Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch economics and finance articles using Supersearch

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e.g., microeconomic reform australia

• This quicksearch option searches across a number of journal databases.
• It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
• To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

• Business Source Complete on EBSCOhost Business database with over 1300 titles in full text. Good source of country economic reports and profiles. Examples are EIU Country Reports and Profiles, and research from Datamonitor
• EconLIT on EBSCOhost Indexes and abstracts 450 international economics journals. Produced by the American Economics Association
• Business, Economics & Management on Informit Online Searches multiple Australian databases, including GIBLIN Working Papers
• Scopus is a large index to scholarly literature which includes Economics. Follow the sfx links to the full text.
• Web of Science to search the Social Sciences Citation Index

Newspapers

• Factiva 1000s of Australian and overseas full text newspapers, including The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal

Economic Indicators and Market Statistics

• from the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
  • Key national indicators
  • Overview of business indicators
  • Overview of finance sector information resources
  • International trade information
  • National accounts
  • Prices overview
• Australian Economic Reports from Westpac
• CommSec (Commonwealth Bank Securities) includes free market reports
• see also Company Financials
• Market Wrap Shares Tables from the Australian Financial Review
• Benchmark your Business from ANZ
• Reports from the Australian Industry Group
• Sensis Business reports
  

Gateways for Economics Information

• Liber8 An economic information portal for librarians and students
• Resources for Economists
• Inomics the Internet site for Economists
• Virtual Finance Library  Ohio State University 
• WebEc WWW Resources in Economics   is an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW
• BUBL Link 330 Economics 

Working Papers

• Bank for International Settlements
• Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
  • OECD Papers (login required)
• International Monetary Fund 
• EconPapers

Country Economic Overviews

• Country Information Subject Starter Guide
• Various country reports are available from Business Source Complete click on the link to Country Reports and search or browse by country, region or publisher. Sources include The Economist Intelligence Unit, Datamonitor
• OECD Economic Surveys available on Source OECD

eBooks (online books)

• Economics
• Finance

See the eBook (online books) Subject Starter Guide for more eBook databases.

Author: Jane O'Donnell (jodonnell@swin.edu.au)