Library: Economics: Search the literature

New to a topic?

Reference works, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, can be a good place to start.

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
Articles written by many of the world's leading economists.
Oxford Reference Online
Collection of reference works published by Oxford University Press covering the Arts, English Language Reference, Modern Languages, Politics and Social Sciences, and Science.

Oxford English Dictionary

Finding literature in economics

When you find a reference of interest, click on to find out whether the Library provides access to the full document, either online or within the Library's print collection. For help with search skills and evaluating what you find choose Learning at Bath.

Econlit
World economic literature from 1969 onwards.
Business Source Complete
Provides full-text articles for thousands of scholarly business journals, practitioner journals and trade magazines. Includes access to Harvard Business Review from 1922.

On EBSCO's platform it is possible to search a number of education indexes in combination with Business Source Complete, for example, British Education Index, ERIC and Education Source.
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
Journal articles and books relating to anthropology, economics, political science and sociology - coverage from 1951 onwards.

National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers & Publications
This is a free resource provided by NBER, a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals. You can search for papers by author or title and register for a weekly bulletin.

Scopus
Index to journals and conference papers across all subject areas.

Guide to using Scopus

Web of Science: all databases
Search across all databases on the Web of Science platform.

The University of Bath Library gives you access to these databases on the Web of Science platform:
Web of Science Core Collection
Biosis Citation Index
Data Citation Index
Derwent Innovations Index
KCI - Korean Journal Database
Medline
Russian Science Citation Index
SciELO Citation Index
Zoological Record.

Web of Science help

Resources on topics and regions

The following resources are useful for in-depth searching.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Devoted to international politics and related fields. Includes working papers, policy briefs, and current analysis and commentary, as well as scholarly journal articles from 1991, e-books, course packs and videos. The Economist Intelligence Unit supplies comprehensive country surveys, including in-depth political and economic data and detailed maps.

Teaching materials include original case studies written by leading experts and course packs which can be used in political science classes.
OECD iLibrary
A gateway to international statistics and OECD publications including factbooks, selected periodicals, statistical series, STI scoreboard, working papers, tables and interactive databases.

Eldis
Free access to research on international development issues including full-text research and policy documents from developing countries.
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

New book

Nexis
Covers international news including business, company and industry news. It gives full-text access to the international press, including major world newspapers and the trade/advertising press.

Coverage includes a separate 25-year archive of The Financial Times (with a previous 30 day embargo).

Nexis: how to find broadsheet newspapers
Explains how to find articles in The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent and The Times.
Video: Nexis - finding news on companies with Power Search (02:57)

Reuters Top News

Reuters Top News is available via Thomson One: a real-time global news service covering business, markets, politics and economics news tailored by industry and region. In Thomson One, choose 'market view' to open Reuters top News.

Thomson One only works with the Internet Explorer browser and it only functions fully in compatibility view mode. Access this mode as follows: go to Tools menu (see the cog) and then choose Compatibility View Settings. Internet explorer can be found via the Windows Start menu: scroll down to open the Windows Accessories folder.

Guide: How to switch Internet Explorer into compatibility mode

Financial Times via ABI/Inform

Access to the Financial Times (without registration) from 1996 onwards with a 30 day embargo.

FT.com
The Financial Times from 2005 onwards

You need to register to use FT.com - please use your University of Bath email address.

web link icon The independent: 1992 onwards.

Search for theses & dissertations & working papers

University of Bath: online theses
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University of Bath: printed theses by department
Some online theses are also listed
Other institutions: theses and dissertations
Masters Dissertations

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Private non-profit US economics research organisation founded in 1920. Provides analysis of micro, macro, and international aspects of the US economy. Includes working papers and data. All papers from 1994 onwards(and somefrom previous years) are available in full-text.

What If the Library does not have the materials you need?

Interlibrary Loans Service
If you find references to books, journals, articles or other materials we either do not stock in print or subscribe to online, you can request these via our Inter-library Loans Service. Each request costs the Library about £10 so please only order essential items. If you haven't used the service before you will need to register.

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Archives and Research Collections
The Library manages several unique collections that include rare books, specialist publications and historical records; to view, you are advised to book an appointment

Economics: Search the literature

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