Economics

Departmental Representatives

Most professional librarians serve as subject librarians for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with faculty members to develop the library's collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

For the Department of Economics, the subject librarian is:

Chad Boeninger, Reference & Instruction Librarian
Office: Alden Library, Reference Department (2nd floor)
Phone: (740) 597-1932
Email: boeninge@ohio.edu

The faculty liaison person is:

Dr. Harold Winter, Associate Professor of Economics
Office: Haning Hall 217
Phone: (740) 593-2048
Email: winter@ohio.edu

The Department of Economics home page is at: http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/economics/

Introduction

For an introduction to the subject of economics, see:

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. 4, pp. 472-485.
Ref. H40 A2 I5 Ref. Stacks, Ref. Dept., 4th floor

Finding Books

There are three different "levels" of searching involved in trying to locate particular books or books on a particular topic.

1. ALICE. Search ALICE, Ohio University's online catalog. ALICE will give you call number, location, and availability status for books on all campuses of Ohio University. If a book is not available in Alden Library, you may be able to request it from one of the other campuses using ALICE's "Request Item" button.
2. OhioLINK. If no Ohio University campus can provide you with the item, try the OhioLINK Central Catalog, which represents the combined holdings of more than 50 libraries around the state. You may request items through the OhioLINK Central Catalog as long as they are not indicated as available at any Ohio University campus.
3. Interlibrary Loan. If no OhioLINK member library can provide you with a particular book, you may wish to try to obtain it elsewhere. You can use WorldCat (For off-campus access, login through OhioLINK) to locate items in other libraries. We have online forms for requesting books or dissertations and theses.

Library of Congress Call Numbers

To browse through economics books, start on the 6th floor. Below are some important topics and the Library of Congress call number areas where books on them can be found.

To locate books on a specific topic, search by subject on ALICE. Use keyword searching if you are unsuccessful searching by subject.

Remember that books are usually arranged on the shelves next to other books on the same subject, so once you find a particular book, browse through the area you found it in for other useful books.

Introductory Texts

Giesbrecht, Martin G. A Guide to Everyday Economic Thinking. (1997)
HB171.5 G447 1997x 6th floor

Munday, Stephen C.R. Current Developments in Economics. (1996)
HB171.5 M934 1996 6th floor

Samuelson, Paul A. Economics. 16th ed. (1998)
HB171.5 S25 1998 6th floor

Organizations

Organizations from which the library receives numerous economics materials include:

• The Brookings Institution
• The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
• The Conference Board
• The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
  (NBER Working Papers from Nov., 1994- are available online at this site.)
• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• The World Bank

Do author searches on ALICE under the names of these organizations to find materials in the library published by them.

Reference Sources

These representative titles are found in the Reference Department on the 4th floor or in the Government Documents Department on the 5th floor.

• Direction of Trade Statistics. (Monthly)
  Ref. HF91 I652 Current issues in Ref. Stacks
• Economic Report of the President. (Annual)
  Govt. Docs. Pr41.9: Latest year at Documents Desk
• Encyclopedia of American Economic History. 3 vols. (1980)
  Ref. HC103 E52 Ref. Stacks
• Europa World Year Book. (Annual)
  Ref. JN1 E85 Latest ed. at Ref. Desk
• Federal Reserve Bulletin. (Monthly)
  Govt. Docs. FR1.3: Documents Stacks
• International Financial Statistics Yearbook. (Annual)
  Ref. HG3881 I627x Latest 2 eds. at Ref. Desk
  Also available on CD-ROM at Ref. Desk
• The New Palgrave: a Dictionary of Economics. 4 vols. (1987)
  Ref. HB61 N49 1987 Ref. Stacks
• OECD Economic Surveys: [country name]. (Annual)
  Ref. HC100's-600's Latest eds. in Ref. Stacks
• Regional Economic Projections Series. (Annual)
  Ref. HC101 N373 Latest ed. in Ref. Stacks
• Standard & Poor's Statistical Service. (continually updated)
  Ref. HG4915 S73x Ref. Desk
• Statistical Abstract of the United States. (Annual)
  Govt. Docs. C3.134: Latest ed. at Documents Desk
  (Latest ed. also available at Ref. Desk, 4th floor)
• Survey of Social Sciences. Economics Series. 5 vols. (1991)
  Ref. HB61 S94 1991 Ref. Stacks
• World Development Indicators. (Annual)
  Ref. HC59 W62x Latest ed. at Ref. Desk
  Also available on CD-ROM at Ref. Desk
• World Development Report. (Annual)
  Ref. HC59.7 W659 Latest 2 eds. at Ref. Desk
• World Economic and Social Survey. (Annual)
  Ref. HC59 E369 Latest ed. in Ref. Stacks
• World Tables. (Irregular)
  Ref. HC59 W669 Latest ed. at Ref. Desk

