Tutt Library

EC303: Methods pt.3

see EC303: Methods pt.1 :overview to research and Methods pt.2 : Surveys

Journal Articles

Often contain quantitative as well as qualitative research. Find data and surveys from articles.

Finding Data

See Economics and Business Subject Guide

• Company Information ; Mergent, Hoover’s, Valueline, and Morningstar
• Finding Statistical Data ; including Country Data and US Economic Data sources (USBEA, Fred, Historical Statistics, and Statistical Universe)
• Other Statistics Resources linking to CC pages for
1. Statistics
2. Finding Statistics

See also Finding Statistical/Country Specific Information

See US Government Search

Sports

• Sports Economics articles, try SPORTdiscus
• Sports Data Page
• Sports – US National and some European leagues
• Sports data

Highlighted Databases

WDI Online

Coverage: 1960 - current

500 time-series indicators for 210 economies plus regional and income groups. Retrievable data in spreadsheet format, display maps and graphs, and export data. Note: Access to this resource may not work using Internet Explorer 7. Try Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox.

International Financial Statistics

Coverage: 1948 - current

Provides users with time series which summarize each country's balance of payments, with collateral data on its principal components (trade and reserves), and data on the principal cause and effect elements (monetary expansion and contraction, government surpluses and deficits, production, prices and interest rates).

Associations Unlimited

Coverage: current

Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, including IRS data on US 501(c) nonprofit organizations. For some 2,600 major US national associations, provides full-text association materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and membership application forms.