Reference
- Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowHere you can find a wealth of information on social issues including prevailing contemporary viewpoints.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowThis is a great reference database that has tons of articles on a multitude of topics. The breadth of topics included and how specific they can be may surprise you.
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowGreat encyclopedia that has in depth articles covering a vast array of topics.
Statistics
- 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.
Economic Encyclopedias for Social Issues
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society by
Economics is the nexus and engine that runs society, affecting societal well-being, raising standards of living when economies prosper or lowering citizens through class structures when economies perform poorly. Our society only has to witness the booms and busts of the past decade to see how economics profoundly affects the cores of societies around the world. From a household budget to international trade, economics ranges from the micro- to the macro-level. It relates to a breadth of social science disciplines that help describe the content of the proposed encyclopedia, which will explicitly approach economics through varied disciplinary lenses. Although there are encyclopedias of covering economics (especially classic economic theory and history), the SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society emphasizes the contemporary world, contemporary issues, and society. Features: 4 volumes with approximately 800 signed articles ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 words each are presented in a choice of print or electronic editions Organized A-to-Z with a thematic Reader's Guide in the front matter groups related entries Articles conclude with References & Future Readings to guide students to the next step on their research journeys Cross-references between and among articles combine with a thorough Index and the Reader's Guide to enhance search-and-browse in the electronic version Pedagogical elements include a Chronology of Economics and Society, Resource Guide, and Glossary This academic, multi-author reference work will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers within social science programs who seek to better understand economics through a contemporary lens.
ISBN: 1452226431Publication Date: 2016-01-06
Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics by
Every decision about energy involves its price and cost. The price of gasoline and the cost of buying from foreign producers; the price of nuclear and hydroelectricity and the costs to our ecosystems; the price of electricity from coal-fired plants and the cost to the atmosphere. Giving life to inventions, lifestyle changes, geopolitical shifts, and things in-between, energy economics is of high interest to Academia, Corporations and Governments. For economists, energy economics is one of three subdisciplines which, taken together, compose an economic approach to the exploitation and preservation of natural resources: energy economics, which focuses on energy-related subjects such as renewable energy, hydropower, nuclear power, and the political economy of energy resource economics, which covers subjects in land and water use, such as mining, fisheries, agriculture, and forests environmental economics, which takes a broader view of natural resources through economic concepts such as risk, valuation, regulation, and distribution Although the three are closely related, they are not often presented as an integrated whole. This Encyclopedia has done just that by unifying these fields into a high-quality and unique overview. The only reference work that codifies the relationships among the three subdisciplines: energy economics, resource economics and environmental economics. Understanding these relationships just became simpler! Nobel Prize Winning Editor-in-Chief (joint recipient 2007 Peace Prize), Jason Shogren, has demonstrated excellent team work again, by coordinating and steering his Editorial Board to produce a cohesive work that guides the user seamlessly through the diverse topics This work contains in equal parts information from and about business, academic, and government perspectives and is intended to serve as a tool for unifying and systematizing research and analysis in business, universities, and government
ISBN: 0080964524Publication Date: 2013-07-15
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Available in both print and online editions, it comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
ISBN: 0080970869Publication Date: 2015-04-02
Searching for Articles and Useful Databases
- NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers This link opens in a new windowA database specifically for economics. Here you can find great papers of leading economists in a multitude of fields.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowGeneral database with a large variety of topics including economics.
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Encyclopedias
- A-Z Economic TermsA-Z list of common economic terms provided by the economist.
- InvestopediaSite that is dedicated to business, finance, and economics. Here you can find news articles, reviews, stock simulators, and definitions of terms.
- XPLAIND-EconomicsXPLAIND.com is a free educational website. It has tons of articles explaining basic concepts in economics in easy to understand language.
Repositories
- Econ Papers (RePEc)Here you can browse the largest repository of economic papers on the web. If you find something you like and cannot access it immediately remember Marist has access to Interl-ibrary Loan.
- Ideas (RePEC)A sister site to EconPapers this focuses more on ease of use than what is new in the field.
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