This research guide was written as an instructional handout for several of my classes. Feel free to copy it, to use all of it or any part of it.

Research Guides
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Handbooks
Yearbooks
Directories
Bibliographies

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Daniells, Lorna M. Business Information Sources. rev. ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
  Z7164.C81 D16 1984 RR

• Frumkin, Norman. Guide to Economic Indicators. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
  HC103.F9 2000 RR

• McInnis, Raymond G. Social Science Research Handbook. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975.
  Z7161.A1 M15

• Walford, Albert J. Guide to Reference Materials: Vol. II, Social and Historical Sciences, Philosophy and Religion. 3rd ed. London: Library Association, 1975.
  Z1035 .W17 1975

• Webb, William H. Sources of Information in the Social Sciences: A Guide to the Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
  Z7161.S666 1986

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of Principal Movements and Ideas. New York: Scribners, 1980.
  HC103.E52 RR

• Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
  HB871.N43 1999 RR

• Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
  HC79.C63 E53 1997 RR

• Encyclopedia of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the New American Community and Latin-American Trade. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
  HC94.R668 1995 RR

• Encyclopedia of the Third World. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
  HC59.7.K87 1992 RR

• Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics. New York: Warner Books, 1993.
  HB61.F67 1993 RR

• International Encyclopedia of Population. New York: Free Press, 1982.
  HB849.2.I55 RR

• International Encyclopedia of Statistics. New York: Free Press, 1978.
  HA17.I63 RR

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. New York: Macmillan, 1968.
  H41.I63 RR

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
  HB61.E55 1994 RR

• MIT Encyclopedia of the Japanese Economy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
  HC462.9.H73 1994 RR

• Money Encyclopedia. New York: Harper and Row, 1984.
  HG181.M574 1984 RR

• Munn's Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance. Boston: Bankers Publishers, 1983.
  HG151.M8 1983 RR

• The Social Science Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 1996.
  H41.S63 1996 RR

DICTIONARIES

• Arestis, Philip, and Malcolm Sawyer. A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists. Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar Publishing, 1992.
  HB76.B5 1992 RR

• Beynon, Robert. Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics. New York: Routledge, 1999.
  HB61.R68 1999 RR

• Black, John. A Dictionary of Economics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
  HB61.B554 1997 RR

• Eatwell, John, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman. The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. London: Macmillan, 1987.
  HB61.N49 1947 RR

• Foldvary, Fred E. Dictionary of Free-Market Economics. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998.
  HB61.F65 1998 RR

• Greenwald, Douglas. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973.
  HB61.M14 RR

• Moffat, Donald W. Economics Dictionary. New York: Elsevier, 1976.
  HB61.M695 RR

• Pearce, David W. Dictionary of Modern Economics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1983.
  HB61.D494 1983 RR

• Pearce, David W. The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992.
  HB61.M49 1992 RR

• Rosenberg, Jerry M. Dictionary of Business and Management. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1983.
  HF1002.R68 RR

• Rosenberg, Jerry M. Dictionary of Banking and Finance. New York: Wiley, 1982.
  HG151.R66 RR

• Vogt, W. Paul. Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.
  HA17.V64 1993 RR

• Welsh, Brian W., and Pavel Butorin. Dictionary of Development: Third World Economy, Environment, Society. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
  HC59.7.D513 1990 RR

HANDBOOKS

• Economic Handbook of the World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981-1982.
  HC10.E375

• Economic Indicators Handbook: Time Series, Conversions, Documentation. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
  HC103.E26 1992

• Economic Integration in Eastern Europe: A Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1989.
  HC243.5.B73 1989

• Handbook of Econometrics. New York: North Holland, 1983-84.
  HB139.H36 1983

• Handbook of Economic and Financial Measures. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones, 1984.
  HC106.8.H36 1984

• Handbook of Financial Economics. New York: North Holland, 1979.
  HG175.H36

• Handbook of International Economics. New York: North Holland, 1984-85.
  HF1411.H257 1984

• Handbook of Mathematical Economics. New York: North Holland, 1981-82.
  HB135.H357

• Handbook of National Population Censuses. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
  HA37.E93 G69 1992 RR

• Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics. New York: North Holland, 1985.
  HD9502.A2 H25 1985

• Handbook of Organization Management. New York: Dekker, 1983.
  JF1351.H27 1983

• Handbook of Public Economics. New York: North Holland, 1985.
  HF141.H36 1985

• A Handbook of Economic Indicators. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
  HC115.G73 1992

• Handbook of Economic Analysis. New York: Research and Education Association, 1982.
  HD47.4.H36 1982

• Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
  HC106.8.O47 1985

• Handbook of Key Economic Indicators. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin Professional Pub., 1994.
  HC103.R64 1994

• The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
  HM35.H25 1994

YEARBOOKS

• European Yearbook. The Hague: Nijoff, 1955- .
  Govt. Pubs.

