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StarBest Bet Databases in Economics

Econlit Star
Citations and abstracts for journal articles and some books relating to the field of economics, 1969-present.
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Social Sciences Abstracts Star
Citations to journal articles in the social sciences, 1983-present.
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Academic Search Premier Star
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Additional Databases in Economics

Also known as: LexisNexis Statistical Datasets
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Agricola
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstract
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Good indexing of articles in core journals of the social sciences in practice, 1987-present.
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Historical Statistics of the United States
Statistics gathered by the Census Bureau, with scholarly editing and essays, from colonial times to near present.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences : IBSS
Unique international coverage of social sciences journals, books and book chapters in over 100 languages, 1951-present.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Articles, with bibliographies, from experts on all aspects of the social sciences. Current.
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NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers
Papers on specialized topics in economics from a nonpartisan thinktank, 1998-present.
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OECD iLibrary
Books, reports and data on OECD countries, Coverage from 1998 to present, with data sets back to the 1960s.
Also known as: SourceOECD
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PAIS International
Public and social policy literature in political science, international relations, social sciences. Articles, government documents, reports, 1915-.
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ProQuest Social Science Journals
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Citations and some full text for a diverse collection of journals, some 1920's-present.
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ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
A combination of several of the vendor's databases related to the social sciences, some in full text.
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Proquest Statistical Datasets
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Almost 600 datasets from government, IGOs, trade organizations, universities and the private sector. Search results downloadable as custom maps, spreadsheets, tables and documents.
Also known as: LexisNexis Statistical Datasets
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Proquest Statistical Insight
References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-present.
Also known as: LexisNexis Statistical Insight
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Socrates
The database measures the ecological impact of corporations.
Also known as: Global Socrates
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Springer Extra Materials
Video and data files and other material supplementing some books published by Springer. Search by ISBN.
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SpringerLink
Full text books, 2005-2010, and current journals from science publisher Springer, mainly in English.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative statistics from several U.S. agencies on society, trade, the government, and much more. Current.
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WISERTrade
International trade data, searchable by various industry codes. Output in several formats.
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