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Economics & Finance
DATABASES
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
- Bankable Business Plans Reference Room HD 30.28.R644 2004 How to construct a business plan and use Risk Management Association data (see RMA Annual Statement Studies Reference Room HF5681.B2 R6) to see if banks would approve your plan.
- Business : the Ultimate Resource HD38.15 .B878 2002 Essays, brief guides to business processes, outlines of great business and economics books, biographies of business leaders, world business almanac.
- Business ratios and formulas : a comprehensive guide. HF5691 .B73 2002
- Business Statistics Of The United States REF HC110.I5 U55
- Dictionary Of U.S. Government Statistical Terms Reference Room Z1223.Z7 D53 1991
- Economic indicators handbook : time series, conversions, documentation. Reference Room HC101 .E385
- Encyclopedia Of Banking & Finance Reference Room HG151 .M8 1994
- Finding & Using Economic Information : A Guide To Sources And Interpretation Reference Room HC106 .J63 1993
- Guide To Economic Indicators. Reference Room HC103 .F9 2000 3rd ed
- Information Sources In Finance And Banking Reference Room HG151.7 ..L387 1996
- National Accounts Statistics. Analysis Of Main Aggregates. Yearbook Of National Accounts Statistics Reference Room HC79.I5 U532 United Nations,1985-
- New Palgrave : a Dictionary of Economics Reference HB61 .N49 1987
- New Palgrave Dictionary Of Economics And The Law. Reference Room K487.E3 N48 1998
- State Of The World : A Worldwatch Institute Report On Progress Toward A Sustainable Society Reference Room HC59 .S734
- Statistical abstract of the United States HA202 .U53 Copies in Englewood Cliffs and O'Toole Library Reference
- Statistical Forecasts Of The United States Reference Room HC106.8 .S7357 1995
Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.
Selected Internet Resources
- American Currency Exhibit images of historic currency, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
- ARGMAX: Economics News, Data, and Analysis An interesting and rich site, maintained by John Irons, a Economic Research and Policy Analyst and Staff Economist at OMB Watch and former Amherst College economics professor.
- BUBL's links to Internet usage data links for data on electronic commerce, from BUBL, the BUlletin Board for Libraries
- Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP and related data, GDP by industry and input-output data, balance of payments and related data, state and local area data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment & cost of living data, Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) and other data.
- Business Ethics (1) links to articles and publications, case studies, corporate codes of ethics, professional organizations and associations, and resources and centers, compiled by Sharon Stoerger.
- Business Ethics (2) Links to business ethics sources, includuing some international codes of ethics, compiled by Christine Hamilton-Pennell for Central Colorado Library System
- Business Ethics Resources on WWW Links to business ethics resources: codes of conduct, institutes, publications, and topics for discussion
- Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons: United States, Europe, and Asia Comparative figures from the U.S. Department of Labor
- CIA World Fact Book> Historical, political and economic information on countries of the world.
- CIO Research Centers Articles, case studies, and data on the business of information management, from CIO magazine.
- City and County Databook Quick access to US statistics
- >CompetitiveAlternatives.com. Presented by KPMG LLP's Strategic Relocation and Expansion Services practice, this site allows you to compare the costs of doing business in various US and international locations and industries. If you wanted to move your back-office operations, for example, you would find that Canada is less expensive the back-office operations are in the US are much lower than in Germany or Japan. Interactive tables give a quick view and PDF reports provide greater detail.
- >Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) Federal expenditures or obligations for grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments, loans, and insurance, searchable by state, county, or agency.
- Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Core Business Journals A subject list of major business journals, linked to the databases in which they are carried.
- Cost of living calculators and documents from the the University of Michigan Documents Center.
- Cost of living Statistical resources on the Web> links to domestic and international cost of living resources from the University of Michigan Documents Center.
- County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau contains data on economic conditions at the county level from 1993 on.
- Current Industrial Reports from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Current Value of Old Money Links to services that calculate the purchasing power of US, UK, and other currencies over time. It also has a bibliography of print sources.
- CyberAtlas - Internet Demographics and Marketing data CyberAtlas carries stories from market research firms and others and should be a first stop for material dealing with cybermedia.
