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Key Resources
- Scholar OneSearchUse Scholar One to search for books, articles, streaming video, streaming music, government publications, and more. To search only the NU library catalog for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.
- EconLit (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowThe American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature. Includes citations, abstracts, and selected full text from scholarly and professional literature from 1969 to the present.
- Economist This link opens in a new windowWeekly international news and business publication, The online edition features content from 1997 to the present. Audio and apps are not included in Northeastern's subscription.
- Business Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowDespite the word "business," this database includes many articles on economics. Large numbers of in-depth country reports are included.
- NBER Working Papers This link opens in a new windowCourtesy of the Economics Department
US-based private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Working papers have not undergone the review accorded official NBER publications; in particular, they have not been submitted for approval by the Board of Directors, but are intended to make results of NBER research available to other economists in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication. 1973-present. - Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of economics, public policy, and other social sciences. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles in a number of disciplines, including economics, management and organizational behavior, business, and labor and employment relations. The collection now includes book chapters.
- PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive source of journal literature in the life sciences and biomedicine from the National Library of Medicine. Includes selected full text from PubMed Central, and NCBI Bookshelf. PubMed is a free web resource, however this version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals that require a login.
- Scite.ai This link opens in a new windowAn AI-powered research platform that analyzes and provides citation context for scientific papers, helping researchers evaluate the credibility and impact of scholarly articles. Account registration is necessary for some features.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowScholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
- Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowUse for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors. LInks to full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowReports, working papers, policy briefs, data sources, and media drawn from a directory of more than 25,000 IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, and research centers.
- Policy File (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowU.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
Background Information
- InvestopediaHome of the economic "term of the day" and other materials designed to teach about investing and basic economics.
- International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition (2015) This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles with broad coverage of the social sciences. A good starting place to gain an overview of a theory or concept. Search or browse.
- Elsevier Handbooks - EconomicsSearch through the library catalog in Scholar One. Suggested search: Elsevier Handbook Economics to see the full list or add a topic like health or environment to find a specific handbook.
Sage Research Methods
Includes the "Little Blue" and "Little Green" books on qualitative and quantitative research as well as the Project Planner, videos, and a broad range of handbooks and other research resources.
Streaming Video
- Docuseek This link opens in a new windowDocuseek provides a number of documentaries of interest to economists, including economic history, economic theory, labor studies, economic geography, and globalization.
- Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online (AVON) offers videos of interest to a broad range of disciplines, including significant coverage of economics and labor.
- Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new windowA curated collection of films for the Northeastern community, including feature films as well as high-interest documentaries. You may use Scholar OneSearch to find out if Northeastern has a particular film. Closed captions and transcripts included. Films provided by HBO and Neon Films cannot be viewed outside of the U.S.
Need more help?
Please e-mail Roxanne Palmatier, library contact for Economics, Boston and Online or Maura Hennessy, library contact for Economics, Oakland.