ECO 201-202 Macro- & Microeconomics Library Resources

 

Evaluating Information Sources

Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Identifying Research Articles & Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

 

Recommended Web Sites

ArgMax: Economics News, Data, and Analysis: http://www.argmax.com

Contains economics news, data and analysis from around the world. Includes a glossary, links to other economics sites, and PolicyWatch section providing links to articles relevant to topics on economic policy. Updated daily.

American Institute for Economic Research (AIER): http://www.aier.org/

This site includes several years of AIER Research Reports, which contain articles discussing current economic events and current business-cycle conditions.

Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epinet.org/ Research & ideas for working people.

MeL Internet: Business, Economics and Labor: http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=713

Links to Internet sites that support the information needs & interests of businesses, librarians & the citizens of the state of Michigan.

 

Accessing Electronic Government Publications Using firstgov.gov

Go to www.firstgov.gov and use the Search feature that appears in the upper right corner; the Advanced search is recommended for more precise results. Both federal and state documents are available.

 

Accessing MeL (Michigan Electronic Library)

MeL is provided free of charge to Michigan citizens by the State of Michigan.

URL: www.mel.org

Select "MeL Databases" or "MeL Advanced Search".

For access from your home computer, enter your Michigan driver's license number or State ID.

 

Electronic Books

NetLibrary Provides access to e-books for browsing or check-out.

 

Periodical Indexes

Periodical indexes allow you to search for articles by subject, keyword, source (periodical title), and other search criteria. In some cases, the full text of the article is provided. Some databases index popular and news publications, others index professional journals, and others include some of both. Here are several databases that are recommended for this course.

 

General Interest:

ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)

Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

General Reference Center Gold (InfoTrac)

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)

InfoTrac OneFile (InfoTrac)

NewsBank Michigan Newspapers (Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, Lansing State Journal)

WilsonSelectPlus (FirstSearch)

Business:

General Business File ASAP (InfoTrac)

 

Database Keyword Search Tips

Collection	Boolean	Proximity/ Phrase	Truncation/ Wildcards	Full Text	Retrieve Results
InfoTrac/ Thompson Gale	AND, OR, NOT	Wx - same order within x words of one another Nx - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character ! single-character ? exactly one character	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
FirstSearch	AND, OR, NOT	Wx - same order within x words of one another Nx - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character # single-character + singular or plural only ? any number of characters	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print