Related Guides
Top 10 Databases
These core databases provide essential access to economic research, data, and market intelligence, making them top starting points for academic and professional work. BU Libraries Search offers broad coverage, while the databases below focus on economics-related content.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowFull text and abstracts for scholarly business journals, market research, company profiles, and industry reports.
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ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new windowAggregated business content including journals, news, reports, and company and country profiles.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary citation database with citation links, metrics, and alerts. Also includes tools for citation tracking and analytics.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchives of core scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences with full text.
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EconLit This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative index of economics literature with citations, abstracts, dissertations, and books.
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Wharton Research Data Services This link opens in a new windowFinancial, accounting, economic, and marketing data including Compustat and CRSP.
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National Bureau of Economic Research This link opens in a new windowFull-text working papers on empirical economics research and policy analysis.
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OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowAccess to OECD books, papers, statistics, and related agency content on economics and social policy.
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Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Reports This link opens in a new windowCountry-level economic and political analysis plus forecasts and market insights.
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Bloomberg Business News Service This link opens in a new windowReal-time financial markets data, news, and securities pricing (via Bloomberg Terminal only).
Additional Databases
These additional databases provide important economic, financial, social, and policy data along with research papers and tools to support economic and related research.
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International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new windowEconomic and financial country data including exchange rates, interest rates, and balance of payments.
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World Development Indicators This link opens in a new windowGlobal social, economic, and financial statistics from 200+ countries.
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China Data Online This link opens in a new windowDetailed statistical data on China’s economy at national, regional, and industrial levels. BU’s subscription is limited to 14 China Statistical Databases.
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International Debt Statistics This link opens in a new windowData on external debt and major financial indicators for developing and advanced economies.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowNews, trade publications, press releases, analyst reports, and company profiles worldwide.
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Applied Science & Business Periodicals Retrospective This link opens in a new windowHistorical indexing of applied science and business periodicals.
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CEPR Discussion Paper Series This link opens in a new windowArchive of working papers in economics, with over 10,000 papers since 1984.
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New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative online economics reference with fully searchable articles.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences This link opens in a new windowIndexes journals and books across anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, and more.
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PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowIndex of public policy literature dating back to 1910, linking to full text where available.
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Policy Map This link opens in a new windowU.S. mapping tool for demographic, economic, social, and health data by location.
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Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowAccess social, demographic, and economic data from U.S. Census and other surveys with mapping and visualization tools. Ideal for research and teaching. Requires creating an account with your BU email.
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AM Explorer This link opens in a new windowSearch across Adam Matthew’s digitized collections in arts, culture, history, and social sciences.
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World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new windowOpen access to World Bank research outputs, reports, and policy papers.
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Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new windowFull text of scholarly books across humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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SCIVAL DatabaseResearch analytics and benchmarking tool based on Scopus publication data.
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SAGE Research Methods Core This link opens in a new windowGuides and content to support research design, methods, and writing across disciplines.
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowOffers access to diverse academic literature from various sources.