• International Yearbook and Statesman's Who's Who. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1953- .
  JA51.I61

• Political Handbook and Atlas of the World. New York: Harper and Row, 1927- .
  JF37.P7 RR

• Yearbook of International Organizations. Brussels: Union of International Associations, 1948- .
  JX1904.A61 RR

DIRECTORIES

• Directory of American Scholars. New York: Bowker, 1942- .
  LA2311.C233 RR

• Foundation Directory. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1960- .
  AS911.A2 F65 RR

• Government Economic Agencies of the World: An International Directory of Governmental Organizations Concerned with Economic Development and Planning. Detroit: Gale, 1985.
  HD87.25.G68 1985

• National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States. Washington: Columbia Books, 1975- .
  HD2425.D58 RR

• Research Centers Directory. Detroit: Gale Research, 1960- .
  AS25.D59 RR

• Standard and Poor`s Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. New York: Standard and Poor, 1975- .
  HG4057.P6 RR

• Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers. New York: Thomas, 1906- .
  T12.T6 RR

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Ackroyd, Ted J. Health and Medical Economics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1977.
  Z6675 .E2 A27

• Assarsson-Rizzi, Kerstin, and Harold Bohrn. Gunnar Myrdal: A Bibliography, 1919-1981. 2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1984.
  Z7164 .E2 M972 1984

• Azevedo, Ross E. Labor Economics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1978.
  Z7164 .L1 A87

• Ball, Nicole. World Hunger: A Guide to the Economic and Political Dimensions. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press, 1981.
  Z7164 .F7 B34 RR

• Battelle Memorial Institute. World Modeling: A Bibliography. Richland, WA: Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1974.
  Z7164 .E15 B37 1974 v. 2

• Beach, Mark. Desegregated Housing and Interracial Neighborhoods: A Bibliographic Guide. Philadelphia: National Neighbors, 1975.
  Z7164 .H8 B36

• Belson, William A. Bibliography on Methods of Social and Business Research. London: Crosby Lockwood, 1973.
  Z7161 .B451

• Bourque, Philip J. and Millicent Cox. An Inventory of Regional Input-Output Studies in the United States. Seattle: University of Washington, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1970.
  Z7164 .E2B77 1970

• Brooks, Thomas R. Labor and Migration: An Annotated Bibliography. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn College Center for Migration Studies, 1970.
  Z7164 .L1 B87

• Buick, Barbara. Squatter Settlements in Developing Countries: A Bibliography. Canberra: Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, 1975.
  Z7164 .H8 B93

• Cadet, Melissa L. Food Aid and Policy for Economic Development: An Annotated Bibliography and Directory. Sacramento, CA: Trans Tech Management Press, 1981.
  A7164 .F7 C32

• Cayer, N. Joseph and Sherry S. Dickerson. Labor Management Relations in the Public Sector: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1984.
  Z7164 .T7 C39 1984

• Cohen, Jacob. Special Bibliography in Monetary Economics and Finance. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1976.
  Z7164 .F5 C63

• Corporate America: A Historical Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1984.
  Z7164 .T87 C66 1984

• Corporate Responsibility for Social Problems: A Bibliography. San Francisco: Bank of America, 1974.
  Z7164 .O7 C82

• Criver, Edwin D. World Population Policy: An Annotated Bibliography. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1971.
  Z7164 .D3 D78 RR

• Dywer, Richard E. Labor Education in the U.S.: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
  Z5814 .A24 D95 RR

• Fowler, Peter S., R.H. Ryba, and R. Szreter. An Annotated Bibliography of Economics Education, 1945-1971. Bury, Lancashire: Bury Times Ltd., 1972.
  Z7164.E2 F78

• Freebairn, Donald, Mariann Loveland, and Elyse Tepper. An Annotated Bibliography of Writings on Peasant Economy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 1980.
  Z7164 .L3F74 1980

• Fundaburk, Emma L. The History of Economic Thought and Analysis: A Selective International Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
  Z7164 .E2 F95 RR

• Gagala, Kenneth L. The Economics of Minorities: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1976.
  Z1361 .N39 G14 RR

• Gilbert, Victor F. Labour and Social History Theses: American, British and Irish University Theses and Dissertations in the Field of British and Irish Labour History, Presented Between 1900 and 1978. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1982.
  Z7164 .L1G5 1982 RR

• Gray, S.J. Financial Reporting in the E.E.C. and the International Economy: A Selected Bibliography. Lancaster, England: University of Lancaster,International Centre for Research in Accounting, 1974.
  A7164 .C81G75

• Heggestad, Arnold A. Public Regulation of Financial Services: Costs and Benefits to Consumers: A Bibliography. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1977.
  Z7164 .F5 P8

• Hoy, Suellen M. and Michael C. Robinson. Public Works History in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1982.
  Z7164 .P97H68

• Hughes, Catherine. Economic Education: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1977.
  Z7164 .E2 H8

• Hutchinson, William K. American Economic History: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1980.
  Z7165 .U5 H89 RR

• Hutchinson, William K. History of Economic Analysis: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1976.
  Z7164 .E2 H87

• Knight, Kenneth W. The Literature of State Budgeting in Australia, Canada and the United States of America: A Survey and Select Bibliography. St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1970.
  H7164 .F5 K69

• Labor in America: A Historical Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1985.
  Z7164 .L1 L3 1985

