The following resources focus on economics. ProQuest Direct, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, and InfoTrac SearchBank are more general databases that contain valuable economic information. They are accessible from the Business Databases page and the library front door under Databases by Name.

• EconLit (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  January 1969- (updated monthly)
  Journal of Economic Literature. Vol. 7-, 1969-. (quarterly, with annual cumulations)
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  This is a key title in the scholarly literature on economics. EconLit offers subject indexing and abstracts for journals, collective volumes, books, dissertations, and working papers. The print edition includes substantive articles, book reviews, and the contents of current journals not available in EconLit.

• Mergent Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Mergent is a database of public company information, the electronic equivalent of the well-known Moody's Manuals. Mergent includes records for 10,000+ U.S. public companies and 14,000+ international companies. The database provides a variety of company information and up to 10 years of easily downloadable financial reports. Mergent also offers real-time SEC filings and a facility for building reports that compare companies' financials.
  

• Stat-USA/Internet (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  This Commerce Department database is divided into two sections. The "State of the Nation" provides current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data. "Globus & NTDB" contains current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analyses, and import and export data.

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Indexes and Abstracts

• International Bibliography of Economics. Vol. 1-, 1952-. (annual)
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  This bibliography is compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science and includes entries from more than 60 countries. Subject coverage includes the organization of production, production, prices and markets, demand, public economy, and international economics.

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Web Sites

• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
  This site provides labor force data, the unemployment rate, consumer price index, productivity measures, and more. Data can be extracted using a web-based form or obtained via ftp. "Economy at a Glance" contains current information on the various economic indicators produced by BLS along with other major statistical categories.

• Council of Economic Advisors
  Accessible from this site are the Economic Report of the President (1995- ), monthly economic indicators, and various white papers.

• FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
  The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments, and some Midwestern regional economic data. Data can be viewed on-screen or downloaded. All files, except those that are compressed, are in ASCII format.

• Office of Management and Budget
  OMB assists the President in overseeing the preparation of the Federal budget and supervises its administration in Executive Branch agencies. This site contains the current fiscal year budget proposal, OMB circulars and bulletins, financial management guidelines for federal agencies, and more.

• Penn World Tables 5.6
  This source provides data for 152 countries and 29 subjects such as population; real GDP per capita; government share of GDP; a standard of living index; and exchange rates. The years of coverage are from 1950 through 1992. This database is no longer being updated.

• Survey of Current Business (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  The Survey of Current Business offers data on national income and products accounts; investment, trade, and securities exchanges; personal and government income and outlays; etc. Figures are reported on the international, national, and regional levels as appropriate.

• National Economic Accounts (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  Provides tables of GDP and NIPA; personal income; and corporate profits.

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