Periodicals

Current issues of economics periodicals are shelved alphabetically in Current Periodicals on the 4th floor. Older issues are usually shelved by call number in the General Stacks or are housed at the Library Annex. Do title searches on ALICE under the names of periodicals to find specific information about our holdings--what years we own and where they are located. Some basic titles that we receive in paper form are listed below along with their call numbers. Click on the title to search for holdings information on ALICE.

• American Economic Review (HB1 E26)
• Applied Economics (HB1 A665)
• Cambridge Journal of Economics (HB1 C28)
• Econometrica (HB1 E2)
• Economic Development and Cultural Change (HC10 C453)
• Economic History Review (HC10 E4)
• Economic Journal (HB1 E3)
• Economist (H1 E3)
• Journal of Development Economics (HC59.7 J655)
• Journal of International Economics (HF1 J65)
• Journal of Political Economy (HB1 J7)
• Quarterly Journal of Economics (HB1 Q3)
• World Development (HC4 W66)

Current issues of some economics periodicals are now available online via the Web.

Indexes

Listed below are the most important electronic indexes for economic topics. All are available on any of the Libraries' SearchNet computers. Older years of many of these sources are also available in print form. Check ALICE for information about years owned and locations of these printed indexes.

• Business Source Premier [OhioLINK]
• EconLit
• PAIS [OhioLINK]
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Social Sciences Index

Electronic Resources

In addition to indexes, there are many other electronic resources for economics available on SearchNet computers or available in specific library departments. Below are a few examples with their locations noted in parentheses ( ).

• DRI Basic Economics [computer file]: DRI/McGraw-Hill Macroeconomics Database
  Alden Microforms HB3730 D75x (Microforms and Non-Print Dept.)
• Datastream (Reference Dept.)
• International Financial Statistics (Reference Dept.)
• NTDB: National Trade Data Bank (SearchNet)
• REIS: Regional Economic Information System (Government Documents Dept.)
• World Development Indicators (Reference Dept.)
• World Development Report, 1978-1996 (Reference Dept.)
• World Marketing Data and Statistics

Websites

A few examples of useful economics websites are:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other governmental economics data are accessible through this site.
• Dismal Scientist
  Provides daily updates of key U.S. economic variables such as housing starts, employment, and the CPI. Also available are historical statistics, local and industry statistics, forecasts, and analyses of key variables.
• EcEdWeb
  Links to other helpful sites of economic information as well as material directed to teachers and students of economics.
• Economic Growth Resources
  Provides links to data sets, journals (including the Journal of Economic Growth) and working papers, literature surveys, mailing lists, and home pages of researchers.
• History of Economic Thought
  A graduate-student-developed site that offers an accessible beginner's research guide to the history of economic thought.
• Mining Co. Guide to Economics
  Contains a categorized listing of economics related web-sites; a weekly or bi-weekly feature on economics, economic policy, or web resources in economics; and economics chat facilities and a bulletin board.
• The Scout Report for Business & Economics
  Each biweekly issue offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the field.
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
  A comprehensive source of information about the WTO , trade topics , and trade resources.