Locating data in the library’s reference and
government documents sections. Examples:

• Statistical Abstract of the United States .  
  Shelved in Government Documents.  C3.134
• Economic Report of the President   . 
  Shelved in Government Documents.  PR 43.9
• Survey of Current Business  
  Shelved in Government Documents.   C59.11 
• International Financial Statistics
  Shelved in Reference.  Ref HG 61 .I57
• International Marketing Data and Statistics
  Shelved in Reference.  Ref HA 42 .I56

Finding analyses of economic data in academic sources

• ABI/Inform Global 
• EconLit  (American Economic Association)

Staying current with news sources

• Wall Street Journal and New York Times  
• Lexis-Nexis Academic   
• ISI Emerging Markets 

Discovering data sources on the web:

• Statistical Resources on the Web
  (from the University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Metadata Data Sources
  (from the Econometrics Journal website)

Connie Cameron created and revised this list - 1 October 2006
Phone: 865-1252
Email: ccameron@providence.edu