman Publishing, 1997.
Reference R 332.042 M216f
- Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary. 35th ed. 4 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2005.
Note: The Library also has a print copy of the 31st edition at the Reference Desk at call number R 423.1 G15a31.
- Banking & Finance Terminology. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Bankers Assoc., 2005.
Reference R 332.1 B218 2005
- Credo Reference
A collection of over 390 full-text reference sources in all subject areas; includes a number of notable economics titles, including The Dictionary of Economics, Barron's Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics, An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators, and more. Useful for quick answers to questions. For more detailed information, be sure to consult the Gale Virtual Reference Library too.
- Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas. Ed. Glenn Porter. 3 vols. New York: Scribner, 1980.
Reference R 330.973 E56
- Encyclopedia of Banking & Finance. Ed. Glenn G. Munn et al. 9th ed. Chicago, IL: Probus, 1993.
Reference R 332.03 E56
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of over 200 scholarly reference books in all subject areas.
- Dictionary of United States Economic History. James. S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.
Reference R 330.973 O52d
- Encyclopedia of the Global Economy. David E. O'Connor. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006.
Reference R 330.03 O18e
- Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund. Norman K. Humphreys. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 1999.
Reference R 332.15 H927h2
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. 26 vols. New York: Elsevier, 2001.
Reference R 300.3 I611
- The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of International Trade and Finance. Carolyn R. Gipson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Reference R 332.042 G514m
- The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Ed. John Eatwell et al. 4 vols. New York: Stockton Press, 1987.
Reference R 330.3 P16d, 1987
- The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance. Ed. Peter Newman et al. 3 vols. New York: Stockton Press, 1992.
Reference R 332.03 N532
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History. Ed. Joel Mokyr. 5 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Reference R 330.3 O98
- U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998- .
Reference R 338.0973 U58 (current year)
Government Information Stacks C 61.48 (1998 to present)
- Biographical Sources
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography: Banking and Finance, 1913-1989. Ed. Larry Schweikart. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Reference R 332.1 B2181
- Great Economists before Keynes. Mark Blaug. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1988.
Reference R 923.3 B645g
- Great Economists since Keynes. Mark Blaug. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1985.
Reference R 923.3 B645gr
- Who's Who in Economics. Ed. Mark Blaug and Howard Vane. 4th ed. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2003.
Reference R 923.3 W6281 2003
- Directories
- Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1961- .
Reference R 061 G15e42
- Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1989- .
Reference R 061 G15ei
- Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1987- .
Reference R 061 G15er
- LexisNexis Academic: Company Dossier
Provides information about over 10 million U.S. and 3 million foreign companies. The "Company Profiles" section contains America's Corporate Finance Directory, Bankruptcy Reports, BMI Company Profiles, Canadian Business Directory, Directory of Corporate Affiliations,
FBR Asian Company Profiles, Hoover's Company Reports, International Company Reports, Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, U.S. Public Companies, and U.S. Private Companies. In addition, there are data and reports from Disclosure U.S. Public Company Profiles, Experian Business Reports, INVESTEXT Current Reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Standard & Poor's. The database also provides legal information and intellectual property information. Financial reports can be downloaded into Microsoft Excel.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- Mergent Company Archives Manual. New York: Mergent, 2001-2002.
Reference R 338 M559
Covers companies that merged, were acquired, or went bankrupt prior to 2002.
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Ed. Justine Ventimiglia. 48th ed. 8 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2005.
Reference R 338.74 W266
Data & Statistics
Indexes | Economic Indicators | Data & Statistical Sources
- Indexes
- American Statistics Index. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1973- .
1973 to present available online as part of LexisNexis Statistical.
To search ASI,
- Choose the "Search Abstracts" option (upper left-hand corner) in LexisNexis Statistical.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- FEDSTATS (Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy)
Provides access to official statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
- Statistics Sources. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2006.
Reference Desk R 016.31 W322s 2006
- Economic Indicators
- Economic Indicators Handbook. Ed. Arsen Darnay. 6th ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2002.
Reference R 330.973 E197
- Guide to Economic Indicators. Norman Frumkin. 3rd ed. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
Reference R 330.973 F944g3
- The Handbook of Financial Market Indexes, Averages, and Indicators. Howard M. Berlin. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1990.
