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Economics Research Guide

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Treatises in the Law Library

Search GULLiver, the online catalog, to locate materials about economics. Search subject headings using the terms ECONOMICS or LAW AND ECONOMICS. Also, you can browse the shelves in the area of call number HB for additional books.

Economics Journals --Indexes and Full Text

  • ABI/Inform (GULC only)
    Indexes "1000 premier worldwide business periodicals" concerning economics, finance, taxation, etc. The full text of articles is often available. (Also available on Westlaw as ABI-INFORM.)
  • Econlit (GULC only)
    Select "WebSPIRS" from the database listing, then EconLit. This is the major source for scholarly articles and books concerning economics. (Also available on Westlaw as ECONLIT.) For a list of journals indexed in EconLit, see http://www.econlit.org/journal_list.html
  • EIU--Economist Intelligence Unit (GULC only)
    Searchable full text collection of 117 country information reports, economic indicators, and forecasts.
  • IDEAS
    Bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and free on the Internet, built by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) - a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 44 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics.
  • PolicyFile (GULC only)
    Abstracts of studies and papers from public policy think tanks, university research programs and publishers, with coverage from 1990. Links to organizational home pages and to full text documents, where available.
  • Social Sciences Index (GULC only)
    Indexes articles in all areas of the social sciences, from 350 English-language journals.  1983-present
  • List of Economic Databases, Lauinger Memorial Library, Georgetown University
    Only available to GULL students on main campus and in the Law Library.
  • E-Journal Finder
    The Law Library subscribes to many electronic journals. Part of the trick of doing full-text searching is to find the electronic version of a journal or journals you want to search in. You may use the E-Journal Finder to find journals available either in various "mega-databases" (such as Academic Search Premier, Hein Online, JSTOR, WESTLAW* and LEXIS*) or directly through various publishers. You can type the title of the journal you wish to search, click on the resulting search results to connect to that journal, and perform your word search. * Not all WESTLAW and LEXIS titles are included in the E-Journal Finder. Only journals, law reviews, bar journals, legal newspapers, major general newspapers and magazines are included.

Economics Journals Available in the Georgetown Law Library

Available in print on the first floor of the Edward Bennett Williams Library

  • American Economic Review, K1 .M438 (1911-1952 in Media, 1953-present)
  • Constitutional Political Economy, K3 .O695 (1995-2001)
  • Economics and Philosophy, K5 .C79 (1985-present)
  • Journal of Commerce, (Online only since June 1, 2000. Back issues-Media)
  • Journal of Economic Literature, K10 .O32 (1969-present)
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives, K10 .O322 (1987-present)
  • The Journal of Law & Economics, K10 .O5 (1958-present)
  • Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, K10 .O524 (1985-present)
  • The Journal of Political Economy, K10 .O635 (1969-present)
  • The Quarterly Journal of Economics, K17 .U27 (1969-present)
  • The Quarterly Review of Economics and Business K17 .U4 (1961-1991)
  • The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: Journal of the Midwest Economics Association, K17 .U4 (1992-present)

Available in print in the Wolff International and Comparative Law Library

  • The Brookings Review, K2 .R677 (1982-present)
  • International Review of Law and Economics, K9 .N883 (1981-present)
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, K10 .O315 (1980-2001)

Economics Journals Available through JSTOR (GULL only)

(Check E-Journal Finder: some of these journals are also available on ABI/Inform)

Economics Journals Available on the Web

Working Papers

  • Economic Research Network (part of Social Science Research Network) (GULC only)
    http://www.ssrn.com/update/ern/index.html
    Access working papers from academic economics departments, public policy institutes and government and public agency research.
  • IDEAS
    http://ideas.repec.org/
    Bibliographic database dedicated to economics and free on the Internet (include working papers, journal articles, software components, author information, directory of institution) giving access to the RePEc(Research Papers in Economics) database.  RePEc is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 44 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics.  Includes WoPEc (Working Papers in Economics) and EconWPA (Economics Working Paper Archive).
  • National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
    http://www.nber.org/papers/
  • Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics (Library of Congress)
    http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/techreps/techrepshome.php
    Provides access to working papers and technical reports in the social sciences placed online by institutions (mostly foreign) responsible for creating the reports.
  • University of Chicago
    http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Lawecon/workingpapers.html

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Updated 05/2007 (MK)

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