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Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings
Also search for your topic or country with the subdivision Economic conditions. You should also try the specific area of economics eg. Urban economics or Schools of thought in economics such as Keynesian economics.
A biographical dictionary of women economists / Dimand, Robert W, Mary Ann Dimand, and Evelyn L. Forget (editors) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB76 .B535 2000
• Check Catalog This provides biographies of over 150 international female economists.
Distinguished women economists / Cicarelli, James and Julianne Cicarelli • Location: Haggard 2 Reference HB76 .C53 2004
• Check Catalog This book contains fifty-one biographical essays of living and dead women economists. Each woman was chosen because her career as an economist has exemplified performance at a high level and has "advanced economics in meaningful ways" (xi).
Fifty major economists / Pressman, Steven. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB76 .P74 1999
• Check Catalog This provides brief biographical data on the economists who have shaped the discipline of economics, and more extensive exposition and analysis of the major features of their economic thought. Lists of the writers' works are included, along with guides to further reading and a glossary of the economic terms used in the book.
Frontiers of economics : Nobel laureates of the twentieth century / Wahid, Abu N. M. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB87 .F76 2002
• Check Catalog This book provides an in depth biography of each economist who has won the Nobel laureate award. Their work is described, as well as an analysis of what it contributed to the field, how it was received by peers, and how it affected the world. A list of selected further readings concludes each entry.
Great economists and their times / Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco This provides basic history of economic thought from 1730 to 1990. A timeline charts schools of thought as well as significant moments in the economy. In addition to a summary of the schools of economic theory, there is a short paragraph about each economist which links him to his era on the timeline.
Lives of the laureates: eighteen Nobel economists / Breit, William and Barry Hirsch, editors • Location: Haggard Hall Reference HB 76 L58 2005
• Check Catalog This gives autobiographical accounts of 18 economists who wre awarded the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science.
Men and ideas in economics : a dictionary of world economists, past and present / Mai, Ludwig H. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB76 .M3
• Check Catalog Brief biographical profiles of the 700 "most outstanding figures in the development of economic thought and policy." At the back there is an outline of economic periods and trends, listing the names associated with each.
Nobel memorial laureates in economics / Mulhearn, Chris • Location: Haggard 2 - Reference HB 76 V36 2005
• Check Catalog Provides descriptions of the fifty five Nobel Memorial winners in the field of economics from 1969 to 2004. The book discusses the major contributions, introduces secondary literature as well as the common characterisitcs of the winners. It provides an introduction to the development of economic ideas in the last threee quarters of the 20th century.
Who's who in economics / Blaug, Mark. (editor) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB76 .W47 1999
• Check Catalog This biography includes indexes by principal field of interest, country of residence (if outside the United States), and country of birth (if outside the United States).
Reference Works: Dictionaries
The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of managerial economics • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD30.15 .B53 1997 v. 5
• Check Catalog This book provides concise and highly informative definitions and explanations covering the whole field of managerial economics.
Directory of international economic organizations / Schraepler, Hans-Albrecht. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF1418.5 .S37 1997
• Check Catalog This handbook provides listings of major international organizations. Each listing contains the organization's objectives, structure, activities, and contact information. It also includes a section on international banks and development banks and funds. The appendices feature a chronology of international economic cooperation.
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics / Henderson, David R. This online encyclopedia presents articles written by well-known economists and include recommendations for further reading. Articles can be found by author, title, and subject (category). Biographies of economists are also provided.
Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History / EH.Net This encyclopedia, in which the articles are indexed alphabetically, contains high quality reference articles written by experts. EH.Net is supported by the Economic History Association and other affiliated organizations: the Business History Conference, the Cliometric Society, the Economic History Society, and the History of Economics Society.
The Fortune encyclopedia of economics • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB61 .F67 1993
• Check Catalog This volume includes 157 essays written by 141 of the country's top economists. The volume is divided into 14 chapters. Categories include: Economic systems and schools of economic thought, Money and banking, Taxes, Discrimination and labor issues, Environmental regulation, and International topics. In addition to the essays, the book also offers biographies of 75 of the world's leading economists, along with selected bibliographies of their work.
The new Palgrave dictionary of economics and the law / Newman, Paul • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference K487.E3 N48 1998
• Check Catalog Over 300 contributors explore the intersection of law and economics in 399 essay-length entries. Entries include 655 biographies of economists past and present.
Reference Works: Guides
Finding and using economic information : a guide to sources and interpretation / Johnson, David Bruce. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC106 .J63 1993
• Check Catalog This handbook is useful for researching economic conditions and using statistical services.
Money, banking, and macroeconomics: a guide to information sources / Rock, James M. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG221 .R59
• Check Catalog This sourcebook provides an introductory overview of macro monetary economics. It lists key textbooks, surveys, essays, books and articles that support this area of study. The rest of the book focuses on an annotated bibliography of financial intermediaries, macro monetary theory, central banking and stabilization policy.
Reference Works: Quotations
Macmillan book of business and economic quotations / Jackman, Michael. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN6084.B87 M33 1984
• Check Catalog Signed and dated quotations are arranged by broad subjects. Key word and source indexes are provided.
General Resources
AmosWEB A web portal that introduces economics to a general audience. The feature section, Pedestrian's Guide to the economy, explains social issues from an economic perspective. The site includes links to GLOSS*arama, an encyclopedic database of economic terms, and WEB*pedia, providing encyclopedic entries of basic economic topics.
EcEdWeb This is an economics portal. It contains links to general economics sites, Macro Data, Employment International Data
Government Budgets and Debt Money, Currencies, and Finance
Stocks, Mutual Funds, Company Data, Personal Finance
Population, Economists Directories, Journals, Papers, etc.
Economics gateway The SOSIG Economics Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized by subject specialists based at UK universities
A Modern guide to economic thought : an introduction to comparative schools of thought in economics • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB90 .M63 1991
• Check Catalog Includes essays on the following topics: The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics; The Austrian School; The Neoclassical School; The Macroeconomics of the Chicago School; The Orthodox Keynesian School; The Post-Keynesian School; The Institutionalist (Evolutionary) School; Marxian and Radical Economics
World economic and social survey / United Nations. Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC59 .A169
• Check Catalog Published since 1948, this compilation analyzes current and emerging issues of a macroeconomic, microeconomic, and social nature including international trade, resource transfers, energy, employment, and population dynamics. A statistical annex contains standardized economic and financial data.
Statistical classification of Economic Activities / FiFo Ost This includes the complete NACE classification (Classification of economic activities in the European Community) with corresponding ISIC (International Standard Industrial Classification.)
OECD economic outlook / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development • Check Catalog This twice yearly publication analyzes the major trends and forces that shape the short-term economic prospects. It provides in depth coverage of the economic policy measures required to foster growth and stable prices in each OECD member country. It includes good tables with wage comparison.
World economic outlook / International Monetary Fund The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects.
World audit / World Audit.org Searchable by country, you receive a ranking of important freedoms within each country. Topics include civil liberties, press freedom, human rights.
Economics for Specific or Related Areas of Business
