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• AgEcon
  Scholarly research in agricultural economics, including agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development. Coverage dates vary..
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  Developed and maintained at the University of Minnesota by Magrath Library and the Department of Applied Economics.
• AGRICOLA (via EBSCO)
  Indexes articles in agriculture, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. 1970-current.
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  Compiled by the U.S. National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA consists of over 3 million citations to journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports related to all aspects of agriculture. Subjects include:

  • Agriculture
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Science
  • Aquaculture
  • Biology
  • Botany
  • Breeding
  • Crop Management
  • Dairy Science
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Fertilizers
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Horticulture
  • Natural Resources
  • Nutrition
  • Pesticides
  • Plant Genetics
  • Soils
  • Veterinary Science
  • Water

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• AGRIS International
  Covers international agricultural sciences and technology. Indexes worldwide agricultural literature which includes research results, food production, and rural development. 1975-current.
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  Comprehensive inventory of worldwide agricultural literature which reflects research results, food production, and rural development to help users identify problems involved in all aspects of world food supply. Emphasis is non-U.S. This file corresponds in part to the printed publication, Agrindex, published monthly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. AGRIS is a cooperative, decentralized system in which over 100 national and multinational centers take part. Collects and makes available current information on the agricultural literature of the world appearing in journals, books, reports, and conference papers. Each country which participates in AGRIS does so by submitting information about documents published within its own territories. All contributing sources are of non-U.S. origin. FAO acts as a coordinating agency within this global information system, facilitating the exchange of agricultural information to its member countries. Subjects include:

  • Administration and Legislation
  • Animal Production
  • Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
  • Economics, Development, and Rural Sociology
  • Education, Extension, and Advisory Work
  • Food Science
  • Forestry
  • General Agriculture
  • Geography and History
  • Home Economics
  • Human Nutrition
  • Machinery and Buildings
  • Natural Resources
  • Pollution
  • Plant Production
  • Protection of Plants and Stored Products
  • Transgenics
• CAB Direct
  Covers agriculture. Includes animal, dairy & veterinary sciences; entomology; plant sciences; forestry; aquaculture & fisheries; farming; agricultural economics; food & human nutrition; earth & environmental sciences. 1973-current.
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  Coverage is international, including literature from over 125 countries. Indexes over 9,000 journals and 2,500 books are every year. Updated weekly. The Helminthology database is part of CAB Direct's data. Subject coverage:

  • Plant Science (including horticulture)
  • Animal Science (including nutrition & zoology)
  • Pathogen, pest, parasite and weed management
  • Human health and hygiene (including human nutrition)
  • Natural resources and ecology
  • Forestry, forest products and agroforestry
  • Soil Science
  • Rural Development, Tourism and Economics
  • Food science and food products
  • Biotechnology
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Veterinary Medicine

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• CARIS - Current Agricultural Research Information System
  Information about current and past worldwide research projects in or for developing countries. 1975 - present.
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• CenStats: U.S. Census Bureau
  Several databases of demographic and economic information, including Building Permits Data; International Trade Data; Census Tract Street Locator; Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex; and USA Counties Data. From the US Census Bureau. See description for coverage.
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  Business and demographic databases from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. CenStats databases include:

  • Annual Survey of Manufactures - Manufacturing data for 3-digit Standard Industrial Classifications by State for multiple years
  • International Trade Data - Exports and imports by Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)
  • USA Counties - Demographic and economic data for States and counties
  • Building Permits - Building permit statistics on new construction for individual municipalities
  • County Business Patterns - Employment and earnings by 4-digit SIC by state and county (1993-1997) and ZIP code (1994-1997) and by North American Industry Classification System (beginning 1998) by state and county, metropolitan statistical area and ZIP code
• China Data Online Service
  Economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. Includes monthly and yearly reports on macroeconomic development, statistical databases on population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators. current.
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  Inlcudes the following databases:

  • China Yearly Macro-economy Statistics
  • China Monthly Macro-economy Statistics
  • Monthly Reports on Economy Development
  • China City Statistics
  • China County Statistics
  • China Industrial Data
• EconLit through EbscoHOST
  Indexes the international literature on economics. Topics include economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal and monetary theory; business and public finance; international, health care, regional and urban economics, and more. 1969-current.
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  Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is the fundamental research tool in economics. The database covers the international literature on economics since 1969 and provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, of journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers, as well as articles in collective works, such as conference proceedings, collected essay volumes and full text book reviews. Topics include economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal and monetary theory; business and public finance; international, health care, regional and urban economics, and more. Subjects:

  • Business
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Industry
  • Statistics

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• Europa World
  Provides economic, political and geographic information and statistical data by country. Includes over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. current.

  Also Known As

  • Europa World Yearbook

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  Includes thousands of directory contact details for over 1,900 international organizations. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information.