- Dictionary of Units "an account of the principal units of measurement to be found in use around the world today, and the conversion factors often needed to change them into 'standard' units of the SI system."
- Digital Atlas of New York City Dr. William A. Bowen of the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge, has created a demographic atlas of NYC that shows population and race, ancestry, income and poverty, adult educational attainment, household types, and commuters.
- Dow Jones Indexes Information about the construction of the Dow, historical data, including Dow activity after major new events and tracking of regional and specialized indexes, such as the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index.
- Drucker Archives The Peter Drucker Archives at the Claremont Colleges are searchable and feature many articles from the "father of management”.
- E-Stats: Measuring the Electronic Economy Statistical data on electronic commerce, collected and published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- E.H. Net encyclopedia An encyclopedia of economic and business history
- eBizSearch "eBizSearch is an experimental niche search engine that searches the web and catalogs academic articles as well as commercially produced articles and reports that address various business and technology aspects of e-Business. The search engine crawls websites of universities, commercial organizations, research institutes and government departments to retrieve academic articles, working papers, white papers, consulting reports, magazine articles, and published statistics and facts."
- >Economagic: Economic Times Series Page Over 100,000 files from US and some foreign governmental or trade organizations, presented in numerical data format, GIF or PDF files, and (by subscription or free to teachers) in Excel format. Although The data is generally available at the source sites (Federal Reserve Banks, Census Dept., etc) this easy to navigate site provides graphing and additional tools for analysis.
- Economic Census updated every five years, this Census Bureau project examines all aspects of the economy, from the national to the local level. The current study was done in 1997.
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Publications from the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Economic data from the State of the Nation, a portion of Stat-USA, the Federal government's Web site for economic information. Some areas are by subscription only and can only be accessed from the database workstations in the O'Toole Library
- Economic indicators Current Economic indicators: trade, housing starts, household income and more from the Census Bureau.
- Economic Indicators, with definations, from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Definitions of GDP, CPI, M2, etc.
- Economic Studies Papers on economic and foreign policy issues from the Brookings Institution.
- EDGAR Database EDGAR is the Security and Exchange Commission's database of company filings. All publicly traded companies have to file quarterly (10Q), annual (10K) and other reports with the SEC. Use EDGAR for detailed financial reports on companies.
- Euromoney World Link International finance. Registration is required
- Fairmodel model changes to the economy
- Federal Reserve Bank Links links to Federal Reserve Banks.
- Federal Reserve System National Information Center search for and retrieve financial data on existing or former banks, including US Agencies of foreign banks.
- FedStats "The gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal agencies."
- Financial Data Finder from Ohio State provides links to a variety of data worldwide
- FRED II historical U.S. economic and financial data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Look under Commercial Banking for the current prime rate, under business for compensation per hour, under Interest Rates for Treasury notes. You can also have updates emailed to you.
- Glossary of Economic Terms from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
- Government Information Sharing Project at Oregon State University has easy-to-use tools for Census data on USA counties, the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, School District Data Book Profiles, Imports & Exports, Regional Economic Data, Earnings, and other data provided by the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the National Center for Education Statistics and the MESA Group.
- Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1998 Basic comparative tables and figures from the Central Intelligence Agency.
- ILO - The International Labour Organization Information on international labor standards, databases of labor statistics, and links to resources in labor law, education and training
- InfoNation This United Nations site allows you to select two or more countries and compare social, demographic and economic data.
- International Data Base Demographic data from 227 countries compiled by the US Census Bureau. The data go back to 1950 and have projections to 2050.
- International Economic Trends an annual report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands has extensive links to archival and other resources in social history, business and the labor movement.
- International Monetary Fund Contains full text publications of IMF working papers, IMF Survey , Finance & Development , Annual Reports and other IMF publications.
- Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center Links to over 1,800 calculators: the usual scientific, math, and financial calculators, but also calculators for dates, astrology, wine, odors, car pricing, traffic, event hosting... if you need to calculate something you will find it here.
- NASD.Com Formerly the National Association of Security Dealers and, until 2000, owners of Nasdq, NASD maintains information on securities investing and oversees securities brokers and dealers. You will find a searchable directory of brokers and securities companies at this site, along with other useful information on the industry.
