Key Resources

Economics & Business Databases

EconLit (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
EconLit contains a variety of peer-reviewed, scholarly information including: Articles, Books & Working Papers. Subject descriptors that appear as JEL codes are appended to articles, working papers and other publications in EconLit. JEL Codes can be helpful in narrowing a search to a specific subject area of economics and when combined with keywords are a sound method to locate applied economics research.
ABI/INFORM collection (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
In additional to peer-reviewed information ABI/INFORM also features country-and industry-focused reports and data in series from EIU and Oxford Economics. ABI/INFORM includes a broader range of business information and is useful for locating a particular business issue across both peer-reviewed and generalist / trade information.
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Elgar Online This link opens in a new window
Elgar Online provides Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Books and Research Reviews. Short literature reviews on key concepts and topics in Economics are a useful way to quickly find major researchers, theorists or economists in a given area and provide a rapid overview of the context, development and debates of economics theories or topics. To locate these reviews use the search facility provided using either common language or disciplines specific terms then filter the returned results using the search facet filter.
Informit (Australian databases) This link opens in a new window
Informit primarily features a broad scope of research focusing upon Australia across a broad range of subject areas related to Indigenous culture, health, legal and regulatory scholarship, policy commentary and social science research.

Economics Working Papers

SSRN : Social Science Research Network eLibrary This link opens in a new window
SSRN is a open-access repository for scholarly papers in the social sciences, business, and law. Much like subject-specific repositories such as RePec, SSRN contains early scholarly research in the form of working papers. Economics subject descriptors (JEL codes) are supplied in a standalone index through which users may browse towards indexed papers.

London School of Economics (LSE)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public research university located in London, England. Provided here is the LSE research repository as a entry point for locating economics research papers - start with the top level theory or context for which you are searching research (use the in-page search facility also Ctrl-'F' as a shortcut) to gauge available papers or use the in-built search facility to devise a keyword or subject heading search using JEL Codes.

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News & Media Collections

Guide to News Media Searching & Sources
This short guide provides an overview of available library sources for locating print and TV News with guidance on locating reportage based on topic, geography and time-period.

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Australian and international newspapers and journals plus global company information. This database is useful for rapidly retrieving multiple news items across all major Australian newspapers and news publications.
Australia and New Zealand Newsstream (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Leading Australian and New Zealand newspapers from Fairfax and News Limited plus content from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

TV News (INFORMIT)
News, current affairs and documentaries from Australia's free-to-air television networks. Recordings are normally available 2 to 3 days after initial broadcast.

Economic News & Reportage

Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review is an Australian business-focused, compact daily newspaper covering the current business and economic affairs of Australia and the world
AFR (Online)
Factiva contains the digital version of The Australian Financial Review at afr.com and can be accessed by locating this edition via the 'Source' field directly underneath the Factiva text search box. AFR Online via Factiva is available approximately 72 hours after the article appears online and in some cases appears under a different title.
The Economist
The Economist is an international weekly newspaper that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology.
Financial Times
Financial Times is an excellent source for news reportage on global and local economics, finance, politics and current affairs.

Reference Materials Economics Theory

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
A comprehensive work that provides succinct definitions of economic theory and terms. Each entry features cross references to foundational articles and monographs.
A Dictionary of Economics
Covering all aspects of economics including economic theory and policy, applied microeconomics and macroeconomics, labour economics, public economics and public finance, monetary economics, and environmental economics, this is the essential reference work in this area.
Routledge Dictionary of Economics by Donald Rutherford
It's an international dictionary that includes succinctly explained A to Z entries and definitive explanations of the key terms, accompanied by a short bibliography and comprising supplementary online definitions.
Contemporary Film and Economics by Samuel R. Staley
This book delves into economic concepts such as opportunity costs, profit maximization, greed, business ethics, monopoly, economic growth, and entrepreneurship through examining how such theories manifest in popular film narrative.
Edward Elgar Handbooks
the EE Handbooks series provide an overview of many aspects of a particular field of economics. This book series is useful for applied economics research in particular environmental and social conditions. Presented here are many such handbooks published by Edward Elgar. Page through results or revise the sample search with title or subject keywords to pinpoint relevant volumes.

Australian Government Policy & Data

Australian Statistics

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
This is where you will find census data, economic indicators, consumer price index, population demographics & social trends. ABS regularly reports on the state of the Australian economy in key series titled: 'Key Economic Indicators' and 'Business Indicators'. Regional series, 'Data by Region' , also report on regional economies outside of the large urban centres.
Queensland Government Statistician's Office (QGSO)
This site contains a wide range of demographic, economic and social data relating to the State of Queensland.

Worldwide Statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Data
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Data and statistics is the best source of detailed and comparable worldwide economic and financial statistics. Key series included World Economic Outlook, Global Financial Stability Report, Fiscal Monitor.
EIU Country Data
Economic indicators & forecasts from over 200 countries. Look up population, incomes, GDP, trade stats - where a country sells to & buys from. Extremely useful
PRS Country Data
WorldBank - DataBank
Data and statistics with a global focus. DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics.

Key Resources

Economics & Business Databases

Economics Working Papers

Library Search

Library Search Quick Tips

News & Media Collections

Economic News & Reportage

Reference Materials Economics Theory

Australian Government Policy & Data

Australian Statistics

Worldwide Statistics

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