Reference R 332.63 B515h
- Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators. F.M. O'Hara, Jr. and F.M. O'Hara III. Rev. ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
Reference R 330.973 O36h
- Data & Statistics Sources
- Business Statistics of the United States. Ed. Cornelia Strawser. 10th ed. Lanham, MD: Bernan, 2005.
Reference R 330.973 B979 2005
Library also has 1995 edition.
- Datapedia of the United States: American History in Numbers. Ed. George Thomas Kurian. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Bernan, 2004.
Reference R 317.3 K96d3
- The Dow Jones Averages, 1885-1980. Ed. Phyllis S. Pierce. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1982.
Reference R 332.63 D744
- Economagic
Provides access to over 100,000 frequently-used time series (mostly U.S.). Data may be downloaded into Excel or copied and pasted into another program.
Note: the library has a "level 1" subscription, which gives you access to everything except for the "Forecasts" and "Reporter" sections of the site.
- Economic Indicators, from GPO Access
Provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance. Prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors, U.S. Congress; updated monthly.
- Economic Report of the President, from GPO Access
- Federal Reserve
- FedStats
Provides access to statistics collected and published by more than 100 U.S. federal agencies.
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present. Ed. Susan B. Carter et al. 5 vols. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006.
Reference R 317.3 H673
- International Historical Statistics
- International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, & Oceania, 1750-1993. B.R. Mitchell. 3rd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1998.
Reference R 315 M681i3
- International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000. B.R. Mitchell. 5th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Reference R 314 M681e5
- International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000. B.R. Mitchell. 5th ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Reference R 317 M681i5
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1989- .
Reference R 341.7 E96
Library has: 1994 to present
- Balance of Payments Statistics: Yearbook. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1981- .
Reference R 382.3 I61b
Library has: 1981 to present.
- Direction of Trade Statistics. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1981- .
Library has:
- Quarterly (1991 to present): Reference R 382 D598m
- Yearbook (1988-1989, 1992-1998, 2000 to present): Reference R 382 D598y
- International Financial Statistics. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 1948- .
Library has:
- Online (1945 to present)
- Yearbook (1988 to present): Reference R 382 I61y
- Monthly updates (most recent three years): Reference R 382 I61m
- LexisNexis Statistical
Provides the full text of over 100,000 statistical tables (1997 to present) as well as abstracts for other data published by branches and agencies of the federal government (1973 to present).
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Reference R 317.3 U54
Government Document Stacks C 3.134
Online (1995 to present)
A compendium of statistics on a wide variety of subjects. Particularly useful for its source notes, which will direct to statistical publications that contain additional information. Also useful for retrospective information; the Library has a long run of this title, so you can consult tables in earlier volumes if you need to chart historical trends.
Supplemented by County and City Data Book (Reference R 317.3 S797) and State and Metropolitan Data Book (Reference R 317.3 U54c).
- United Nations
- National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, from the United Nations Statistics Division
Contains times series data from 1970 forward.
- UNdata
A portal for U.N. statistical data. From the U.N. Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: U.S. Economic Accounts
- World Bank
- World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1997- .
Reference R 330.9 W9271
Library has 1998 to present.
2008 available on CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk.
Note: Selected indicators for the past five years are also available online.
Books
- To find books at Davidson, search the following:
- Library Catalog
Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. - To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
- To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
- To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a dollar sign $
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- ebrary
A collection of over 38,000 e-books published by over 220 academic, trade, and professional publishers; covers all subject areas. Also includes tools that allow you to create your own virtual bookshelf, bookmark pages, and add and save notes and highlights.
Note: for full functionality, you need the ebrary Reader. This plugin is on all library and ITS computers, but if you are using your own computer, you can download it from the ebrary home page.