• Leavitt, Judith A. Dual-Career Families: A Bibliography. Chicago: CPL Bibliographies, 1982.
  Z7164 .M2 L4 1982

• Lightwood, Martha B. Public and Business Planning in the United States: A Bibliography. Detroit: Gale, 1972.
  Z7164 .O7 L72

• Lovrich, Nicholas P. and Max Neiman. Public Choice Theory in Public Administration: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1984.
  Z7164 .A2 L67 1984

• Marer, Paul. Bibliography of East-West Commerce. 2nd ed. rev. Bloomington: Indiana University, International Development Institute, 1980.
  Z7164 .E17 M3 1980

• Marks, Kenneth E. Collective Bargaining in U.S. Higher Education, 1960-1971: A Selective Bibliography. Ames: Iowa State University Library, 1972.
  Z7164 .T7 M34

• Miller, Olga K. Migration, Emigration, Immigration, Principally to the United States and in the United States. Logan, UT: Everton, 1974.
  Z7164 .I3 M5

• Nawaz, Tawfique. The New International Economic Order: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
  Z7164 .E17 N48

• Neufeld, Maurice, Daniel J. Leab, and Dorothy Swanson. American Working Class History: A Representative Bibliography. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1983.
  Z7164 .L1 N54 1983

• Norgaard, Ole. Social Science Literature on Developing Countries: An Annotated Guide to Information Sources. Copenhagen: Centre for Development Research, 1978.
  Z7164 .E15 N6

• Pas, H.T. van der. Economic Anthropology 1940-1972: An Annotated Bibliography. Oosterhout, The Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1973.
  Z7164 .E2 P28

• Paulus, Virginia. Housing: A Bibliography 1960-1972. New York: AMS Press, 1974.
  Z7164 .H8 P33

• Pettman, B.O. Industrial Democracy in Geneal and in Great Britain: A Selected Bibliography. Bradford, England: Institute of Scientific Business Limited, 1971.
  Z7164 .L1 P49

• Pettman, Barrie O. Strikes: A Selected Bibliography. Bradford, England: MCB Books, 1976.
  Z7164 .L1 P45

• Pezdek, Robert V. Public Employment Bibliography. Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1973.
  Z7164 .A2 P52

• Phillips, Beverly R. Women in Rural Development: A Bibliography. Madison: University of Wisconsin, Land Tenure Center Library, 1982.
  Z7164 .C842 P452

• Powelson, John P. A Select Bibliography of Economic Development: With Annotations. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1979.
  Z7164 .E15 P68

• Rakowski, James P. Transportation Economics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1976.
  Z7164 .T8 R34

• Riley, Peter, and Michael T. Weber. Food and Agricultural Marketing in Developing Countries: An Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Research in the Social Sciences, 1969-1979. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 1979.
  Z7164 .F7 R54

• Roberts, Debra. Selected Bibliography on East-West Commercial Relations. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University, Institute of Soviet and East European Studies, 1980.
  Z7164 .C8 R59

• Rock, James M. Money, Banking and Macroeconomics: A Guide to Information Sourcess. Detroit: Gale, 1977.
  Z7164 .F5 R63

• Schumacher, August. Development Plans and Planning: Bibliographic and Computer Aids to Research. New York: Seminar Press, 1973.
  Z7164 .E15 S39

• Shackelford, Jean. Urban and Regional Economics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1980.
  Z7164 .R33 S48 RR

• Shapira, Philip. Economic Development Analysis and Planning in Advanced Industrialized Economics: A Bibliography. Chicago: CPL Bibliographies, 1983.
  Z7164 .E15 S46 1983

• Skotnes, Andor. American Working-Class History in Historical Journals, 1961-1972: A Bibliography. New Brunswick, NJ: Labor Education Center, Rutgers University, 1974.
  Z7165 .U5 S5

• Soltow, Martha J. Industrial Relations and Personnel Management: Selected Information Sources. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
  Z7164 .L1 S684 RR

• Sperry, Robert. Mergers & Acquisitions: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Washington, DC: Mergers & Acquisitions, 1972.
  Z7164 .T87 S74

• Stevenson, Michael I. Joseph Alois Schumpeter: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985.
  HB119 .S35 S73 1985

• Stout, Russell. Organizations, Management, and Control: An Annotated Bibliography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980.
  Z7164 .C81 S779

• Suljak, Nedjelko D. Public Policymaking and Environmental Quality: An Annotated Interdisciplinary Bibliography. Davis: University of California-Davis, 1971.
  Z7164 .E65 S94

• Tega, Vasile G. Management and Economics Journals: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1977.
  Z7164 .O7 T23

• Uebe, Goetz. Macro-Econometric Models: An International Bibliography. Brookfield, VT: Bower, 1985.
  Z7164 .E2 U3 1985

• Woy, James B. Investment Methods: A Bibliographic Guide. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1973.
  Z7164 .F5 W94

• Zaremba, Joseph. Mathematical Economics and Operations Research: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1977.
  Z7164 .E2 Z37

• Zaremba, Joseph. Statistics and Econometrics: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1980.
  Z7551 .Z37 RR

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