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• Global Development Finance (GDF)
  GDF Online provides financial data on 136 developing countries for indicators including long-term debt, public and publicly guaranteed debt, private nonguaranteed debt, official creditors, and private creditors. From the World Bank. 1970-future projections.
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• Global Insight
  Economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries. Covers over 200 countries and spans over 170 industries. Includes REFI. 1946-current.
  

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  Some material may be downloaded in Excel format. Data consist of national-level information, taken from over one hundred U.S. government and private publications. DRI Basic Economics data is collected from over 100 sources in the government, institutional, and private sectors of the economy with series dating back to 1947. Subjects include:

  • Financial Data: Money Supply, Interest Rates, Stocks
  • Construction & Housing
  • Industrial Statistics: Production, Capacity, Labour
  • Population Counts and Estimates
  • Forecasts
  • Foreign Trade and Interest Rates Includes "REFI", which offers detailed coverage of regional and industrial segments of the US economy.
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• Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS)
  Statistics of the United States, covering population, work and welfare, economics, governance, and international relations. Primary data. Census data starts c1790; some data available from the 1600s; available through 2000 census. 1700s-current.
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  • Download tables in Excel or CSV; also download entire groups of tables as a zip file
  • Create custom tables; merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed.
  • Advanced searching of the tables, their documentation, and essays.

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• NBER Working Papers
  Working papers published by National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) researchers, intended for other professional economists. 11/1994-current.
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• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
  Economics and finance research, including working papers, articles and software code.

  Also Known As

  • IDEAS

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• Social Sciences Citation Index
  Indexes over 1,700 journals in the social sciences. Some full-text available. 1994-present.
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  Subjects include:

  • Anthropology
  • History
  • Information Science & Library Science
  • Law
  • Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science & Industrial Relations
  • Psychiatry & Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Social Work & Sociology
  • Substance Abuse
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's Studies

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• SourceOECD
  Coverage includes: agriculture & food; economic outlook; education; health; science & technology, and much more. NOTES: UConn has access to the OECD statistical databases ONLY. 1960-current.

  Also Known As

  • OECD Statistics

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  The Statistical Database Sets available from SourceOECD include:

  • Agriculture & Food
    
  • Bank Profitability
    
  • Economic Outlook
    
  • Education at a Glance
    
  • Employment
    
  • Globalization
    
  • Health
    
  • Indicators for Industry and Services
    
  • Industrial Structure
    
  • Institutional Investors
    
  • Insurance
    
  • International Development
    
  • International Migration
    
  • International Trade and Competitiveness
    
  • International Direct Investment
    
  • ITCS International Trade by Commodities
    
  • Main Economic Indicators
    
  • Monthly International Trade
    
  • National Accounts
    
  • Revenue
    
  • Science and Technology
    
  • Services
    
  • Social Expenditure
    
  • STAN Industry Structural Analysis
    
  • Taxing Wages
    
  • Telecommunications

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• State of the Nation
  Current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data for the United States. Data includes general economic indicators; housing and construction; manufacturing and industry; monetary statistics; and economic policy. From Stat-USA. Current and historical..
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  Data elements include: General Economic Indicators

  • Consumer Price Index
  • Producer Price Index
  • Gross Domestic Product
  • National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA)

  Housing and Construction

  • Housing Starts and Building Permits
  • New Construction
  • New Home Sales

  Employment

  • Employment Cost Index
  • Local Area Employment and Unemployment
  • Weekly Unemployment Claims Report

  Manufacturing and Industry

  • Retail Sales
  • Manufacturing, Trade, Inventories, and Sales
  • Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
  • Current Industry Reports

  Monetary Statistics

  • Selected Interest Rates (H.15)
  • Foreign Exchange Rates (H.10)
  • Bank Credit (H.8)
  • Money Stock (H.6)

  Economic Policy

  • Beige Book
  • Treasury Statements
  • Humphrey-Hawkins Testimony by FRB Chairman

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• World Bank Africa Database
  Contains over 1,200 indicators of macro-economic and social data for 53 African countries and 20 country groups, and year-by-year time series. 1970-2005.
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  This database on Africa contains over 1,200 indicators of macro-economic and social data for 53 African countries and 20 country groups, and year-by-year time series back to 1970. These series provide analysts data needed to help place the most recent years in a historical context. The CD-ROM is designed to provide all those interested in Africa with a focused and convenient set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region. Subjects include:

  • HIV/AIDS
  • communications
  • transportation
  • prices and exchange rates
  • money and banking
  • government finance
  • agriculture
  • power
  • public enterprises
  • labor force and employment
  • social & environmental indicators
  • HIPC debt initiative
• World Development Indicators (WDI)
  Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, including time series data on agriculture, manufacturing, health indicators, education, natural resources, and foreign investment. From the World Bank World Development Indicators. 1960s-current.
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