These
guides include both Internet
resources and materials
purchased by the Library
(print and electronic).
All Internet pages selected
for these guides offer
some free research information.
The
Economist / also: Economist (subscription)
A major international
economics publication
based in London. Also
see our subscription
to Economist
Intelligence Unit.
EDIRC / Economics
Departments, Institutes
and Research Centers
in the World
Included are
associations, societies,
economics departments,
research centers and
institutes in universities,
as well as finance ministries,
statistical offices,
central banks & non-profit
institutions. See also- National
Ecomists Club (USA) -
Podcasts.
Inomics Berlecon
Research GmbH (Germany) © 1998-2007
Find job
openings,
conference announcements,
as well as
a database of research
papers in economics.
Intute:
Social Sciences :© 2006-
2008
A free
online service providing
access to Web resources
evaluated and selected
by a network of subject
specialists.
NBER (American)
National
Bureau of Economic Research
is a private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research
organization dedicated
to promoting a greater
understanding of how
the economy works. The
Library has subsciptions
to several publications.
OECD (free)
& SourceOECD (subscription)
Reliable
sources of comparable statistics,
and economic and social
data. Also monitors trends,
analyses and forecasts economic
developments and
researches social
changes or evolving
patterns in trade, environment,
agriculture, technology,
taxation and
more.
Penn
World Tablerovides
purchasing power parity
and national income accounts
converted to international
prices for 188 countries
for some or all of the
years 1950-2004.
RGE
Monitor © 2008 Roubini Global Economics
A commercial site with
articles on global economic
issues.
Social
Capital Gateway / Edited
by Fabio Sabatini
A collection
of useful websites for
studies on social capital
and topics related
to poverty and development.
Australian
Policy Online
Offers
access to much of
the social,
economic, cultural and
political research available
online.
South
Australia Policy Online
Contains four key sections:
publications; resources;
events and news and opinion.
Use the Search box to
locate documents related
to your project. Updated
weekly.
WebEc
World Wide Web Resources
in Economics
General
Economics Resources
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If the
links below don't have
the information you need
take a look at Economics
on Intute:
Social Sciences :© 2006-
2008. This is a
free online service providing
access to Web resources
evaluated and selected
by a network of subject
specialists.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
Scholarly peer
reviewed articles in
the Business Source Complete
database. See this sample
search result for journal
articles published after
01/2000:
econom*
n3 agricultur* and "climate
chang*"
OR the same
search in the
Econlit database
Agriculture
gateways :
Angela Mills (Uni of
Adelaide)
World
Food Situation (FAO)
Information
on the state of food
and agricultural production
across the world. The "Analyses
and Reports" area,
includes short, medium,
and long-term reports
on crop prospects, the "Key
Issues" section has
a list of countries in
crisis, learn about food
emergencies, and also
see the FAO Food Price
Index.
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Econometrics
Scholarly
peer reviewed articles
in the Business Source
Complete database. See
this sample search result
for journal articles
published after 01/2000:
econometric*
n5 statistic* and SU
estimation* and LA english
OR the same
search in the Econlit database
Econometric
Resources on the Internet: by
John Kane; Dept. of Economics,
SUNY-Oswego.
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Sources
of Economic Data- The
Treasury (Australian
Government) A brief list
of links to key data.
Scholarly peer reviewed
articles in the Business
Source Complete database.
See this sample search
result for journal articles
published after 01/2005:
SU
international finance*
and econom* n3 financ*
OR
the same search in the
Econlit database
+++++ History
See
this web page produced
by Margaret Hosking on
History Resources
Also this
web page by Chris
Smith for Classics research.
EH.Net a
comprehensive site -
mainly USA & UK.
Global
Price & Income History
Group Prices, income & economic
well being / Pre 1950
Penn
World Tablerovides
purchasing power parity
and national income accounts
converted to international
prices for 188 countries
for some or all of the
years 1950-2004.
Prices,
price indexes and cost
of living in Australia/
by G.H. Knibbs, Commonwealth
Statistician. Published:
Melbourne [Vic.] : Commonwealth
Bureau of Census and
Statistics, 1912.
