Introduction to Economics

Locating Print Resources - some of ours are listed below:

Encyclopedia of the Great Depression REF 973.91 ENC McElvaine, Robert S.

Great Depression and New Deal REF 920 HAN Hanes, Sharon M and McNeill, Allison Note: Presents biographical profiles of twenty-nine men and women who played key roles in the governmental and social responses to the economic crisis of the Great Depression.

Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal REF 973.917 CIM V.1 Ciment, James

Our Economic System: An Introduction to Economics 330 FEA Feagin, Clairece Booher.

The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics 330 FOR Henderson, David, R

Economics in Perspective: A Critical History 330 GAL Galbraith, John Kenneth.

The Economic History of the United States 330.973 OTO O'Toole, Thomas Note: Describes the origins of the economy of the United States , analyzes its present state of economics, and forecasts the future of our economy.

Databases

Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Digital Resources" at the reference desk for home access codes and passwords.

ProQuest Elibrary

• Click on Topics
• Go to Social Science
• Click on Economics
• John Maynard Keynes is listed under "Economists," all the topics for the paper are listed under "Major Schools of Economic Theory" or "Special Topics"

ProQuest Online

• Click on topics and search for your term, i.e. "keynesian theory," and narrow your results by clicking on the different subtopics

OR

• Go to basic search and search for your term, i.e. "rational expectation." You'll get "Suggested Topics" and "Suggested Publications" followed by "links to documents."

Gale InfoTrac Onefile

• Default search is by subject.
• Search for your topic, i.e. "keynesian economics" or "supply side economics." You will get a lot of subtopics from which to choose. Find a subtopic and click for specific documents.

Websites

The History of Economic Thought by The New School - http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/

Economics Statistics Briefing Room - http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

RePEc - Research Papers in Economics - http://repec.org/ - is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 53 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics.

VIBES - Virtual International Business and Economics Sources from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68

WebEc: World Wide Web Resources in Economics - http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/

AmosWEB CLASS*portal - http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=cls&c=dsp&crs=macro - Click on macroeconomics. Don't miss the GLOSS*arama, a searchable database for over 2000 economic terms.

McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought - http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ - Archive of texts by major economic writers.

Citation Guides

http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.