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Economics: Introduction

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EconLit Citations, with selected abstracts, of articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, reviews, conferences and working papers. View full description
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Full-text articles on topics from all time periods and geographic regions. View full description
Very Short Introductions Collection of introductory books on a variety of topics including arts, humanities, law, health, science, and social sciences. View full description

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Business Source Complete Includes scholarly journals, books, case studies, marketing research and other business and economics material. View full description
CEPR : Publications Discussion papers (and more) on current research in economic policy. View full description
Economics Research Network Searchable and browsable collection of abstracts, working and accepted papers. View full description
EIKON and Datastream An international historical financial database View full description
Gale Academic OneFile Selected academic journal articles in a variety of subjects. View full description
ICPSR US and international datasets in criminology, demography, economics, health, political science, and sociology. View full description
JSTOR Current and back issues of journals in arts and sciences. View full description
NBER Working Papers Accesses NBER working papers in PDF format. View full description
odesi Repository of socio-economic survey, census, and polling data from Statistics Canada, Ipsos Reid, Gallup, etc. View full description
OECD iLibrary Access books, articles, reports & statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. View full description
Penn World Tables Lists purchasing power parity and national income accounts for countries worldwide. View full description
ProQuest One Business Search tool for business and management publications. View full description
Scholars Portal Journals Several thousand full-text electronic journals; especially strong in sciences and social sciences. View full description
The Conference Board of Canada Research reports on public policy, economics and management. View full description
UNdata Large, comprehensive statistical database covering all countries of the world. Pulls together statistics from all the major UN sources. View full description

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Cabells : Journalytics Academic Contact and submission information for scholarly publishing in various business subjects. View full description
Cambridge Journals All journals published by Cambridge University Press, covering humanities, social sciences and science, technology and medicine. View full description
Canadian Census Analyzer Census Profiles tables by census geography or by census year, plus Microdata Files and Postal Code Conversion Files. View full description
Canadian Research Index Citations to monographs and annual publications from Canadian government and institutional resources. View full description
CANSIM @ CHASS Canadian socio-economic statistical data. For advanced users. View full description
CANSIM @ Statistics Canada Canadian socio-economic statistical data. View full description
emerald insight Collection of books and journals published by Emerald, chiefly for management and technology. View full description
Factiva A full-text resource with news, business information and journal articles drawn from almost 9000 worldwide sources, including Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the KW Record. View full description
Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business NAICS key financial ratios in downloadable files organized by year, region and operating revenue. View full description
IDRC Digital Library A repository of international development related research results and documents generated by IDRC funds and staff. View full description
Index of downloadable Statistics Canada publications Electronic copies of Statistics Canada publications from the past and present. View full description
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)β€Ž Index for social science topics such as anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. View full description
International Financial Statistics (IFS) Financial data about the member countries in the IMF available in tables or through queries. View full description
Investext (via Mergent Online) Full-text database of investment research reports. View full description
PAIS Index International index to various types of publications on public/social policy and social sciences. Includes PAIS Archive. View full description
Political Risk Yearbook Country reports with political and economic information. View full description
Population Index Worldwide demographic and population literature. View full description
Web of Science Core Collection Citation indexes for the arts & humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences. View full description
World Development Indicators Development data from more than 200 countries View full description
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services Contains company finances as well as equity and fixed income data, and is intended for in-depth financial and accounting research. View full description