- Nation Master Over 300 statistical sets for countries of the world. It has some quirks and you may need to use the drop-down box for all countries if your target does not show up in the region you expect, but it does give basis statistics and their sources.
- National Accounts Statistics database This United Nations database "contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world." For a print version see National Accounts Statistics. Analysis Of Main Aggregates. Yearbook Of National Accounts Statistics - Reference Room HC79.I5 U532
- National Bureau of Economic Research Economic Indicators and Releases Links to various outside providers of economic data such as the Census Department, BLS, or banks: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Chain Store Sales Index,Employment Cost Index, Employment Experience Of Youths, Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
- National Compensation Survey Detailed statistics on hourly wages by region, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- National Trade Databank (NTDB) Detailed foreign trade data from Stat-USA, the Federal government's Web site for economic information.The Library has four accounts and they are only available on the database workstations in the O'Toole Library.
- New Jersey Economic Indicators Tables and text on current economic conditions in New Jersey.
- New Jersey Labor Market Information from Labor Fast Facts . New Jersey labor and economic information
- Nua Internet Surveys Surveys on the use of the Internet in various industries and by different groups: children, seniors, etc. This Irish organization provides good coverage of trends in the EU and in Asia, as well North America.
- NY/NJ regionial economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook descriptions of jobs, employment projections, salaries, from the US Dept. of Labor.
- OECD Statistical data Economic and social data from 25 Western and Eastern hemisphere countries.
- OFFSTATS This site from the Univeristy of Auckland Library provides links to public, mostly government and central bank, statistical sites around the world.
- Population Index "Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000."
- RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) RePEc is a database of over 90,000 working papers, 40,000 journal articles, hundreds of software titles, and links to researchers in economics.
- Resources for Economists on the Internet sponsored by the American Economic Association, this site lists over 1,300 resources.
- Salary.Com enter your zip code and occupation and get a graph of what salaries are in your area. They do not always cite their source of information but each return does have extensive links to trade and government sources of salary information in your field.
- Securities Industry Association Information and data on the industry are available on this site.
- SIBL The Science, Business and Industry Library of the New York Public Library, at 34th Street and Madison Avenue, 20 minutes from Journal Square. Look for their guides to business research and other Internet links.
- STAT-USA current and historical economic and financial data and access to GLOBUS and the National Trade Databank (NTDB, all from the US Department of Commerce. The Library has four accounts and they are only available on the database workstations in the O'Toole Library.
- State & County QuickFacts National,state, and county maps from the US Census Bureau on population density, race, etc.
- Stock Markets Performance a collection of current news, policy, and academic articles on current stock market activity, from the Stern Business School at New York University
- Summary of Current Economic Conditions (The Beige Book) A summary report from each Federal Reserve Bank. Published eight times a year.
- Survey of Current Business A montly publication from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- Survey of Financial Systems of the Americas from the The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Text is available in English and Spanish.
- Top 50 Banks current and detailed information from the Federal Reserve.
- United States Business Advisor Business assistance and information from the Small Business Administration
- US Banking in the Last Fifty Years: Growth and Adaptation A study of the changes in US banking over the last 50 years, authored by Professor Donald D. Hester for the Social Systems Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin
- Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES) from from UNC-Charlotte provides over 1,300 English-language links to international business resources. It does not include fee-based services.
- Web Characterization Project An annual study by OCLC of the size and nature of the Web: number of sites, number of public, private, provisional, and adult sites, and percentage of URLs that are still valid after one and three year periods.
- What is a Dollar Worth Enter an amount from anytime since 1913 and get a conversion to another time period. Also features a table of Consumer Price Index (Estimate) 1800-2000.
- World Bank Group--Development Data: Country data Excellent two-page summary statistics on economic development for each country, from the World Bank.
- World Competitiveness On-line A scorecard measuring the competitiveness of countries based on domestic economy, internationalization, government, finance, infrastructure, management, science and technology, and people.
- Yale Global Online Sponsored by Yale University this is an online journal of news and views on globalism and its effect on economics, the environment, health, labor, politics, culture, trade, and other areas.
Page maintained by Jim Bongiovanni
Last updated 05 Apr 2007
email jbongiovanni@spc.edu
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