EconLIT provides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics, among other sub-disciplines.
This is one of the best databases to search for scholarly literature on business research topics. The database contains indexing and abstracts for scholarly, peer-reviewed business journals back from 1886 to the present. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
Full text of the National Bureau of Economic Research publications. These are working papers (not peer-reviewed) but are written by noted experts and prominent scholars in their fields. Papers issued more than 18 months ago are public access, but newer work is only available through subscription.
The largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. IDEAS is just one of several services that use RePEc data.
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 102 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics and related sciences. The site includes a decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, books chapters and more.
Research by The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Research Fellows and Affiliates appears initially in the CEPR Discussion Paper series. The Centre produces over 1000 Discussion Papers each year and has an archive of over 17,000.
JSTOR offers multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. If you go to the 'Browse' menu on the homepage you can limit your searching to 'Economics'.
Other Article & Grey Literature Sources
The following indexes, databases and websites contain more articles relevant to economic topics.
A fully searchable facsimile edition of The Economist (see the magazine exactly as it appeared in print, including images and layout). Covers 1843 - 2003.
This database provides access to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Online Library of Books, Periodicals and Statistics. A search box is available, or users can browse by theme or country. Also available in the library is a link to OECD.Stat, wherein users can search or brows all available statistics by theme.
The database contains the full-text Wall Street Journal newspaper which has coverage of stock markets, finance, investments and business-oriented news. Coverage dates from 1983 to present.
The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) is dedicated to advancing the study of economics. The site includes articles on various economic topics written by professors, researchers, and journalists worldwide. Also includes an encylopedia.
AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural and applied economics. Content includes conference presentations, working papers, journal articles, government documents, and theses and dissertations.
The Social Science Research Network is a repository for preprints focused on research in the social sciences, humanities, life sciences, health sciences and more.
The world’s largest database for public policy, with more than 3.2 million reports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 24,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers.
The Think Tank Search from the Harvard Kennedy School searches the websites of affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, and non-governmental organizations.
A list subject descriptors used to classify scholarly literature in the field of economics. Use this list to identify subject terms for searching in EconLIT.