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Research Guide: ECON 1740: U.S. Economic History

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Library Databases

(Note: Library Databases may be access from the library home page through the Database Finder. Access is restricted to Weber State University Students, Faculty, and Staff)

References to Economic topics in journal articles, dissertations, book citations, and papers

Full text journal article archives covering economics, science, literature, and other subjects.

Business article database covering Management, Economics, Marketing and more.

  • ABI/Inform - Divided into three databases:
    • ABI/Inform Global
      Nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals with in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. 
    • ABI/Inform Dateline
      Hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news.  
    • ABI/Inform Trade and industry
      Search more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Provides users with the latest industry news, product and competitive information, marketing trends, and a wide variety of other topics.


These databases may be searched individually or combined.

Multi-use database including business resources consisting of newspapers, journals, and wires and transcripts.

Contains full text of many leading newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, and the local Salt Lake Tribune

Books on Economic History

  • The Climax of Capitalism: The U.S. Economy in the Twentieth Century   HC106.5.K415 1990 
  • Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life  JK275.R45 2007  
  • Corruption and Reform: Lessons from Amierca's Economic History 

HV6783.C784 2006  

  • Freedom From Want: American Liberalism and the Idea of the Consumer   JC574.U6D66 2003  
  • Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century   JC574.2.U6B59 2002  
  • In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918-1338  HD3616.U46S43 1997 
  • Labor and the Wartime State: Labor Relations and Law During World War II   HD8072.A82 1998  
  • Liberal Economics and Democracy: Keynes, Galbraith, Thurow, and Reich    HB119.A2W18 1997  
  • Poor America: A Comparative Historical Study of Poverty in the United States and Western Europe  HC110.P6E44 2007 
  • Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-century U.S. History   HC110.P6033 2001 
  • Race, Liberalism, and Economics   HT1531.R328 2004  
  • The Reagan Effect: Economics and Presidential Leadership 

HC106.8.S574 1990 

  • Running Steel, Running America: Race, Economic Policy and the Decline of Liberalism   HD9515.S734 1998  
  • U.S. Capitalist Development Since 1776: Of, By, and for Which People?   HC103.D753 1993  
  • A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America's Rise to Global Power   HF1502.Z4U57 2002  
  • Competition in the 21st Century   HD30.27.T97 1997 
  • Modern American Capitalism: Ideologies and Issues   HB119.A2M6 
  • Radical Political Economy: Explorations in Alternative Economic Analysis   HB97.7.R334 1996  
  • What's Class Got to do with it? American Society in the Twenty-first Century  HN90.S6W43 2004  
  • Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea  JC573.2.U6K75 1995  
  • The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign Affairs E744.E36 1995
  • Conscience of a Liberal   HC110.I5K74 2007  

Journals

(Many journals may be accessed through one of the online databases as well as print )

  • American economic review   
  • Business economics : The journal of the National Association of Business Economists   
  • Canadian journal of economics   
  • Econometric Theory
  • Economic Affairs
  • Economic & Financial Policy Review
  • Economic and Social Review
  • Economic Development Quarterly
  • Economic History Review  
  • Economic journal : The quarterly journal of the Royal Economic Society 
  • Journal of Cultural Economics  
  • Journal of Economic Issues   
  • Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Journal of Economic Theory
  • The Journal of political economy   
  • Quarterly journal of economics   
  • Southern economic journal 

Reference Resources

  • The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics  HB61 .N49 1998
  • Who's Who in Economics   HB76.W47 1999
  • Guide to Economic Indicators   HC103.F9 2000
  • Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists   HB76.B5 1992
  • Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History    v1-2 HC102.G35 1999
  • Porter Encyclopedia of American History   v1-3 HC103.E52
  • Dictionary of Economics   HB61.R93 1992
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History    (from Oxford Reference Online)
  • Dictionary of Economics   (From Credo Reference Online)
  • Finding and Using Economic Information: A Guide to Sources and Interpretation   HC106.J63 1993
  • Encyclopedia of Economics  HB61.E55
  • Encyclopedia of Political Economy  HB61.E554 1999 
  • Economic Indicators Handbook  Reference Table 5B  HC103.E26 1998 

Web Resources

  

  • History of Economic Thought 
    A collection of links and information on the history of economic thought from the ancient times to the modern day.
  • WebEC - Resources in Economics 
    Provides a subject index on various aspects of interest to academic economists. Each subject page provides a list of links pertaining to that subject with annotations. 

  • EconLinks Resources for Economists 
    Information of interest to academic or practicing economists. Arranged according to subject divisions within economics (ie. Experimental Economics, Micro Economics, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics, Macro Economics, Law & Economics, International Economics, Money & Banking, and Econometrics).  

  • ArgMax: Economics News, Data, and Analysis

This web site contains daily eceonomic news, data, and analysis from around the world. Included are links to various news sources, government agencies, and organizations, as well as links to articles about economic policy. A glossary contains a collection of economic terms.

 

This website is an organization of 184 member countries. The services included are monetary cooperation, promoting international trade, high enemployment, economic growth, and poverty reduction.

Report on the United States economic progress produced by the Council of Economic Advisors


Citing Sources & Plagiarism Guides

  • Weber State's Guide (for Citing Print and Electronic Resources) http://library.weber.edu/ref/guides/howto/citing.cfm
  • Citing Sources (Cornell University) http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/index.html
  • Citing Information (University of Colorado at Boulder) http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/about/citing.htm

 

  • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

By Joseph Gibaldi. Six Edition (2003) Available in the Stewart Library

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (2005)

Available in the Stewart Library

  • The Chicago Manual of Style (The University of Chicago Press) http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html - Provides examples of Chicago-Style documentation
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (2003) Available in the Stewart Library
  • Plagiarism Guide (Weber State University's guide to understanding plagiarism and Information Ethics) http://library.weber.edu/ref/guides/subject/plagarism/default.cfm

Research Assistance

If you can't find what you are looking for or you have further questions...

  • Come to the Reference Desk located on the middle level at the north end of the library
  • Call the Reference Desk at (801) 626-6415 or Toll free (877) 306-3140
  • Click on Live Assistant from the Library Home Page during library hours
  • Email the Reference Desk at refdesk@weber.edu

 

Or contact the Business & Economics Librarian

 



Updated February 19, 2008 . Please send comments to Ed Hahn
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