Report Databases
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowGeneral encyclopedia that includes entire country reports. Simply type in the country of interests name.
- Global Edge This link opens in a new windowHere you can find basic and easy to access information on government structure, trade information, culture and so much more.
- Fitch Solutions Risk Reports This link opens in a new windowHere you can find country analyses using a multitude of lenses. Included but not limited are labor, infrastructure, government, and economies.
- Fitch Solutions Industry Insight Reports This link opens in a new windowMonthly market intelligence, trend analysis and forecasts for industries worldwide. Search by industry or region. Sort results display by "most recent first".
- Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports This link opens in a new windowMonthly market intelligence, trend analysis and forecasts for industries in countries worldwide. Search by industry or country. Sort results display by "most recent first".
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowComprehensive source for your industry research needs. Included are a vast amount of industry reports for the United States and some industries around the globe in Australia, Canada, China, and Great Britian.
- Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowYou can find statistics, country reports, and other information on economies and industries all throughout the world.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowTrustworthy statistics, forecasts & surveys, infographics, studies and reports in the areas of digital trends, consumer & brands, industry & market, politics & society, companies & products and country & regions.
Repositories
- AgEconcollects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural and applied economics. Includes working papers, journal articles, government documents, theses and dissertations.
- Arxiv-EconomicsarXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 1,857,649 scholarly articles in many fields including economics.
- Ideas (RePEC)Online database that disseminates economic literature. Included in the database are working papers, journals, and books. This section is a sister site to EconPapers and is focused on ease of access.
- EconPapersThis site allows access to REPEC which has a large amount of working papers, books, and journal articles on the subject of economics.
- EconStorEuropean repository of economic and business articles.
Article & Book Databases
- ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new windowDatabase that is a part of ProQuest. It includes scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and up to date news from around the globe. Included are some prestigious economic journals including The American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Journal of Political Economy among others.
- Business Source Elite This link opens in a new windowDatabase that allows access to company profiles, news, full text articles and SWOT analysis. Has access to some prestigious Economic Journals including one of the big five, the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowPart of Proquest
Ebook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas including economics. - Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowGreat resource for browsing articles on a variety of subjects including economics. Simply browse by discipline (economics) and choose your economic topic.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowGeneral database with a wealth of books and articles on economics. Includes some extremely prestigious economic journals such as The American Economic Review and the Review of Economic Studies.
- NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers This link opens in a new windowNation's leading non-profit economics research organization. This site allows you to sift and read through working papers of some top economists in different fields.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni has access to news, journal, and legal resources as well as company information including reports.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowLarge periodical resource that covers major subject areas such as Economics /Business and Technology as well as many more. The Economist and Wall Street Journal are included.
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Useful Codes for Economics Research
- JEL Classification Codes Guide-AEAUse the guide to gain insight on how JEL Codes are used to classify articles, dissertations, books, book reviews, and working papers. You will also find it is helpful when adding classification codes to your own work. Can be useful when researching in econ databases.
- North American Industry Classification SystemNAICS, which stands for "North American Industry Classification System" is used to classify statistical and financial information in the US, Canada and Mexico. These 6 digits codes allow for fairly specific industry categorization and are used by a number of databases.
Search the 2017 NAICS by keyword to find the six digit NAICS code for your project. - NACE codesNACE (Nomenclature of Economic Activities) is the European statistical classification of economic activities.
- HS CodesHarmonized system codes are the first six digits among different countries Export codes and can help you explore trade and tariff information. They are usually universal with a few digits 2-4 added on the back. A more in depth explanation can be found below.
https://www.trade.gov/harmonized-system-hs-codes