LibGuides: E/M 385: Public Finance: Research Tools

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Business Source Premier
Business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Access provided by the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).
EconLit
Compiled by the American Economic Association, this is the most important database in the field, covering economics papers published since 1886 to present. Use the yellow FindIt button to locate text or place interlibrary loan requests
Google Scholar
This search engine points toward scholarly research rather than all Web-based sources. It is stronger in the sciences than in the humanities, with social sciences somewhere in between. One interesting feature of Google Scholar is that in includes a link to sources that cite a particular item. Not all of the articles in Google Scholar are free; the library can obtain many of them for you through Interlibrary loan.
Social Science Research Network
SSRN is an open access repository for research papers. Many economists contribute content to it such as conference papers, journal articles, and white papers.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Covers journal articles in all of the social sciences. Note that you can limit the results of a search to articles in economics journals. It's also possible to find articles that are related because they cite the same sources.

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics - Ref HB 61 .N49 2008
A scholarly and thorough 8-volume encyclopedia that defines and explores the meaning of terms and concepts in economics.
International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration - Ref H97 .I574 1998
Covers topics in public administration such as regional development, emergency management, budget reform, cost of living adjustments, and more. This work, with its global scope and interdisciplinary coverage, provides broad perspectives. It also includes coverage of principles, theories, legal concepts, and management topics as well as definitions of terms-such as groupthink and muddling through-used in the field of public policy.

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On leave during the 2018-19 academic year. If you need assistance, contact Jeannie Peterson (jpeter13@gustavus.edu).