TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS AND FINANCE Resources By Joyce B. Radcliff Economics Defined: • Economics: A social science that deals with analyzing and describing: • the use of goods and services. • how resources can best be distributed to meet the needs of the greatest number of people. 16-Mar-16 Finance Defined: • Finance: The science or study of the management of funds, such as: • • • • Investments Credits Securities, and Banking 16-Mar-16 Electronic Access To Books • • • • • Online Catalog Athena Interlibrary Loan Electronic Books Free e-books 16-Mar-16 Selected Print Reference Resources • Dictionary of Money and Investing[REF]HG216 .M67 2002 • Dictionary of Economics and Business[REF]HB61 .N45 1978b • Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios- [REF] HF5681 .R25 T65 2003 16-Mar-16 Selected Print Reference Resources (2) • The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance- [REF]HG151 .B49 1998 • Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate USA.[REF]HG181 .F56 1999 • Business Statistics of the United States – [REF]HC101 .A13122 16-Mar-16 Selected Print Reference Resources (3) • The Fitzroy Dearborn Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance- [REF]HG151 .E63 • Directory of the World’s Bank[REF]HG3879 .W79 1996. • Major Financial Institutions of the World. Vol.1-2- [REF]HG64 .M35 2003 • Industry Research Using the Economic Census [REF]HC101 .B594 2004. 16-Mar-16 Electronic Resources Databases On/Off Campus • • • • • • • ABI/INFORM Global Business Source Premier EconLit S&P Market Insight Global Market Information Database ScienceDirect Columbia International (CIAO) 16-Mar-16 Electronic Resources Databases On/Off Campus (2) • • • • Statistical Abstract EDGAR LexisNexis General OneFile 16-Mar-16 Search Online Catalog for More Print and Electronic Books • • • • • • Capital Economic Development Keynesian economics Macroeconomics Microeconomics Wealth 16-Mar-16 Search Online Catalog for More Print and Electronic Books (2) • • • • • • Economic History Value Exchange Labor Economics Finance Exchange 16-Mar-16 Periodical Holdings • May be accessed from: http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=1211& ptid=1 Periodical Holdings List notebook at Circulation Desks at Williams and Main Libraries. 16-Mar-16 Selected Periodical Holdings • • • • • American Economic Review Economist Employment & Earnings Journal of Commercial Bank Lending Economic Development & Cultural Change 16-Mar-16 Selected Periodical Holdings (2) • • • • • Review of Economics and Statistics Public Finance Review Barron’s RMA Journal Journal of Finance 16-Mar-16 Internet Resources • • • • • Financial Web (Banking and Credit) The World Bank IMF -- International Monetary Fund Census Bureau National Bureau of Economic Research 16-Mar-16 Internet Resources (2) • Bureau of Labor Statistics • Best of the Best Business Web Sites • Economic Indicators - Economics and Statistics Administration 16-Mar-16 CONCLUSION Thank you for your attention. Additional assistance may be requested by contacting the Reference Departments. • (615) 963-7188. Williams Library • (615) 963-5201. Brown Daniels Library 16-Mar-16