Includes tables of retail
prices in metropolitan
towns 1901 to 1912 -
eg: currants; pork chops;
candles etc. Request
this book from Joint
Store via the Library
Catalogue.
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Labour
See this web page
for Work and Social Enquiry
workplace.gov.au -
Employment & workplace
relations for Australians
-
Research Statistics
Includes monthly labour
market and vacancy statistics,
plus research on agreement-making
and employee share ownership. See
also - Individuals, Organisations
and information by Category
or Action.
ILOLEX
: Database of International
Labour Studies
A library subscription,
full-text database, containing
ILO documents including;
numerous documents concerning
human rights, employment
policy, working conditions,
industrial relations,
occupational safety and
health, and social security.
A
fair globalization -
Creating opportunities
for all (2004)-
International Labor Organization
(ILO)
Considers future global
governance and international
trade agreements, searching
for innovative solutions
to inequality.
workplace.gov.au -
Employment & workplace
relations for Australians
-
Research Statistics
Includes monthly labour
market and vacancy statistics,
plus research on agreement-making
and employee share ownership. See
also - Individuals, Organisations
and information by Category
or Action
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Trade
Scholarly peer
reviewed articles in
the Business Source Complete
database. See this sample
search result for journal
articles published after
01/2005:
trade
agreement* and austral*
OR
the same search in the
Econlit database
Austrade-online
Provides information
about Australian products
and services to the world.
Export Department
of Foreign Affairs and
Trade DFAT
(Australian Government)
A very good place to
start. A-Z
index. see
also the section on statistics External
Trade -
European Commission
Includes - beginners
guide to trade, trade
analysis, trade issues,
news and statistics. Also
links to countries & organizations;
agriculture,
industrial goods.
UN
ComTrade Database
(subscription)
United
Nations Commodity Trade
Statistics Database.Contains
detailed import and export
statistics for over 200
countires from 1962 to
present.
UNCTAD United
Nations Conference on
Trade & Development
Promotes
the
integration of developing
countries into the world
economy. UNCTAD focuses
on ensuring that domestic
policies and international
action are mutually supportive
in bringing about sustainable
development. WTO /
World Trade Organization
Global
international organization
dealing with the rules
of trade between nations.
The goal is to help producers
of goods and services,
exporters, and importers
conduct their business.
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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When you need to define
your topic and/or
get some back-ground
reading try consulting
a subject specific dictionary
or encyclopedia (eg:
law, finance, marketing,
computing, business etc).
Coverage can vary from
just short entries to
in-depth essays with
recommendations for further
reading.
Free
Internet Reference
The
free dictionary by Farlex Copyright © 2006 Farlex,
Inc.
A number of dictionaries
and an encyclopedia.
Includes English, acronyms,
computing, finance etc.
Online
Reference Materials -
Copyright 1997-2008,
Authenticity Consulting,
LLC.
American commercial site
- includes links to
dictionaries, glossaries
and encyclopedias, acronyms,
language translators,
news, quotations, thesaurus.
Your
dictionary.com ©1996-2008,
yourDictionary.com Inc.
Links to a vast range
of online free specialty
dictionaries and glossaries:-
accounting, e-commerce,
finance, marketing, business,
labour relations, trade,
etc
Also acronyms, synonyms,
thesauri, translation
dictionaries and an encyclopaedia.
Library Reference
Material
This list is
a very small sample of
recent print and electronic
dictionaries,
similar print titles
can be found on the shelves
in the Main Collection
at 330.03 & 330.3.
Australian economic
terms / C.E. Noble.
5th ed. Longman,
Melbourne. 1995.
Barr Smith
Main collection & Reference. 330.3
N747a.5Grafton,
R. Quentin [et
al] (2001).
A
dictionary of environmental
economics, science, and
policy [electronic resource]. E.
Elgar Pub. Cheltenham,
UK ; Northampton, MA.