- To find information about books that might be available from other libraries, search the following:
- WorldCat
Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war")
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
Articles & Working Papers
Scholarly Journals | Working Papers
General-Interest Business Periodicals | Trade Publications | Newspapers
- Scholarly Journals
- Annual Reviews
(1932 to present) Contains the full text of review and overview articles on important topics in the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Starting in 2009, this database will include the following new titles:
- Business Abstracts
(July 1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 600 business periodicals, including scholarly journals, trade journals, popular magazines like Business Week, and newspapers like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Also contains citations to product reviews, corporate profiles, and interviews as well as the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Business Source Premier
(1965 to present) Provides the full text of over 8,800 periodicals, including over 1,100 peer-reviewed journals, over 1,200 trade journals and business magazines, 3,800 industry reports, more than 500 market research reports, and over 140 books.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- EconLIT
(1969 to present) Indexes articles from 326 journals; also lists doctoral dissertations, books, and conference proceedings. Areas covered include economic theory and history as well as international, regional, and urban economics.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use a plus sign +
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in thousands of journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Includes Web of Science (1900 to present), which contains the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotations marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Working Papers
- EconLIT
Indexes working papers as well as journal articles, books, and book reviews. For details, see above.
- Federal Reserve
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Publications
Includes working papers.
- NBER Working Papers
(1994 to present) Full text of working papers published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private, non-profit, nonpartisan research organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), from IDEAS at the Department of Economics, Univ. of Connecticut
Contains over 670,000 working papers, many of which can be downloaded.
Note: RePEc records are now being added to EconLIT.
- General-Interest Business, Economics, & Finance Periodicals
Includes magazines like Business Week, Forbes, and Fortune; the library has long runs of these titles.
- Business Abstracts
(1913 to present) Indexes over 2,000 business, industry, applied science, and technology periodicals, including scholarly journals, trade journals, popular magazines like the Economist (7 July 1990 to present) and Business Week, and selected newspapers, like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Also contains citations for product reviews, corporate profiles, and interviews as well as the Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957) and the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Business Source Premier
(1965 to present) Provides the full text of over 8,800 periodicals, including over 1,100 peer-reviewed journals, over 1,200 trade journals and business magazines, 3,800 industry reports, more than 500 market research reports, and over 140 books.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Readers' Guide Abstracts
(1890 to present) Indexes articles in general-interest periodicals.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Trade Publications
The following databases are good sources for trade publications. To find additional trade publications, consult the Encyclopedia of Associations (see above) to identify relevant trade associations and then look for their Web sites and publications.
- Business Source Premier
(1965 to present) Provides the full text of over 8,800 periodicals, including over 1,100 peer-reviewed journals, over 1,200 trade journals and business magazines, 3,800 industry reports, more than 500 market research reports, and over 140 books.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from trade journals as well as local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.
To search industry publications, click on the "Sources" tab in the upper left-hand corner of the main search page. For step one, click on the "Industry" radio button, then, for step two, for country choose "United States," and for Publication Type choose "Industries & Markets." For step three, click on "Banking and Finance" (or another appropriate industry) then choose the publications you want to search. Finally, click the red "OK continue" button.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *
- LexisNexis Academic: Company Dossier
Provides information, including articles from trade publications, about over 10 million U.S. and 3 million foreign companies.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *.
- LexisNexis Country Profiles
Provides economic, business, and political risk information for over 190 countries; includes data and analysis.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point !
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *.
- Newspapers
National & International | Local & Regional
- National & International Newspapers
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from national and international newspapers, such as the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Times (London), and The Washington Post, as well as local newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and the full text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.
To find national & international news, click on the "News" tab and select appropriate sources.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *.
- New York Times
- Online:
- Microfilm: 1851 to present
- Index (1851 to present): Reference Index Area R 071 N53
Personal Name Index: Reference Index Area 071 N53p
- Newspaper Source Plus
Contains the full text of articles in over 149 national and international newspapers, including The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and the Washington Post; also contains selected full text from 410 additional U.S. newspapers and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Wall Street Journal Index
(1981 to present) Provides indexing for the newspaper. Some full text is available beginning in 1984.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
- Local & Regional Newspapers
- LexisNexis Academic
(Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from national and international newspapers, such as the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Times (London), and The Washington Post, as well as local newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and the full text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.
To find national & international news, click on the "News" tab and select appropriate sources.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an exclamation point
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use an asterisk *.
- Newspaper Source Plus
Contains the full text of articles in over 149 national and international newspapers, including The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and the Washington Post; also contains selected full text from 410 additional U.S. newspapers and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts.
Search Syntax: - Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
Notable Organizations & Agencies
- Central Banks
- Multilateral Agencies
- U.S. Congressional Committees
- U.S. Regulatory Agencies
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