[ONLINE via NetLibrary]
Oxford
English Dictionary (subscription)
This web page
lists a number of online
English dictionaries
and a thesaurus
The
Oxford encyclopedia of
economic history.
Joel
Mokyr, editor in cheif.
Oxford University Press,
Oxford ; New York. 2003
Barr Smith Reference
collection (not for loan) 330.03
M716o (5
vols.)
Oxford
Reference Online (subscription)
Has over
175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable
dictionary, language
reference, and subject
reference works. For
example: see the "Economics & Business" link
unders Subject Reference
or the Visual Dictionary
under English language
dictionaries.
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See this Professional
Ethics Library Resource
guide ( by Alan Keig)
for an excellent list
of Ethics resourses
as well as links to books
and dictionaries.
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The School
of Economics has embargoed
(blocked) access to the
librarys collection
of Economics exam papers. Students
should ask their lecturer
about exam preparation.
There is a generic
library guide on finding past
exam papers.
Books,
Journals, Newspapers
etc
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All resources
purchased by the
Library either print,
electronic/ internet,
DVD, microfilm etc can
be found by searching
the Library
Catalogue. For
demonstrations on how
to search in the Catalogue click here
To locate a known
journal / newspaper
articles (print or electronic)
search the Catalogue for
the journal / newspaper
title NOT the article
title.
More
info ...
See the
the specific subject
guide with
linked journal article
searches to get you started.
Library
Catalogue topic search
- Subject Heading searches
for Economics:-
Here is a small sample
of searches. Click
a link below then browse
the list (see also previous
and next buttons) when
you click on a Subject
Heading link a list of
titles is displayed.
Note
University of Adelaide
staff & students
can use the Reciprocal
Borrowing service
for borrowing items from
Flinders & UniSA Libraries
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For
post graduate by
research students & academic
staff
Resources
supporting research
Includes the items
below as well as information
such as journal
alerts , how to
set up an RSS
feeds and
searching other Library
catalogues (eg: Worldcat).
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View
this Journal Alert demonstration
for the Business Source
Complete (EbscoHost)
database (5
mins) - includes
over 2,000 economics
publications. NOTE:
the navigation bar
top right hand corner
and "Next" buttons.
- The
EbscoHost databases index thousands
of journals from a wide
range of publishers making
it possible to manage
many alerts in one system.
- You can
also set up topic
and author alerts.
- If
the Library has a subscription
to full text there
will be a Catalogue record,
for the journal title,
with a link to the supplier.
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Conference
Alerts: Academic conferences
worldwide
Search for a conference
by topic or place. There
is free registration
to get email updates
on conferences.
ECOMMUNICS.org:
A
free online platform,
for communication and
dissemination of research
in economics. Including,
huge paper database with
more than 250,000 items
from RePEc and
others.
Endnote software for
storing & managing
references.
Interlibrary
Requests
When you need items
not found in our Library
Catalogue make an
Interlibrary Request. There
is an up front charge
for this service by either
entering an
account code obtained
from admin staff in the
School or by paying cash
at the Library Services
Desk and entering receipt
number and date
on the electronic request
form. Most articles are
supplied in less than
a week direct to your
email.
Journal
Impact Factors (rankings)
Measure of the frequency
with which the "average
article" in a journal
has been cited in a particular
year.
Library
services for Postgraduate
students
This
library web page has
links to a number of
web pages and further
details on the services
listed here.
Theses : how
to find them
Essay
and thesis writing style
guides
see also: Cryer, Pat.
(2006, 3rd ed) The
research student's guide
to success. McGraww-Hill
Education, Berkshire
UK.
BSL Main Collection 378.170281
C957r.3
Resource
for teaching Mathematics
ME:TAL
- Mathematics
for Economics: enhancing
Teaching and Learning
- An online
question bank of
mathematics teaching
and assessment materials
specifically applied
to the field of economics.
- Five interactive
video units (covering
10 units of study).
- Ten teaching
and learning guides ...covering
all aspects of Level
1 Mathematics
- case
studies which place
mathematical problems
into a real world context.
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